Living Your Best Sustainable Life

Let's live a sustainable life

Sustainable living is the practice of reducing your demand for natural resources by making sure that you replace what you use to the best of your ability.... Practitioners of sustainable living often attempt to reduce their carbon footprint by altering methods of transportation, energy consumption, and diet.

10 Ways to Live a Sustainable Life

1. Recycle properly. ...

2. Ditch plastic water bottles and invest in a reusable bottle. ...

3. Minimize single-use plastic in your life altogether. ...

4. Take steps to reduce your energy consumption. ...

5. Reduce your water usage. ...

6. Avoid food waste. ...

7. Opt for environmentally-conscious modes of transportation. ...

8. Grow your own food.
   

What is sustainable living Sustainable living describes a lifestyle that attempts to reduce an individual's or society's use of the Earth's natural resources, and one's personal resources. It is often called as "earth harmony living" or "net zero living".

What is sustainable living and why is it important?

A sustainable lifestyle takes into account eating, transportation, socialization, energy use, waste disposal and more. Simply put, being sustainable is meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Is being sustainable costly?

Purchasing sustainable items does seem to be more expensive compared to mainstream alternatives. It's the same story across most items: fashion, food, beauty. ... Some of you said just that – you shared my hot-cold-flush at the checkout when you realised how much more money your sustainable shopping cost.

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