50+ Easy Sustainable Actions That Will Make an Impact

There are many steps you can take to make your life more sustainable from using energy-efficient appliances and turning off lights when not in use, to eating locally sourced food and taking shorter showers. It can be difficult sometimes to get started, but here are 50+ easy sustainable actions to start living a greener lifestyle that I know you can do. You don’t need to do all of them, pick your top 3 and start with those.

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For easy consumption, I’m breaking down these sustainable actionable items into logical groups.

Easy Sustainable Actions To Save Energy

1. Unplug appliances when not in use
2. Shut the lights when you leave the room
3. Use cold water to wash your clothes
4. Buy energy-efficient appliances
5. Hang your clothes to dry
6. Plant trees to provide shade in the summer to cool your house
7. Keep curtains drawn on hot summer days to help the house stay cool
8. Draftproof your windows and doors
9. Use LED lights
10. Keep the lid on your pots when cooking to speed up the boiling
11. Adjust your thermostat so that your furnace or AC won’t have to work as hard
12. Cook on the BBQ on hot days
13. Shut that fridge door

Easy Sustainable Actions To Save Water

1. Adjust your washing machine’s water level according to load size
2. Fix that leaky faucet
3. Fix that leaky toilet
4. Shower instead of taking a bath
5. Keep your shower to 5 minutes
6. Don’t let the water run while you brush your teeth
7. Scrape your dishes free of food instead of rinsing them
8. Sweep your driveway instead of power washing
9. Reuse your towels

Clothes & Fashion

1. Consider buying second hand
2. Accept hand me downs
3. Buy clothes made from organic cotton
4. Stay away from fast fashion
5. Skip synthetic materials
6. Choose organic cotton

Reuse When Possible

1. Use reusable beeswax wraps instead of plastic wrap
2. Use reusable silicone bags or glass containers instead of buying plastic baggies
3. Use refillable water bottles
4. Make your own household cleaners
5. Use a refillable coffee mug
6. Use a reusable coffee filter

Easy Swaps

1. Swap a plastic toothbrush for a bamboo toothbrush
2. Use period underwear or reusable pads instead of pads or tampons
3. Swap laundry balls for dryer sheets
4. Swap paper napkins for reusable ones

Furniture & Home Decore

1. Buy second hand
2. Flip a yard sale and find
3. Decorate your house with plants
4. Support local artisans

Make instead

1. Household cleaners
2. Cotton Rounds
3. Beeswax wraps

Easy Sustainable Actions When Shopping

1. Reduce the amount of meat you eat
2. Buy local
3. Buy from bulk stores
4. Buy organic
5. Bring your own reusable shopping bag
6. Bring your own reusable produce bag
7. Choose glass containers over plastic ones
8. Buy only what you need

Transportation Ideas To Be More Sustainable

1. Carpool
2. Take public transit
3. Bike
4. Walk when you can

As you can see, there are plenty of ways to adopt sustainable living practices. These tips will help you start your journey to a greener lifestyle; reduce energy usage, use renewable energy sources, recycle and reuse items, buy local and in-season produce, choose sustainable fabric options, shop smartly & minimize waste, and utilize natural cleaners. conserve water, avoid toxic Substances and practice conscious consumption.

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