Green Lifestyle Tips

Many of us nowadays want to be more Environmentally friendly, but just don't know what we can do to help. These hints will cost you close to no time, save you money, improve your health and you’ll be doing something good for the environment!

Bought new eye-glasses - What can you do with your redundant pair?

Maybe your old eye-glasses are not what you want anymore, but they can help millions of people with eyesight issues. With nearly 87% of the world's vision impaired living in under or developing countries, this little act can make a big difference their lives. Your unused eye-glasses can change their life quality substantially. Apart from helping with pollution, giving away your old eye-glasses will certainly make you feel great.

Don't let the rain go to waste - make use of it

It is probably not the best idea to drink rain water, but it can be good for watering your garden or washing driveway. There is an extensive offer of barrels in shops, or you can make your own.

Drying your clothes the natural way - outside

This technology was used by our mothers and grandmothers and guess what, it still works! If you hang your washing out, not only you don't need to pay for electricity to dry it, but your clothes will get the fresh smell of sun and wind, something you can never really get with an electric tool. Individuals worry that they many be judged unfavourably if they put washing outside and are bothered people may think less of them. Be proud of supporting the world, green is in and you can do your bit quite easily.

Make use of a shower, it saves on water bills

The amount of water that a bath needs can increase your bills a lot also staying in the bath or shower too long can develop health troubles for you . You can drink the water from your taps without problems but with the high concentration of chlorine in it, the fumes given out when you heat it can have a serious impact on your health. Save more money by installing a shower head that controls the flow and amount of water you use, you will be surprised at the difference this can make.

Share a car ride with one or two work mates

Car sharing is not a new topic and it is supported by authorities, but many individuals still don't do it through lack of incentive or knowledge. Unfortunately, as a Toronto condos realtor I have to drive a lot. Take an average car owner, they commute about 100 km a week and around 5000 km a year. By teaming up with a work mate you could save around 170 litres of fuel a year which is a lot of cash and it protects the environment by cutting carbon dioxide by around 400kg over the same period. Some business's have a car sharing scheme already set up which is worth checking into, if not try and set one up yourself; ask around to see who would be interested in saving money.