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Ten Small Ways to Start Being Eco Friendly

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Climate change and energy and water shortages have been in the news recently, and you may be wondering what you can do to be an eco friendly member of society. These small steps are easy to incorporate into your lifestyle, and they can help the environment.

  1. Use reusable grocery bags when you go to the supermarket so that fewer disposable plastic bags end up in landfills or the ocean.burlap bag with logog
  2. Set your thermostat to be a degree cooler in the winter and a degree warmer in the summer. You probably will not notice the difference, but your bill may be lower
  3. Buy locally whenever possible to reduce the environmental cost of transporting produce on trucks that pollute the air. Take jute bags to carry produce home from your local farmers’ market.
  4. Make your car more fuel efficient by keeping the tires pumped up, getting a tune-up and avoiding slamming on the brakes repeatedly.
  5. Walk to do your nearby errands so that you do not burn gasoline by driving. Carry your library books or outgoing mail in sturdy, comfortable burlap tote bags.
  6. Replace old incandescent light bulbs with lower-energy fluorescent bulbs, and turn off the lights when you leave the room.
  7. Recycle newspapers, plastic bottles, and cans. If your city doesn’t pick up these items from your home, take them to a recycling center in
  8. Unplug electronics when you are not using them, since they use electricity when they are plugged in even if they are off.cotton jute
  9. Redo your landscaping to make it more eco-friendly by planting native plants and avoiding the use of artificial pesticides.
  10. Buy and use environmentally friendly cleaning products that contain only natural, non-toxic and biodegradable ingredients instead of harmful chemicals.

There are so many small changes you can make in your everyday life to help the environment in a big way!

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Going Green at the Farmer’s Market with Reusable Bags!

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Buying what we can from neighborhood farmer’s markets is an important part of a green lifestyle. Supporting local growers reduces the amount of energy used to transport, store and display food and other goods. But the way we transport our locally grown goodies can make a difference too. Plastic and one-use bags are a waste of natural resources. If you’re not carrying reusable bags to the market you’re missing out on a simple way to make a big environmental impact.tote

Burlap tote bags and jute bags are attractive and durable, but efficiency isn’t even the best reason to use them. Here are a few disturbing statistics about the environmental impact of one-use and plastic bags:

  • According to Conserving Now, almost 90 percent of the debris in the world’s oceans is plastic.
  • Plastic bags are one of the most common items found in coastal cleanups and every year they’re responsible for more than 100,000 marine-animal deaths.
  • If just one person replaced one-use bags with reusable grocery bags it could eliminate more than 22,000 bags from ending up in our landfills and sensitive eco systems.
  • Plastic shopping bags like to hang around, it can take 15 to 1,000 years for them to decompose.

Opting for an eco friendly bag has a domino effect. When friends see you carrying a stylish burlap tote at the farmer’s market it will remind them to bring their own reusable bags next time. A well-made bag has many uses and soon you’ll be using your reusable bag at the beach, the mall or to bring snacks to the soccer team. With each use you can take pride that there’s one less plastic bag polluting our environment.