Make your Home More Eco-Friendly

Would it not be a wonderful thing if every person who lives on this beautiful earth showed respect for it and cared for the environment? Man's tragic history proves that greed, apathy, ignorance, vested interests, fight for wealth throughout the world and the business-asusual philosophy of millions who insist on maintaining a high-energy-consuming lifestyle is the real problem and fight today. But you should not give up in doing your part even if it seems a small share. Small steps add up to a big difference, you just have to know which ones to take.
Use less water for instance.
Saving water can help tremendously if millions of people take these small steps. Here are a few that will help save big.
- Shut off the water while you brush your teeth- Take showers that are a minute or two shorter- Only flush the toilet when you need to- Only run full loads of laundry and dishes- Buy from sustainable producers. These are farmers, ranchers, and other producers that use techniques that pollute less and use less water. You can do some research online or ask at your local organic market to find these products.
Use less energy.
If you don’t have the money to buy a hybrid car or convert your house to solar power, you can make a big difference with small changes.
- Buy energy efficient appliances. They may be more expensive, but make up for the increased cost in lower energy bills.- Unplug chargers when you’re not using them. Cell phone and other chargers use up powers even if there’s nothing attached to them.- Put devices with remotes, like T.V.s, VCRs, and stereos, on a power strip and turn it off when you go to bed at night. These devices use a lot of power to run the remote receiver even when the device is off.- Walk or ride your bike for short trips. - Buy as many local products as possible. Buy produce from local farmers. It takes energy to transport food and other products across the country. Buying local not only supports your local economy, it helps them use less energy.
When it comes to saving energy and water, it’s a great idea to get the kids involved. You can even make it a game. Have them track how much water and electricity everyone is using. You can compete to see who uses the least water. You can often count on your kids to help keep you on track when given the task. Reuse.
Most of us know the three R’s: reduce, reuse, recycle, but when we work on conserving, we often leave reuse out of the picture. While you can often find tips on how to reuse common products from other people, what you need most is creativity. With a little thought there are many items around your home that can be reused. Old food jars can be refilled with homemade foods.
Use environmentally friendly products. When you go to the grocery store, you probably see “natural” or “eco friendly” products . Thats good but be selective and read, just because they say natural doesn’t mean they’re entirely natural and their costly.
If you want inexpensive, natural, safe products, why not just make them yourself. Vinegar is a great way to clean and disinfect glass and other surfaces. Need to remove stubborn stains? Just add some baking soda or salt to your vinegar cleaner. Some quick searching online will lead you to hundreds of other natural safe home-made cleaning products.
We know going green is better for the environment, but it’s also better for you. Conserving resources helps us take care of our beautiful earth and it also saves us money! If you would read in your bible Revelation 11:18 you will see the bible accurately foretold that humans would reach the point where they would be "ruining the earth."
But earths furture is in good hands and it will never be destroyed as man says. Isaiah 45:18 - Pslams 37:29