Being GREEN and healthy!

DianaM1020

Hey guys,

So, I just graduated with an Environmental Science degree and I'm starting my graduate program for a Master's in Sustainability. I've been thinking of ways to be more sustainable and my every day living, and most of them make me healthier too!

Taking the stairs: Burns more calories and uses less electricity than taking the elevator
Biking to work: Great work out and no emissions!
No beef or pork: Less fat, nitrites, and hormones in my diet and less energy used to raise, butcher, and transport the meats.
Water!: less water weight. Eliminates packaging/transport of other drinks and energy used
Local fruit and veggies: incorporate more natural foods for healthy living, and promote local farms, decrease transportation needed


Can you guys think of any other ways to be Green and healthy?


"Recycling is an Aspirin, alleviating a rather large collective hangover....overconsumption" - Robert Lilienfield

Grokette

Making my own household cleaners, soaps, shampoos and putting in reusable containers.

Coconut oil is a great skin cleanser, face and body moisturizer.

Using soap nuts for laundry

Compost pile in my back yard.

I also belong to 2 CSA's.

My pork, beef, chicken, eggs and raw dairy all come from a local farm.

DianaM1020

Wow all those things are awesome!

I compost too, and only buy organic milk, eggs, and chicken. I wish I could do a CSA or buy local more. I'm sure I'm going to learn a lot more in my program

Grokette

Wow all those things are awesome!

I compost too, and only buy organic milk, eggs, and chicken. I wish I could do a CSA or buy local more. I'm sure I'm going to learn a lot more in my program

Look into getting raw milk, you will never go back to organic after drinking actual raw milk.

Raw milk is not pasteurized or homogenized so the nutrition is not broken down through the processing. even organic milk goes through the pasteurization and homogenization process because the government makes them do it.

DianaM1020

Yeah I worked at a local, natural food grocery and my boyfriend is the manager there. We get local milk that is minimally pasteurized, not raw but pretty close. But i was trying to think of ways to incorporate being Green and healthy at the same time- any more ideas?