1. Before buying a product, ask yourself if you really need it. Any unnecessary consumption is uneconomic and anti-ecological essence, do not you think ?.
2. Be critical of advertising. Look at the qualities of the products, not the dreams you sell advertising often misleading.
3. Before throwing anything away, think about whether you can reuse, recycle or repair, or if it can be useful to someone else.
4. Avoid beverage cans, the package is worth more than its content and just recover. The energy required to produce and transport a can is half full of oil pot.
5. The energy produced by the batteries is more than 600 times more expensive than the network. Connecting devices to the network whenever this is possible. If you use batteries it is essential (never throw away the used), try to be rechargeable.
6. Unplug electrical appliances on the network when they are not working. Some devices (such as televisions) still spend up to 33% of energy.
7. dispenses with unnecessary appliances such as toothbrushes, can openers, electric knives, etc. some are more comfortable but none equals the feeling of doing it manually and know you saved thousands of kilograms of greenhouse gases that could have been released in a factory ... China, sure. Ten criteria encuenta energy savings to buy new refrigerators, washing machines, etc.
8. Rejects packaged foods in trays of expanded polystyrene (Styrofoam). The products are not better because they come wrapped in plastic.
9. Keep food in the classic lunch box or glass jars instead of wrapping or cover them with plastic wrap or aluminum.
10. Avoid products over long distances before reaching the consumer. It gives preference to local alternatives. It makes no sense to consume Chilean honey, Mexican beer or Danish pastries. Only you increase the footprint you leave on the planet.
