Some Quick and Easy Things We Can Do to be a Little More Green

This is just a quick list I have put together for things on how we here in Bermuda can all go a little more green and help the enviroment:

• hang dry your laundry
• bring your own containers for take out and restaurant leftovers
• reuse water bottles instead of buying bottled water. What's wrong with filling a bottle up with some fresh Bermuda rain water?
• reuse bags. (Both paper and plastic)
• use a digital camera
• donate old clothes and other items instead of throwing them away
• use towels more than once before washing them
• shop the farmers market weekly and try to reduce consumption of mass produced, imported produce
• do not commute alone by car: ride a bike, walk, take public transit, or car pool
• live in a space smaller than 1000 square feet (per person)
• use mostly all-natural, biodegradable cleaning products
• have no more than 1 child, or adopt additional children
• reduce consumption of pork, lamb, beef, battery farmed eggs and chickens, fish and dairy, or for the brave, become a vegetarian, and for the even braver, become a vegan
• replace my regular light bulbs with either compact florescent bulbs, or LED lights
• use less air conditioning during the summer, and less heating during the winter
• compost your organic waste
• wash your clothes in cold wash, with a detergent designed for it
• take more cold showers, or at least use less hot water
• recycle everything you throw out that can be recycled (Bermuda needs some major expansion in this area)

Anyway, hope these are some good tips, and just remember that even by just doing a few, if we all do them then we are making a difference.