Sustainable Daily Practices for a Greener Lifestyle

Daily writing prompt

Are there things you try to practice daily to live a more sustainable lifestyle?

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I was raised a cowboy.

And as such, I was raised with a desire to preserve the natural world. We didn’t raise our cows in feedlots, but on the grass that grew in the wide-open pastures. Their water came from the rivers and creeks.

One thing my father taught me was if you don’t take care of it, you will lose it. That meant reusing things as much as possible.

Today, I still pay attention to that creed. If can be recycled, it gets recycled. If I’m leaving a room, the light goes off.

Try not to use any more water than you have to. We’ve done a fair amount of zero-scaping. That helps to lower the old water bill. And slowly we’ve begun to transition to plants that use less water.

And just because something is old doesn’t mean I throw it away. I use things till there’s no using them anymore. Then they get recycled.

Low watt and solar powered lights are used as much as possible.

We’re slowly starting to grow more and more of the herbs we use. Vegetables are next.

Now if I could go solar, I would. The problem I run into is no one has adequately explained to me how to pay for it (I belong to the school that says “There’s No Such Thing As A Free Lunch”).