A blog that attempts to provide you with useful examples and tips that could make a large positive ecological impact, although they are seemingly minor, quick and easy changes to your daily routine.

Welcome to Ecotipsforlife.com

Ecology: meaning "study of house or living relations"

What is EcoTipsForLife.com not?
Ecotipsforlife.com is not a save the planet type website. I think we can be fairly certain the planet will save and balance itself out with or without our intervention and/or meddling.

We as a human species? Not so certain. We might or might not survive our planet's balancing act. We must find our own balance, awareness and a way to co-exists with the planet in order to survive.

Ok, what is EcoTipsForLife.com then?
EcoTipsForLife.com is a simple blog with the intent to show you that you can make a large impact by making simple changes that could even save you time in your daily routine. Browse the site and see for yourself.

For more background feel free to click here to visit the About page

Good luck and happy contributing!

Cause Case #1: Avaaz.org

January 11th, 2010 Thomas (Ecotipsforlife.com Admin)

Support type(s): Donations, Campaigns through social media, email, regular media
Core cause slogan: The World in Action
Cause in own words: “Avaaz.org is a new global web movement with a simple democratic mission: to close the gap between the world we have, and the world most people everywhere want.” (from: http://www.avaaz.org/en/about.php)
Personal experiences: Email forwarding and subscribing to list.

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Tip #21: ‘Tis the season to recycle

December 23rd, 2009 Thomas (Ecotipsforlife.com Admin)

Budget: any
Time required: Completely up to you
Impact potential: Waste reduction.

Tip: In this season of consumer celebration most people tend to go overboard waste more then regularly.

Here is one aspect of this celebration where we can save a little waste:

And a few various tree recycling sources:

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Pictures from the Florida Renewable Energy Expo 24 Oct.

October 25th, 2009 Thomas (Ecotipsforlife.com Admin)

The expo included solar exhibitions, sustainable living booths, local farms, CSA’s and much more.

Here are some pictures from the event:

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Tip #15: 5 steps to getting people on board

February 4th, 2009 Thomas (Ecotipsforlife.com Admin)

Going green can be simple, but might not always seem that way to others. Here are 5 steps to getting the people around you on board.

  • Step 1: Don’t push it!
  • Step 2: No really….., don’t push it | Although going green is becoming the ever more popular lifestyle, to a lot of people it’s hard to shake certain ideas they might have about being green (you know, going green = living like a hippie in the woods with no water or electricity….). So take it easy and start introducing a greener lifestyle to them through simple changes like:
  • Step 3: Start slow by providing a simple easy to do routine | Example: next time you visit you friend(s) or family leave a container to deposit their plastic in. By doing this they’re doing a great thing for the ecosystem and are greatly reducing their garbage output. Let them know where they can go to recycle the plastic in the area or, if need be, offer to pickup the plastic when the bin gets filled.
  • Step 4: Suggest some small changes | Example: change an incandescent lightbulb to LED or CFL, suggest replacing some kitchen paper by a reusable kitchen towel or recycled kitchen paper
  • Step 5: Send them to ecotipsforlife.com…. :)

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Tip #2: Save plastic while shopping

December 18th, 2007 Thomas (Ecotipsforlife.com Admin)

Budget required: $0-$10
Time required: Seconds
Estimated Impact: Save 250+ plastic or 100+ paper bags a year

Tip: Buy a large bag or two that you can reuse. In our case for example, we have a bag that, when loaded, almost fills the entire shopping. We got the bag at Ikea for under $1. You fold it up and throw it in your shopping cart, do your shopping and while checking out you pack the stuf into the reusable bag instead of plastic or paper. Outside the savings in plastic or paper it also has a great time-saving advantage since you now have fewer bags to pack in and out of your car. Make sure to get sturdy large bag you like and feels comfortable to you.

Also you may want to opt for a cooler. If you have any perishable items like dairy and meat products and you don’t want lying around in a warm car, you can also keep a reusable cooler in the back of your car. It can be a real fancy one or just one of those cheap ones you can pick up at Walgreens. They keep cool for a very long time and you can use them for years. This way you can also do some errands on your way back from shopping and you don’t have to race like hell drive fast to get home to keep your groceries in a preferred state.

Calculate your personal impact
Example: Let’s say you shop every week and have an average of 5 plastic bags every time. Using this scenario you have just saved 260 plastic bags (5 bags per visit times the 52 weeks of a year, 5 x 52 ). Did you know it takes 20 years for a plastic bag to decompose? This way you will save the planet at least 5200 years of trying to decompose the one-time plastics you used for only about 30 minutes.

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