Down to Earth

10 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO GO GREEN

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Carry a Bag Wherever You Go

Tucking in eco-friendly bags into your purse enables you to achieve a plastic-less future

Say No to Bottled Water

Drinking tap water prevents using plastic for packaging purposes and saves 1.5 million tons of plastic waste per year

Up Your Reuse Game

Reusing plastic containers to store stuff is one of the easiest ways to to encourage conscious consumeris­m

Go Paperless

Reading e-zines or e-books can help reduce the ecological footprint to a great extent

Harvest Rainwater

Reduce the demands on groundwate­r by collecting and utilising rainwater

Focus on Compost

Segregatin­g waste and using the organic waste as compost helps improve soil quality

Sun Ho!

The use of solar energy can prevent the total and complete dependence on fossil fuels and other non-renewable sources of energy

Ditch the Shower

An average shower uses almost 60 litres of water while using a bucket to bath can do the job in 10 litres at the most

Go Local

Eating locally available food actually helps save on transporta­tion trips thus leading to lesser environmen­tal pollution

Plant a Tree

Almost 48 pounds of carbon dioxide is absorbed by a matured tree per year. Combat climate change by planting more trees for a cleaner and greener Earth

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