Easy Eco Green Solutions to Help Encourage a Greener Culture.

Encouraging a more environmentally conscious surrounding, whether it’s in a workplace, school or at home, is easier than it may seem. This could also mean setting policies and programs that encourage a #GoGreen mentality in the office or a commitment program at home for the family and friends that are environmentally friendly.

The Best Eco-Friendly Solutions to Help You #GoGreen with Eco Green.

Your contribution, regardless of its size, will encourage your immediate surroundings and circles to adapt an Eco Green Initiative in the bid to make a healthier planet and a more comfortable and predictable climate and weather patterns. One good deed really does go a long way, and here is a list of simple steps you can take part and even spearhead an Eco Green Initiative in your community.

1. Kick off (and Maintain) A Recycling Program.

Production of new goods from scratch is a long process that require a lot of natural resources and their acquisition causes land, noise and air pollution. It is therefore advisable to recycle or reuse waste products such as plastics.

Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. It is a universally standardized way of encouraging mindfulness of your surroundings be in in an office area, public spaces like parks, schools, Government Institutions, and even your community at home down to inside your own house.

This could be made so much easier by having designated and clearly labelled waste stations which make it easy for everyone to know what type of waste goes in which type of bin.

These designated waste stations should be easily accessible and strategically placed for ease of use.

2. Avoid Littering and Promote Reusing.

Littering has a plethora of negative impacts on the environment. Apart from the pollution of land, water and air, littered environments are unaesthetically pleasing and lead to a variety of bacteria breeding and diseases to both humans and animals. The survival of every living thing on earth is affected by littering.

Littering is mainly caused by the growing use of disposable items such as disposable utensils and coffee mugs. This habit can be discouraged at home, school or in the workplaces by introducing the use of reusable water bottles, coffee mugs, straws, basically replace everything disposable with something more lasting and reusable.

Eco Green Initiative merchandise for reusable items will soon be available, with incentives for EGI Members who use their reusable items for consecutive periods of time.

3. Invest in Indoor Plants.

Apart from plants putting some life and beauty into your surroundings, they help reduce stress and anxiety, and they uplift the overall atmosphere of your indoor environment, be it your office, hostel, apartment or bedroom.

Plants boost oxygen levels and they remove harmful pollutants (CO2 & formaldehyde), backed by research which shows 87% of indoor air pollutants are reduced within 24 hours.

Indoor plants also require little attention to thrive!

4. Plant more Trees.

At Eco Green Initiative, planting trees is the most vital activity. It brings communities together, beautifies the environment and most importantly, helps mitigate climate change.

Trees rid the air of pollutants mainly caused by toxic gases released by large industries, and replenishes oxygen levels in the atmosphere. Looking at the number of industries on our planet, the urgency and importance of more trees being planted only grows by the day.

Planting a tree takes very little time and the benefits of it spans over hundreds of years if the tree is well taken care of. Keep an eye out for Eco Green Initiative’s Updates to be a part of EGI Tree Planting Events, or simply subscribe to our notifications.

We will change this planet, one tree at a time. The future is in our hands.

5. Adapt a Green-Thinking Culture.

Eco Green Initiative needs you and the community in order to actualize Our Vision and Mission.

Adopting a Green Thinking Culture is as easy as subscribing to Eco Green Initiative notifications, joining EGI social media groups, following our social media Pages or even reaching out to us.

6. Create Awareness.

Take part in educating other members of the community on pollution and its causes as well as climate change mitigation.

7. Energy Conservation.

It is as easy as turning off lights and electronic equipment when they are not in use. This not only saves on utility bills but it’s a right step in the environmental conservation direction.

Energy saving bulbs and electronics are also easily accessible from electronic shops and retail shops worldwide.

If it’s sunny outside, open up your curtains or blinders and let that natural light in. It will do wonders for your skin more than you know and that natural light is much more better that artificial lighting, try it and let us know.

8. Go Digital.

We are in a digital era, and if COVID-19 taught us anything, it’s that we can all do so much more online than we thought. The more you do online, the less paper you use, and less trees get to be cut down to produce paper for human use.

You can send emails instead of letters and read e-papers instead of getting newspapers. You can save documents on your device or even in the cloud for assurance, instead of printing them.

9. Promote Sharing of tools.

In an office, do all of you really need a personal stapler, printer or paper punch? Let’s share these small items and in the process save money and discourage unnecessary manufacture by using less when possible.

Instead of buying new stationery, try and get refills or reusable stationery, link ink pens and refillable pencils.

10. Save Water.

There are water saving devices available for toilet cisterns which help reduce the water used per flush without compromising the functionality.

Turn off taps and faucets when not in use. Only use as much water as you need.

11. Commute Sustainability.

Take alternative modes of your daily transportation. You can use public transport, walk, or carpool with people heading in the same direction, saving on time, and fuel, while still reducing the collective impact on the environment.

Companies can adopt allowing their employees to do remote work on occasion if their work does not make it mandatory for them to be in the office physically. The same goes for schools.

12. Carry Lunch from Home.

Packing your own lunch in reusable containers is one of the greenest and healthiest way to eat at work, or school. Buying lunch or other meals everyday results in a pile up of packaging waste and is often more expensive than simply making your own.