Live Life Genuinely, Go Eco-Friendly

Top 3 People Living Waste Free Living waste free is something I have mentioned plenty of times previously in my blog post when it comes to going green and living eco-friendly. Minimizing your waste has many benefits from saving money to saving the environment. Decreasing your annual trash decreases pollution increasing the earths quality of life along with yours. In my earlier blog post I talked about setting goals in order to minimize waste, however setting these goals may be hard if you don't understand HOW other people are successfully achieving these goals in living eco-friendly.  The steps to minimizing your waste are: 1. Buy used items, check out your local thrift and consignment shops! 2. Use reusable bags 3. Use reusable containers 4. Compost your degradable items, such as yard trimmings and food scraps.  5. Buy in bulk!! Doing so allows you to get more items for your money while reducing...

5 Eco-Friendly, Organic Meals You Can Make Today Many times people avoid organic meals because they believe them to be pricey or not as tasty. While this may be the case for some meals, there are plenty of organic meals you can make that are more tasty, cheap, and healthier than your daily non-organic meals. Keep on reading to find out 5 easy recipes that even the most beginner cooks can make successfully. These recipes are tasty and will help you keep money in your pockets while changing it up. A website that you can check out for more eco-friendly recipes is Web Ecoist , they have a list of 70 plus recipes you can try.  There are plenty of reasons eating organic is the smartest way to go for you: Organic produce contains fewer pesticides Organic food is often fresher  Organic farming is better for the environment Organically raised animals are NOT given antibiotics, growth hormones, or fed animal byproducts Organic meat and milk are richer in certain nutri...

Positive Environmental News to Brighten Your Day With negative news everywhere, I’m here to brighten your day with these top positive news stories happening in our environment! It’s not every day that there are good things happening in our environment so if these news stories don’t make you smile… well then there might just be something wrong with you.  There is no shortage of bad news when it comes to the environment, but in the past year recently there have been a few bright spots. Highlighting these bright spots will give us hope to a better future and reinforcement that the steps we are taking as citizens to save the environment and live eco-friendly are making a positive impact. PS this is not fake news. Top 3 Environmental Positive Stories  Get ready to be happy... 1. France Set to End All Use of Petrol and Diesel by 2040 Big deal alert! France has recently set the goal as a country to get rid of all Petrol and Diesel vehi...

~Minimize Your Waste & Increase Your Peace of Mind ~ Minimizing your waste, or in more technical terms decreasing your carbon foot print, is a great start to your journey on going eco-friendly. Minimizing waste can be as simple as using reusable water bottles. Recently I have taken to reducing my daily waste. I have set goals for myself in order to successfully reduce my carbon footprint. Goals for reducing my amount of trash are:  1. Recycle ALL paper and plastic I use. 2. Use only reusable water bottles.  3. Take reusable bags with me when grocery shopping. 4.Purchase at least 50% of daily/weekly items needed that are made from recycled content. By successfully using items that are reusable and then only purchasing items of recyclable content I will be able to reduce my overall waste and reduce my carbon footprint. A carbon footprint is the total set of greenhouse emissions a individual produ...