"Habits are formed when the memory associates specific actions with specific places or moods," - Duke University researcher, Wendy Wood
If being green is about being aware of where our food, energy and products come from, how they were grown or made, where they will go and how they will be handled when their useful lives are over. However, replace your old habits with the new green habits will drive the conscious thinking to your subconcious level and make it easy to do.
- Use usable grocery bags. They are more durable and often look better than cheap plastic bags. The challenge is to remember carrying them with you. Keep them in your car. Mentally rehear taking the bags with you before entering the grocery store you frequent.
- No more bottled water. It's expensive, and is not necessarily healthier than tap water. Use a stylish stainless steel water bottle. It's safe and free of questionable Bisphenol A, a chemical that leaches from many plastic bottles.
- Buy products with less packaging;
- Buy refill instead of products in plastic bottles, like shampoo, detergent.
- Cut down on meat. If more land has to be put into agricultural production to produce meat than to produce plant products, we are left with less nature.
- Buy products that are reusable, recycled, or recyclable.
- Buy less. How much stuff does anyone really need? Do you really need another dress, another toy, another bag? Yes, you can recycle them later, but keep in mind they will first become your storage problem before they eventually become garbage. So before you put anything in your shopping cart, think how long you'll keep it. Another rule is to buy a few really good/expensive items that last, instead of lots of cheap stuff just because they are on sale.
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