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Are you an environment conscious individual, who is constantly looking for ways to make a positive change in whatever little way possible? Or are you somebody who wants to make a change but doesn’t know where to start from? Here is your chance to learn a few tips to make green living a part of your life.

1. Sustainable eating

Sustainable eating might sound like a hard and complicated term at first but it really isn’t. The most important thing you have to remember is when shopping in a supermarket, avoid the middle aisles. The side aisles always contain what you are looking for: whole foods and ingredients that allow you to cook healthy meals from scratch. You should only consider visiting the middle aisles when looking for cleaning supplies, organic soaps, detergents and shampoos and other green products. Also remember that producing meat is damaging to the environment just like consuming it is damaging to your health, so try to stay clear of it and adopt a plant based diet.

2. Use non-toxic chemicals for cleaning

Non-toxic cleaning chemicals have plenty of advantages over the nasty chemical loaded cleaners that always make your nose each or your eyes tear. For once they are just as effective and as cheap as their toxic counterparts. You will also love that they are friendly both to the environment, your water ways and your skin as well. It might take you a while to get used to them but once you start giving them a chance non-toxic chemicals will be the only ones you use.

3. Consume less, create less waste

Not all items are worth the storage space in your house, not to mention the money you pay for them. One good process to go through when seeing something you like in the supermarket is to just walk away from the item for a few minutes and afterwards ask yourself if you really need that item. If your answer is yes, sleep on it for a day and ask yourself that question again. If the answer is still yes then you can feel safe with your decision and buy it.

4. Eliminate baths and take shorter showers

Studies show that having a bath can consume as much as twice the water consumed during a shower so the recommendation is that you stop taking baths altogether. Once you’ve given up taking a bath you could also consider reducing the time you spend showering by  a few minutes because even one extra minute in the shower is five gallons of wasted water.

5. Cut down on driving

Some trips can’t be avoided but others can be unnecessary or easily completed on foot or with a bike, but the fact is that you are too dependent on the car as the main mode of transportation. If you want to benefit both the environment and your health, then try walking or taking a bike to the local shop or cinema.

6. Save electricity, money and the environment with your washing machine

A good way to live a green lifestyle and also save some money is to use the washing machine with a 30°C or 40°C washing cycle instead of the regular 60°C. Don’t think your clothes will be dirtier, most washing powders are just as good at the lower temperatures. Be sure to only run the washing machine or even dishwasher when you have a full load and you will waste less power and water.

This article has been contributed by Aishwarya Vohra from Offshore Ally.  She is apart of the company’s team of dedicated virtual assistant and link builders. Aishwarya is a nature lover and believes that everybody should adopt a green lifestyle. Connect with her via twitter.

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