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Here are additional steps you can take to improve your environmental wellness:
Tips to be a sustainability steward:
— Stick to reusable water bottles. Extra credit points if you use glass or stainless steel.
— When possible, eat local. Take advantage of local farmers’ markets, CSAs, and restaurants that serve local foods. Not only do local foods have more nutrients due to usually being consumed closer to harvest, eating local foods also saves a lot of pollution caused by transportation.
— Turn it off. Whether it’s a faucet while you’re brushing your teeth or the TV when you leave the room, if you aren’t using something turn it off. Doing so will save a lot of water and energy. Added bonus: It will also lower your bills.
— Make your travel environmentally friendly. When possible walk, ride your bike, or car pool.
— Clean green. Using natural or homemade cleaning products is better for you, your home, pets, and the environment. Most household cleaners have a lot of toxic chemicals in them.
— Stop your junk mail. Remove yourself from any unnecessary mailing lists and contact companies to receive information electronically, when possible.
— Use reusable shopping bags. Keep a stash in your car so that you never forget them. Also, take any extra plastic sacks you might have lying around back to the grocery store. Many accept plastic grocery bags for recycling.
— Recycle. Check out your communities recycling guidelines and make sure your are properly recycling different types of materials.
However, environmental wellness encompasses more than just sustainability. Anyone and anything that surrounds you can affect your environmental wellness.
Tips to be a sustainability steward:
— Stick to reusable water bottles. Extra credit points if you use glass or stainless steel.
— When possible, eat local. Take advantage of local farmers’ markets, CSAs, and restaurants that serve local foods. Not only do local foods have more nutrients due to usually being consumed closer to harvest, eating local foods also saves a lot of pollution caused by transportation.
— Turn it off. Whether it’s a faucet while you’re brushing your teeth or the TV when you leave the room, if you aren’t using something turn it off. Doing so will save a lot of water and energy. Added bonus: It will also lower your bills.
— Make your travel environmentally friendly. When possible walk, ride your bike, or car pool.
— Clean green. Using natural or homemade cleaning products is better for you, your home, pets, and the environment. Most household cleaners have a lot of toxic chemicals in them.
— Stop your junk mail. Remove yourself from any unnecessary mailing lists and contact companies to receive information electronically, when possible.
— Use reusable shopping bags. Keep a stash in your car so that you never forget them. Also, take any extra plastic sacks you might have lying around back to the grocery store. Many accept plastic grocery bags for recycling.
— Recycle. Check out your communities recycling guidelines and make sure your are properly recycling different types of materials.
However, environmental wellness encompasses more than just sustainability. Anyone and anything that surrounds you can affect your environmental wellness.
- Surround yourself with positive people that support your goals. People contribute to the general vibe around you as well as affect your decisions. Keep people around that foster positivity and that understand as well as support your personal, and professional goals.
- Foster a culture of respect and gratitude. Be courteous of others and step in when you see others disrespecting someone. This will only add to the positivity that surrounds you and, in turn, creates a better campus environment for everyone.
- Safety is also an important aspect of your environment.
- Wear a helmet when you bike.
- Be sure your living space has an adequate number of smoke detectors and check detector batteries often. Checking smoke detector batteries on the first of the month is a great habit to get into.
- Safely label all household toxins and dispose of items properly. Items such as medications, paint, and other household items need to be disposed of in specific ways. Get more information from the Environmental Protection Agency.