How do I live an Eco-Friendly life as a Uni student?
Here’s some tips!
- If you don’t live on or near campus and need to travel to school, car pool or use public transportation.
- Paper usage is a big one which I’ve studied before. The product of paper is quite carbon intensive, and also removes trees. But paper often is wasted. Taking class notes on a laptop, and printing double sided papers (if your prof allows it) will reduce paper usage. Avoid things like post-it notes. Borrow textbooks from a library or friend before purchasing one, if possible. Recycle your paper, too.
- Eat local and organic food. Local food does not have to be transported far. Think of how that banana you bought from somewhere in tropics got to your hand?
- If you buy coffee/tea, use a re-usable coffee mug. Don’t buy bottled water, use a re-usable water container (if your local water is safe).
- Re-usable grocery bags for shopping.
All kinds of things! Living eco-friendly is really a matter of living with a good conscious and using a little common sense. Good luck!
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February 11th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
Here’s some tips!
- If you don’t live on or near campus and need to travel to school, car pool or use public transportation.
- Paper usage is a big one which I’ve studied before. The product of paper is quite carbon intensive, and also removes trees. But paper often is wasted. Taking class notes on a laptop, and printing double sided papers (if your prof allows it) will reduce paper usage. Avoid things like post-it notes. Borrow textbooks from a library or friend before purchasing one, if possible. Recycle your paper, too.
- Eat local and organic food. Local food does not have to be transported far. Think of how that banana you bought from somewhere in tropics got to your hand?
- If you buy coffee/tea, use a re-usable coffee mug. Don’t buy bottled water, use a re-usable water container (if your local water is safe).
- Re-usable grocery bags for shopping.
All kinds of things! Living eco-friendly is really a matter of living with a good conscious and using a little common sense. Good luck!
References :
Environmental science student
February 11th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Thou shall live on Tofu
Thou shall smoke weed
Thou shalt smoke rollies
Thou shall have hippy hair
Thou shall espouse the wonders of hemp
They shall wonder with bare feet
Thou shall buy all clothes from the second hand shops
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Former Eco-friendly uni student
February 11th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
Everything we do, use or consume has an impact, you can make choices to reduce your negative impact in all aspects of life. For a student, look for recycled content school supplies, buy used books or join a book swap group, that will save you money and trees. Don’t use shopping as therapy. Buy what you need and try to buy quality items that won’t need to be replaced. Buy used or second hand when possible, look on freecycle and craigslist for items you may need. Consider your transportation, bike or use public transportation as much as possible, this can save money and time looking for a parking spot.
Consider how and what you eat, reduce packaging and waste when ever possible. Eat as many local fresh items as you can find. Locate a local farmers market and snack on fresh produce and nuts instead of processed foods. This will save you money and make it easier to concentrate. Many convenience foods are empty calories which put your blood sugar on a roller coaster, that makes it hard to think.
Learn what is in your beauty products, this goes for guys too. There are many chemicals that aren’t listed on the package that can affect your immune system. I like the skin deep website, I’ll put the link below, it will tell you what is in your products and what risk they have.
If you ever have a spare moment read "The Green Book" I think it is one of the best all around books on learning how our lives impact the earth.
References :
http://cosmeticsdatabase.com/index.php?nothanks=1