reduce my impact on the environment and practice sustainable living

I’ve been using reusable grocery bags for the last 6 months or so, maybe longer. A nice plus to using these is that 2-3 reusable bags will hold a weeks worth of groceries for my husband and me.

Today, I bought two of those reuable stainless steel water bottles. I’d been using a reusble plastic bottle, but had heard conflicting studies over whether plastic bottles were safe. I figure I’ll keep one of the steel bottles at home and one at work.

1. I recycle what I am able to.

2. Most of the lights in our house have been replaced with compact flourescent light bulbs.

3. I use a refillable water bottle instead of buying small bottles of water all the time.

4. I drive a car that gets good gas mileage.

5. I bring my lunch to work as often as I can.

6. I’m pretty good about not buying things that I don’t need.

7. I donate used things instead of throwing them away.

8. We eat meatless meals about half the time for dinner.

9. We only use central heating and air when we really need to.

10. I try to shop withing a few miles of where I live in order to cut back on driving.

I am currently bringing my lunch to work both to save money and eat healthier. I am trying to use as many reusable containers for this as possible to cut down on the amount of plastic baggies and aluminum foil that I throw away.

I was at the store today, and about to buy 2 six packs of bottled water to bring to the gym. I realized how wasteful this was and bought a reusable water bottle instead.