节约能源
Enhance Personal Energy
1. 呼吸. Ground yourself in the present moment. Tune into your body and what you feel motivated to do, then do it with 目的和意图.
2. 优先考虑睡眠. Increase your levels of natural energy, physical stamina, and mental clarity to accomplish 你想做什么.
3. 吃有营养的食物. 避免 含糖食物 that result in sugar-highs and energy crashes.
4. 是活跃的. Partake in physical activities that signal to your body to activate energy stores. Practice mindful movement to both tone your body and alleviate mental stress.
5. Become metabolically flexible. The high carbohydrate and high fat levels recommended by the standard American diet inhibit our metabolism. Encourage your body to use its steady reserves of stored fat by dialing down the sugars and eating traditional fats.
6. Ditch ultra-processed foods. Skip anything that comes from a packet and has five or more ingredients. 这些食物 substitutes are energy-intensive to manufacture and pollute our bodies and environments. Stock your pantry with nourishing food.
7. 喝水. 使用高质量的 重复使用的瓶子 and avoid sugary drinks, which deplete energy, interfere with metabolism, and contain 空热量.
Practice 聪明的消费
The goods and services we buy result in emissions from production, transportation, 和处置.
1. 推迟购买. Postpone buying anything on a whim. 使 the purchase if it is something that you 真正的需要.
2. Buy only what you need. In consuming less, you produce less waste.
3. 购买耐用品. Manufacturers design products to become unusable after a certain period of time in a tactic called planned obsolescence. These disposable products produce more waste and are financially unsustainable. Invest in things that last.
4. 记录你的开支. 使 a habit of recording what you buy, and look for patterns over time. 这减少了 多余的购买.
5. 学会觅食. Consumptive shopping habits can be motivated by our ancestral requirement to search 为食物. Satisfy this behavioral adaptation by tapping into the original use 人类的这种冲动. In foraging, we reconnect with nature and learn to appreciate the many gifts nature offers.
6. Buy products with minimal packaging. 避免 paying for materials destined for the landfill. Go for compostable packaging whenever possible and avoid making online purchases that use extra packaging for shipping.
7. 重复使用塑料袋. Bring your own bags every time you go shopping to avoid contributing to pollution, fossil fuel drawdown, and climate change.
8. 批量购买. It not only reduces future shopping needs, but saves money and reduces packaging.
9. Buy products made from 回收 materials or that can be 回收. 这减少了 resource drawdown and carbon emissions.
Economize 能源+旅行
1. 消灭能源吸血鬼. Unplug electronics when not in use.
2. Wash clothes in cold water. Hang-dry when possible.
3. 不要开车. Choose cycling, walking, and public transit whenever possible.
4. 投资电动汽车. Save on long-term fuel and maintenance costs, and recharge with renewable energy.
5. 不会飞. If you have to fly, purchase a quality carbon offset.
消除食物浪费
1. 堆肥. Restore the soil with nutrients, and avoid greenhouse gas emissions by keeping decaying organic matter from landfills.
2. 计划吃饭. Write out a week’s worth of dinners, starting with ingredients already on hand. 创建 a grocery list based on your plan.
3. 做汤. 新鲜蔬菜和 采摘蔬菜 make nutritious stews; 发酵的土豆 加厚的任何 股票.
4. 冻结. Extend the shelf life of what isn’t eaten right away.
5. 捐赠. Share leftovers or perishable produce with friends, coworkers, or local food banks. Volunteer to distribute food.
6. 整理你的食品储藏室. 采取措施 给你的食品储藏室排毒. Group similar food items together to avoid redundant purchases.
7. 使 骨头或蔬菜汤 利用食物残渣. 冻结 excess broth, which provides thermal mass to help your refrigerator work more 有效地.