Living sustainably: The best tips and tricks for everyday life

Living sustainably is particularly important to many people in the course of environmental protection. The best tips and tricks on how you can integrate sustainability into your everyday life as a principle of action and lifestyle are therefore revealed here.

Living sustainably: This is how it works in everyday life

Paying attention to sustainability means consciously dealing with resources and showing targeted consumer behavior in everyday life. We will explain how you can act in an environmentally friendly manner within your own four walls and on the go:

1. Electricity is a scarce resource in many cases and should therefore be used sparingly. Turn off devices that you are not using. Screensavers also consume electricity.
2. Bring water to a boil in the kettle and not in the pan on the hob. Also avoid preheating your oven. Instead, extend the cooking or baking time of your dishes by about three minutes.
3. Chemical agents that get into the wastewater through cleaning with aggressive cleaning agents also prove to be extremely stressful. For this reason, opt for organic cleaning agents or environmentally friendly home remedies such as vinegar.
4. You should also use water sparingly. Go into the shower and do without a bath, use the stop device for your toilet flush and do not let the water run continuously while shaving, brushing your teeth or soaping yourself.
5. After showering, you can put on sustainable clothing. Pay attention to Fairtrade seals when shopping, visit second-hand shops and wear your outfits for as long as possible.
6. Also remember to travel sustainably. Both bicycles, buses and trains are environmentally friendly means of transportation, while airplanes and cars are classified as major climate offenders.
7. And when all else fails: form carpools, use carpooling services and car sharing.
8. Use the classic lunch box to eat on the go. Also take your reusable cutlery with you.

Sustainable shopping: the best tips for your everyday life

Of course, everyday shopping should not be forgotten. We are now showing you how you can save resources in times of climate change on the weekly market or in the supermarket:

• First things first: Before you can go to the weekly or supermarket, you should make small preparations. Arm yourself with cloth bags as shopping bags and reusable fruit and vegetable bags.
• Speaking of zero waste: As little packaging and plastic waste as possible arises when you visit so-called unpacked shops and pick up glass bottles or mason jars.
• You should also make a point of buying groceries without palm oil. For products that contain palm oil (such as Nutella), the rainforest in Indonesia is being destroyed as the habitat of many animals.
• Shopping in an environmentally friendly and climate-friendly manner means, due to the short storage time and transport routes, that only regional and seasonal products are put on the till.
• Factory farming not only damages the environment through CO2 emissions. The areas under cultivation for animal feed also clear rainforests. Therefore, think about limiting your meat consumption and living partly vegetarian or vegan.
• And last but not least: Of course you don't always have to buy groceries. Dare to make products yourself. In particular, oat milk or a vegan yoghurt is quickly ready.