You can play a key role in "greening" this holiday season. Green is associated with health, harmony, well-being, and the environment and a perfect color to signify eco-friendly actions.
Post updated 11/10/2022
When you adopt and follow through with the green ideas I share below, you can do your share to increase personal and world well-being all year long.
When you adopt and follow through with the green ideas I share below, you can do your share to increase personal and world well-being all year long.
Tips save time, energy, natural resources, and suggest ways you can make the planet a healthier place to live.
NG has eliminated plastic bags for checkouts. Since ditching disposable plastic grocery bags in 2009, they estimate that they've prevented more than 300 million plastic bags from being dumped in a landfill.
Natural Grocers upcycles most of the cardboard used to ship products to their stores. Boxes are used to pack up your order, if you forget to bring your own shopping bag.
If your market isn't taking steps to safeguard the environment, contact store management to voice your opinion. If they don't listen, write to the headquarters. If nothing changes boycott the store.
Another example of a store that is being environmentally aware is the one in this picture.
Eco-Friendly Moves to Green the Holidays
1. When your holiday custom includes having a Christmas tree, select a live potted one.
Decorate your tree with popcorn and other edible decorations that have zero waste and will not eventually wind up in a landfill.
After the holiday is over, plant the tree in the ground.
Decorate your tree with popcorn and other edible decorations that have zero waste and will not eventually wind up in a landfill.
After the holiday is over, plant the tree in the ground.
Trees help us in many ways. They provide shade and insulation and therefore cut down both on heating and cooling costs.
Trees replenish the air with oxygen, increases soil stability, and adds beauty to our landscapes. Trees are happy homes for birds and wildlife as well.
2. Support markets or stores where they make an effort to be sustainable. Carry and use a reusable shopping bag.
One example of sustainable progress is Natural Grocers (this is not a paid endorsement, just my honest opinion). Three ways this market is safeguarding the environment are listed below:
Natural Grocers sells only 100% organic produce and 100% non-gmo bulk foods (buying food in bulk is usually less expensive, cuts down on unnecessary packaging, and saves time and energy).
Trees replenish the air with oxygen, increases soil stability, and adds beauty to our landscapes. Trees are happy homes for birds and wildlife as well.
2. Support markets or stores where they make an effort to be sustainable. Carry and use a reusable shopping bag.
One example of sustainable progress is Natural Grocers (this is not a paid endorsement, just my honest opinion). Three ways this market is safeguarding the environment are listed below:
Natural Grocers sells only 100% organic produce and 100% non-gmo bulk foods (buying food in bulk is usually less expensive, cuts down on unnecessary packaging, and saves time and energy).
NG has eliminated plastic bags for checkouts. Since ditching disposable plastic grocery bags in 2009, they estimate that they've prevented more than 300 million plastic bags from being dumped in a landfill.
Natural Grocers upcycles most of the cardboard used to ship products to their stores. Boxes are used to pack up your order, if you forget to bring your own shopping bag.
If your market isn't taking steps to safeguard the environment, contact store management to voice your opinion. If they don't listen, write to the headquarters. If nothing changes boycott the store.
Another example of a store that is being environmentally aware is the one in this picture.
3. Consume less, and recycle, upcycle, and craft hand-make gifts, toys, and decorations. When you do buy something new, make sure it's high quality.
Thrift stores, rummage sales, and resale or repurpose outlets offer affordable gifts and packaging material supplies.
In fact, see cost-saving, eco-friendly holiday present ideas, décor, and conservation ideas (shop local or online and cut back on fossil fuel use and time).
a. Mary at the Boondocks Blog offers tips to repurpose old décor to make Bright Christmas Vignettes.
b. Katie Welles, the Wellness Mama suggests you give experiences rather than gifts. As she wrote, "Many studies show that material possessions do not equal happiness and that experiences are much more intrinsically fulfilling than things."
c. If you plan to travel during the holidays see 8 Green Travel Tips from an Obsessive Environmentalist by Yessenia Soto from www.rainforest.alliance.org.
d. Lea Stewart from inhabitant.com shows you how to make a beautiful upcycled fabric wreath.
e. For a neat DIY gift for Hanukkah and tips about this holiday see Hanukkah, a mini guide.
4. Visualize a soothing shade of green to help you maintain self-care routines and sail through the holidays with less stress and more happiness.
Has this post motivated you to add an eco-friendly move to your holiday and yearlong routine? Please share that info too.
Thanks for the visit and have a marvelous holiday season, one that's green, serene, and safe. 💗
Thrift stores, rummage sales, and resale or repurpose outlets offer affordable gifts and packaging material supplies.
In fact, see cost-saving, eco-friendly holiday present ideas, décor, and conservation ideas (shop local or online and cut back on fossil fuel use and time).
a. Mary at the Boondocks Blog offers tips to repurpose old décor to make Bright Christmas Vignettes.
c. If you plan to travel during the holidays see 8 Green Travel Tips from an Obsessive Environmentalist by Yessenia Soto from www.rainforest.alliance.org.
d. Lea Stewart from inhabitant.com shows you how to make a beautiful upcycled fabric wreath.
e. For a neat DIY gift for Hanukkah and tips about this holiday see Hanukkah, a mini guide.
4. Visualize a soothing shade of green to help you maintain self-care routines and sail through the holidays with less stress and more happiness.
Each small eco-friendly move you take adds up. 🌲 Creating a greener lifestyle can do much to improve the quality of your life and the planet's health as well.
I'd love to hear from you about this post, and learn how you live a green lifestyle.
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Thanks for the visit and have a marvelous holiday season, one that's green, serene, and safe. 💗
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