Don’t be too Smug yet if you think you already know how to live green!!

Perhaps you are proud to tell everyone how you do everything possible to recycle and also support certain organizations financially that is dedicated to the environment and nature conservation. Well done if you do your bit but do you really know how to live green?  Living green is not as easy as it sounds. It takes a small effort from a lot of people to make a HUGE difference. Recycling trash at your home and at work, being very energy conscious at home, and other things like saving gas while driving in your car are a great start to living green. Are you teaching your children well on how to live green? If you do all this KUDOS by the dozen to you.

 Saving Energy is Extremely important in your Effort to Live Green

Industries, cars, homes, and generating electricity are all the biggest factors contributing to global warming. Conserving energy starts with you at home. Is your home for a start well insulated? Are you electricity savings conscious? I will say that people that have really learnt how to live green are using natural energy sources. There are guides to creating your own electricity and you will be amazed at how simple this is. Experts will have you believe that it is complicated and expensive but the reality is that it is another money racket. Fortunately there are a lot of whistle blowers that have written guides on how to create your own natural electricity for less than a few hundred dollars. Imagine how much you can save in electricity and utility bills at home per year by generating enough energy for your home OFF THE GRID!  Look into this and you have taken another step forward in learning how to live green.

Make money by living green

Do you know that it is even possible by making money while living green? Big organizations have taken it on them selves by paying people to bringing them good to recycle. Some examples include cardboard and paper, glass, plastics and tins, metals and even ink cartridges. Have a look at a superb guide on how to live green that outlines some useful information on how to make money while living green

No doubt you will really consider investing in guides that can help you save money on your home utility bills and also at the same time earn you money. Is it then not worth starting now to do your bit for our planet? Everyone is going to suffer at the end of the day. Ignoring the warning signs from mother earth will result in more than just a smack on the head. It can even mean the death of us all!!

Green is good, green is the way forward, green means sustainability, and quality of life.

Author Sloan Barnett has taken being green to new levels. essentially Green Goes With Everything is a guide for the average person as to how us regular Joe’s and Jane’s can not only improve the planet, but also their own lives. We take so much for granted in our modern world. Clean, so we are told smells of Lilac or Mountain air scented with lemon. It does not! Clean doesn’t smell of anything. Clean by definition, is just that, there are no additives, merely the absence of ‘stuff’. What about that lemon fragrance? Well chances are that no lemons were hurt in the manufacturing process, the lemon smell comes from a formidable chemical soup concocted in a laboratory.

One of my favorite quotes from the book is where Sloan Barnett is giving us her simple advice about buying food. She advocates reading the ingredient list and applying the following easy to remember test:

If I can’t pronounce it. I don’t buy it
If it has more than four syllables. I don’t buy it
If it has a number somewhere in its name. I don’t buy it

This advice makes perfect sense to me.

I have to admit that I am not as green as Sloan Barnett, I buy and use all sorts of iffy products, but when possible I do try to go green. One misnomer people have about going green is that it is going to cost you more. That is not the case. Green does not have to be more expensive, it is just like any other product you might purchase. You need to shop around for the best deal.

I have to admit that I love food. Food is an art form in my mind. And even though I do not have the taste buds of an expert, I know what tastes good, and that generally speaking are food products that are natural and without the addition of chemicals. A great example is the lowly tomato. We take it for granted, it is on our burger, it is in our salad, it is in our sauces and stews, and generally it has no flavor what so ever. Next spring plant some tomato seeds in a large pot, and 90 days later you will have a few pounds of the best tasting tomatoes you have ever experienced.

I found Green Goes With Everything to be an interesting read, maybe it is not a book that you would read cover to cover, it is more a handy reference guide. Although the author has a clear favorite in her brand choice (her husband works for the company), she does at least offer alternatives at the end of each section.

Green is the new hot color. Don’t leave home without it, in fact take green home with you. Many people say things like “what difference can I make, I am just one person”? Well, the simple answer is that one person can make a difference. Green does not mean living like a hermit, and eating leaves and berries, green just means making better choices. Those wise choices will make a big difference to the quality of life for our grand children, and their grand children.

You can pick up your copy of Green Goes With Everything from Amazon.

(Originally published at Blogger News Network and reprinted with permission from the author, Simon Barrett).