Let’s talk about our buying habits…

We all have known how our personal activities directly affect our environment. There are some indirect factors as well that cause global warming and adversely affect Planet Earth.

Secondary carbon footprint is also a considerable factor that can’t be ignored. Let’s commit to certain things that we may be able to avoid:

·         Don't buy bottled water if your tap water is safe to drink / can be treated with RO system

·         Buy local fruit and vegetables, or even try growing your own. In cases where elders stay with us, we may want to take their help in having our own little kitchen garden

·         Don't buy (labeled-‘fresh’) fruit and vegetables which are out of season; they may have been flown in. Also, don’t be fooled by organic produce. In fact in some states like Maharashtra, they have farmers’ market, try these. This is where you actually get healthy chemical-free vegetables that make you glow

·         Reduce your consumption of meat, it of course disturbs the ecological balance

·         Try to only buy products made close to home (look out and avoid items that are made in the distant lands)

·         Recycle as much as possible

·         Think carefully about the type of activities you do. Do any of these causes an increase in carbon emissions? Are you running the air conditioner for longer hours while you sweat it out in the gym, regular sauna/steam baths?,  do we actually need that hair conditioner everyday and then use double the amount of water to rinse it off? Is that fabric softner so necessary after very wash with detergent? Can’t we just let our clothes to dry out in the sun instead of running the washing machine tub? Do we actually need the fancy and expensive preservative laden bread or juices or eggs for that matter? Aren’t our homemade breakfast options delicious enough?

Think it over.

Hoping you incorporate at least one change out of these if not all. That would be a great contribution towards helping preserve this Planet.