Simultaneously improving your health and the planet's: what could be better?!
At the grocery store
- Buy mostly fresh, unprocessed foods at the grocery store. Bring reusable bags with you and put your produce in a cotton net bag rather than in plastic bags.
- Buy local foods: fresher and less shipping involved.
- Choose non-GMO foods.
- Choose grass-fed beef, free-range poultry, wild seafood, and produce grown on organic, sustainable farms
In your yard
- Plant a small garden. Gardening is good exercise, therapeutic, and growing your own food reminds us all to appreciate where our food comes from.
- Plant a drought resistant garden to save water and get the benefits of getting your hands in the dirt.
In your home
- Take a TV break and save some electricity. While you aren't watching TV, do some stretching, deep breathing, meditating, laugh with your family, or pack a lunch for the next day.
- Use non-toxic products on your body, when you clean your house, and for your laundry.
- Wash your own car. It's a good workout and if the sun is shining, you'll get some Vitamin D for your immune system!
At work
- Bring your lunch in glass or metal containers.
- If you go out to eat, walk or carpool.
- Have a plant at your workplace if possible. These plants are great air purifiers.
Anytime!
- If you eat at restaurants and have leftovers to take home, bring a glass container instead of wasting a to-go container. Savor your meal and eat a healthy portion--you can enjoy your leftovers without wasting resources.
- Hydrate with a glass or stainless steel water bottle. Drinking adequate water daily is essential to good health. Cutting down on plastic bottles is good for the planet and for you too.
- Walk or ride your bike to work, to the movies...whenever the opportunity strikes. It's beneficial to your body and saves gas.
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