Eco-Friendly Living: Lowering Your Environmental Impact
Welcome to my blog! I'm Aisling Louise Owens Nash, your guide in this eco-conscious and lower tox living journey. Today, I want to touch on eco-friendly living and how making sustainable choices not only benefits the planet but aligns with lower tox living principles.
Caring for the Planet:
Lower tox living goes beyond just personal well-being, and it is not about perfection but about making simple switches over time to reduce the impact on your health and the planet. Making practical and sustainable choices that reduce your environmental impact, and foster a more harmonious relationship with nature.
Key Eco-Friendly Practices:
- Mindful Consumption: Explore mindful consumption habits that prioritise quality over quantity. Learn how to make informed choices, support sustainable brands, and reduce waste in your everyday life. Ewg.org has some great independent guides on everything from sunscreen to pots and pans!
- Waste Reduction Strategies: Implement effective waste reduction strategies, from composting to embracing a zero-waste lifestyle. Check with your local bin company what you can compost in your brown bin as it differs from your own at-home composting and vice versa. Choose items in packaging such as glass, aluminium or PCR (post-consumer recycled) plastic over virgin plastic.
- Energy-Efficient Living: Adopt energy-efficient practices at home and explore renewable energy options. From efficient lighting to conscious water usage, find ways to lower your carbon footprint. Turning the heat down 1 degree in each room and turning it off or to very low in rooms which are not used often. Use draft excluders, sensor lighting, and collect rainwater for ponds, or watering plants.
- Shop Savvy: Try buying dried goods in bulk and utilise glass jars for storage or find your nearest refill store and shop without all the packaging. You can also explore making some of your own cleaning products that are non toxic an low cost.
Your Action for Today:
Choose one eco-friendly practice to incorporate into your daily life. Share your commitment and inspire others to make impactful changes for a greener planet.
Ready to make a positive impact on the planet? Join the Simple Switches Series and embark on a journey to implement healthy living and eco-friendly practices for day to day living. Discover the joy of sustainable living and be part of a community dedicated to positive environmental change.
Stay tuned for more insights into creating a lower tox living environment that works for you and with the planet. Together, we're building a community focused on sustainable choices and positive change.
Explore The Simple Switches Series now and learn more about mind, body, home skin and the environment.
Aislíng
