Since December commenced, there have been some great ‘How to Have A Green Christmas‘ articles and blog posts out there. I hope you’ve found them helpful. At this point of course, I have been shamefully caught out of time on getting you a post of my own on this blog before the Christmas season had concluded.
So to make up for it I’ve decided to find a few different ideas out there on the interwebs for you to consider for your New Year’s resolutions this year. And here they are with a few days to spare before we enter a new year, and a new decade too (the Teens? Is that what we’re going to call them?).
Take a look at this list of 10 green living New Year’s resolutions from 10 New Year’s resolution lists I’ve found, and and decide for yourself
- Own less stuff that you don’t need. Buy less of the same. (From the Centre For Sustainable Energy in California)
- Carpool one day a week. (GCBA Australia)
- Use canvas shopping bags and say no to plastic. (California Green Solutions)
- Give your HVAC system a tune-up for energy efficiency on a yearly basis. (Green Talk)
- Walk and bike to short distance destinations instead of driving. (Zero Footprint Carbon Countdown Blog)
- Recycle at home, in your place of business, and get involved in recycling programs in your local community. (Low Impact Living)
- Use motion sensors on outdoor lights, so that lights come on only when needed. (The Huffington Post).
- Buy local food (The Independent) and/or grow your own (Mother City Living).
- Eat less fast food, and reduce the amount of Styrofoam and plastic packaging in landfill sites (Families Online Magazine).
- Don’t lose hope that greener living, encouraging sustainability in your community, and voting for green reforms will affect positive and transformative change. (Greenpeace Canada)
I couldn’t choose just one off of this list of green living New Year’s resolutions from Inhabitat which asks each staff writer to talk about how they’re going to make their respective new year’s more green. So, choose your favorite and tell me what made you choose it in the comments of this post.
Have a happy new year, everyone!
Cheers,
Rob.
These are some great ideas. I think you can afford to add “Earn a LEED Credential” to that list as well. It’s important to know the reasons behind going green and the additional contributions you can make to help the environment. January and February are the most popular months of the year for professional education because the sooner someone earns his or her credential, the sooner it can start working in their favor! Everyone needs a New Year’s Resolution, and I can’t think of a more profound and helpful one! Earning a marketable credential that will position you in a booming industry is probably the best way to spend those winter months!
Thanks very much for the suggestion, Lesley. I think January and February are also good months for people’s states of mind for making a new start, too, as well as getting a jump on the benefits of LEED credentials.
Thanks again for comments!
Great resolution!
If every person does these things, our world will surely conquer this environmental depletion we are experiencing now.
Cheers for a greener new world!
Thanks for the comments Maegan!
Let’s hope that big industry also have some green resolutions for 2010 as well. Individual efforts are clearly valuable. But large scale ones driven by the values of sustainability are that much more transformative.
Thanks again for comments!
I agree with Ms.Maegan Green. I hope everyone can do these lists for this year because it is for all of us too. The reward of doing these will be ours. And as an addition for a green resolution for 2010, is “Use an eco-friendly stuff”. I’ve seen many earth-friendly stuffs last year and they are really useful, reliable, and long lasting.