MacHow Eco-Friendly Are Those Eco-Friendly Products?
March 9th 2009 23:37
Living a life that is eco-friendly can be deceiving and tricky. There are a million "eco-friendly" products on the market today that claim to help you live a life that is friendly for the earth. But just how eco-friendly are these products really?
All of the products you purchase in the store, no matter how "green" the product is supposed to be, originated somewhere other than the store shelf where it now resides. There are trucks, gas and CO2 dispersed into the atmosphere along the path from manufacturer to the store shelf. That is not to mention the carbon footprint on the earth the actual factory has on Mother earth.
Living an eco-friendly life is not about buying products that are supposed to be "green". It is about changing your lifestyle to use less of these products and reuse many of the products you already have. Growing your own food, for instance, is more eco-friendly that purchasing those fruits and vegetables from the market.
If buying products is more appropriate for your life, find a local farmer that will sell you the produce from their local garden. While the gas spent driving to the farmer's stand or the farm itself still makes a dent in the ecosystem, it is far less than the dent made by products sold in stores.
Photo Credit: sxc.hu / Kulo T
Growing Vegetables is Eco-Friendly
Living an eco-friendly life is not about buying products that are supposed to be "green". It is about changing your lifestyle to use less of these products and reuse many of the products you already have. Growing your own food, for instance, is more eco-friendly that purchasing those fruits and vegetables from the market.
If buying products is more appropriate for your life, find a local farmer that will sell you the produce from their local garden. While the gas spent driving to the farmer's stand or the farm itself still makes a dent in the ecosystem, it is far less than the dent made by products sold in stores.
Photo Credit: sxc.hu / Kulo T
| 49 |
| Vote |
Add To: 
subscribe to this blog
