7 tips in 7 days- Going Green!
The other day I was thinking and I thought about my name, green girl, and I thought well I haven’t really been that green have I, I mean I’ve talked about whaling but thats really all, and I thought maybe I should be a bit more greener and thats when the idea really hit me…7 tips in 7 days! I could write about 7 ways you can become more greener in a week. So this week I’m going all green! And here are my tips;
Day 1- Taking shorter showers. If you can take only a 5 min shower or have a longer shower but only have one every second day. While your waiting for the water to heat up you could catch the excess stuff in a bucket and use that for your garden. Saving water and money!
Day 2- Turn off the T.V. Don’t just sit like a couch potato in front of the T.V all day watching any old stuff, pick out the programs you want to watch and cut out the other stuff. If you are thinking about buying a new T.V don’t get a flat screen they’re not very green and cause a lot of nuclear waste to make, plus they burn out quickly.
Day 3- Recycle. Heaps of things these days can be recycled, paper, glass, plastic bottles anything with the recycling symbol on it can be recycled. The more we recycle the less we have to make which means less waste and less resources used, so less holes in the ground. Never put rubbish in a recycling bin it can contaminate a whole batch of recycling materials even a whole truck if your unlucky.
Day 4- Limit your electricity. You don’t need every light on in the house at the same time, switch off the lights you don’t need on. Don’t leave the computer on for hours without using it, switch it off. Don’t leave music on when your not listening to it and don’t leave the T.V on when no ones watching. Switch them off, if your not using it then you may as well turn it off. You don’t need it so don’t put the environment at risk for your laziness. Turn it off.
Day 5- Plant native plants in your garden. Every tree, every bush, every plant helps to get rid of a little pollution every day so plant more of these plants in your garden but not just any plants native ones. Plants that are native to your area are the best plants to have in your garden because their suited to that environment. They’re more hardy then those other more tropical plants, they attract native animals and they’re more drought hardy, saving you water. Plant Native.
Day 6- Put an effort into clean up days and throw all your rubbish in the bin. If you cart it there you can cart it back! As I said before never throw rubbish in a recycling bin.
And finally Day 7- Walk to school or work whenever you can, even just one day a week can make a difference and not just to the environment either to your wallet as well. If you can’t do this try to catch public transport or car pull with someone it really can make a difference.
So that’s my 7 tips for 7 days I hope they were helpful, stick to these tips and hopefully you can become more green too!
( P.S If you’ve got any ideas or things you think I should have in my blog just leave a comment and I’ll see what I can do)
G.G