I guess I will start with that saying about reducing my carbon footprint. So, if I have the right understanding, that would mean using the least amount of energy that I can in my daily life. Making sure that my car is tuned up with needed filters, to reduce carbon emissions. Cutting down on electric and heating usage if possible. In addition you try to use less chemicals in your household. Whatever you can do to make your life more adaptable to green living...
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What's Your Definition of Green Living?
Started by mariaandrea, Jan 16 2012 01:09 AM
32 replies to this topic
#23
Posted 04 April 2012 - 05:47 AM
A green life for me is when people uses manual wooden bikes instead of motorcycles and cars, no disposable materials, no hi-tech gadgets, no tall buildings, just a simple normal life. I love advancement but I think because of this industrialization continually takes place that further results to destroying mother Earth. We can strive to live a green life today buy limiting household wastes but personally I would say that green living per se is unattainable already.
#24
Posted 05 April 2012 - 07:42 AM
For me, living green is all about making the smallest impact on the earth as possible. I have been a vegetarian for 18 years. I do small things like making sure things are unplugged and lights turned off. Using resuseable materials when possible for cleaning etc. I think it is all of the little things that add up to making a real "green " effort.
#25
Posted 05 April 2012 - 09:37 AM
I think we should be hesitant about trying to establish a concrete definition of green living. That's partly because I think green living constitutes continually trying to find new ways to reduce one's impact on the environment. The only people who are perfectly green are dead people--us living can only keep trying to improve.
As well, I think some environmentalists have a tendency to look down on those who don't measure up to their personal standard of green living. This is damaging to the environmental movement as a whole. We need to nurture all acts of green, and work together to achieve new levels of sustainability.
As well, I think some environmentalists have a tendency to look down on those who don't measure up to their personal standard of green living. This is damaging to the environmental movement as a whole. We need to nurture all acts of green, and work together to achieve new levels of sustainability.
#26
Posted 07 April 2012 - 05:32 PM
Green living means using just what I need and not to obtain/use excessive amounts of stuff like water or electricity. For some reason, living green also means to me that I need to live healthy and clean. Of course, I don't go overboard in conserving everything I have but I always make a daily effort to do what I can and I always turn in all the trashed plastic for the community and make sure that they're recycled. Doing this also saves me money which is definitely another good thing.
#27
Posted 09 April 2012 - 07:53 PM
For me, green living is making your lifestyle favorable to nature. It is doing things that are less harmful to the environment - buying organic food or, better yet, having your own vegetable garden; reusing and recycling things; buying only what is important; joining tree-planting projects; and appreciating the life all around us. You should live green not only at home but also as part of a bigger community. Lessen your dependency on modern technology - they are the biggest cause of environmental problem. Live a healthy, simple, and frugal life and encourage others to do so.
#28
Posted 10 April 2012 - 10:15 AM
My definition of living green is living better for the planet. Basically, making sure that our existence does not destroy our planet and that we don't use up all of our resources. Also that we do not take from the earth what we cannot give back.
#29
Posted 10 April 2012 - 12:42 PM
I would consider myself frugal and green. I don't like waste, I try to use items as often as I can. I shop at the second hand store as often as possible to save money and to avoid waste, when cloths are too small they are sent to the goodwill.
I recycle and grow my own veggies.
I recycle and grow my own veggies.
#30
Posted 15 April 2012 - 07:37 PM
mariaandrea, on 16 January 2012 - 05:48 PM, said:
Ok, so here's a little exercise. Take 2 families and decide which is greener. Each have 2 parents and 2 kids.
Family 1 - they live in a city neighborhood and have solar panels on the roof which cover most of their energy needs because their house is energy efficient and they're careful. Dad rides a bike to work, mom takes the bus. They recycle and own one hybrid car they use for running errands. They only buy organic produce and meat, usually at a farmers market, and they do lots of little green things at home, like make their own cleaning products, use canvas bags for shopping and buying used clothing. There's a vegetable garden in the backyard. They take one vacation every year, sometimes they fly but they also purchase carbon offsets.
Family 2 - a traditional Amish family living on a small farm, raising all of their own food, or bartering from neighbors doing the same. They do not have electricity or telephones and drive a horse and buggy and build their own homes and barns. Their water comes from a well. They earn money by doing traditional wordworking with hand tools. They purchase cloth but make their own clothing and linens. Their lifestyle is based on re-use and they waste nothing. They mix with the modern world as little as possible.
Which family is greener?
Family 1 - they live in a city neighborhood and have solar panels on the roof which cover most of their energy needs because their house is energy efficient and they're careful. Dad rides a bike to work, mom takes the bus. They recycle and own one hybrid car they use for running errands. They only buy organic produce and meat, usually at a farmers market, and they do lots of little green things at home, like make their own cleaning products, use canvas bags for shopping and buying used clothing. There's a vegetable garden in the backyard. They take one vacation every year, sometimes they fly but they also purchase carbon offsets.
Family 2 - a traditional Amish family living on a small farm, raising all of their own food, or bartering from neighbors doing the same. They do not have electricity or telephones and drive a horse and buggy and build their own homes and barns. Their water comes from a well. They earn money by doing traditional wordworking with hand tools. They purchase cloth but make their own clothing and linens. Their lifestyle is based on re-use and they waste nothing. They mix with the modern world as little as possible.
Which family is greener?
I would say the Amish are greener then the other family. Tho the other family is doing a great job, I don't know anybody who is more efficient then the Amish are.
#31
Posted 16 April 2012 - 12:41 AM
For me, green living is more like getting back to our roots. It is merging the current technology with the right ways of our past. Our ancestors were living right in the sense that they lived off the natural environment, and we are right because modernization is natural. It just shouldn't come with the cost that we are paying for now.
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