Eco Effect: March 2012

Thursday, 22 March 2012

Guerilla Gardening

Guerilla gardening is gardening on another person's property without their permission. The main aim of the guerrilla gardener is to give new life to otherwise neglected and rundown land. The best thing about these activists is that they generate change through positive peaceful action.

We love it and think that it should be done by everyone whenever and wherever possible. It is beautiful and so why not.

A few cities you may have already spotted it:

Toronto

London

Cape Town

Paris

Tokyo

Thursday, 15 March 2012

Practice Greener Habits: March is all about Reducing

Integrate these 7 simple habits into your life to make the world greener.

1) Buy products in containers that you can reuse, e.g. honey in glass jar instead of a plastic squeezable container, then you can use the glass jars for storage.

2) Try to avoid products with unnecessary packaging, for example rather buy loose fruit and vegetables than anything in bags.

3) Buy a beautiful bag for doing grocery shopping, like these woven ones for women. They last a lot longer than canvas bags and if you source your bag you can insure that you are supporting a local supplier or fair trade.

4) Avoid using disposable items such as tissue paper, plastic utensils, cups, paper plates, etc.

5) Store food in containers, avoiding using foil and cling film wherever possible. What is even better is if you obtained your container from a product that you previously purchased! Not only are you helping the planet but you are cutting expenses.

6) Do not buy electrical appliances when there is a manpowered option, for example a tin opener.

7) Avoid battery-operated tools and toys. If possible, use ones that you can charge up by yourself, that are solar powered or have rechargeable batteries.