Powerful Daily Green Habits I Adopted for an Eco-Friendly Lifestyle – Series 2

Welcome to the part 2 of my “Powerful Daily Green Habits” blog post!

This is the continuation of the earlier blog post where I have explained the starting point of my life, what triggered me to start the change. After trying to live a more sustainable life for past 10+ years, I decided to write down my experiences to help others. You can also include kids, your partner or any other family member to make things more fun.

In this post, I’ll share actionable items that are simple yet doable to form powerful daily green habits and even suitable for beginners. This change I made a few years ago and it has had a profound impact on both my family’s daily life and the environment. This single change has been a game-changer, greatly contributing to the powerful daily green habits I’ve adopted. It’s a simple step, but one that has brought substantial benefits, reinforcing my commitment to living a more sustainable and eco-friendly lifestyle.

From mindful consumption to waste reduction, these daily green habits are designed to be both simple and effective, showing that even small actions can lead to significant changes.

Don’t worry about the impact of the action, every small steps counts towards saving the environment. Even if you start your sustainability journey alone, you will find people along the way and together you will make an impact. .

You can pick any change and stick with it for a while until it becomes a daily habit and then adopt a new one. My one and most important request to all the readers is please don’t start all the changes together, it becomes overwhelming, and generally, people tend to give up as it gets exhausting. But making one small change daily is much more doable and It will not impact your daily life which you are used to.

Read all the posts check out all the small changes that I have made and pick whichever is most convenient to you based on your lifestyle.

Powerful Daily Green Habits I Adopted for a Eco-Friendly Lifestyle – Series 1

Powerful Daily Green Habits – 2nd Change I made for an Eco-Friendly Lifestyle

My 3rd change is one of the most important change as this item is being used multiple time on daily basis. It’s the culprit which causes a lot of pollution. I am sure you would have guessed it by now.

Yes you guessed it right, Its our daily plastic bags specially the ones we use for grocery shopping Just looks the impact of these, no words are needed to explain this picture.

Reusable Bags for all kinds of  Shopping

I go grocery shopping at least twice a week and buy around 5-8 vegetables or fruits. I used to pack each item in a separate plastic and put all the bags in a big plastic bags. My total weekly consumption of cheap plastic bags was around 15-20 plastic bags. I must have done this for a number of years and I am guilty of contributing to the plastic waste on this planet. But I learned from my mistakes and moved to reusable bags.

If you are new on the journey of sustainability lifestyle, you can check out my below posts too.

Since past 10+ years I have been using only reusable bags. I have around 10 small bags and few big bags to keep the small bags. These small cute bags are so convenient and not at all heavy in weight, so they don’t add to the weight while buying groceries. I use these bags specially when I do my grocery shopping from local vendor where all vegetables, fruits are available without any packaging. They go straight in to my fridge reducing my workload too.

I have bought these bags from Malaysia while on holiday but I found several useful ones on Amazon, you can check it out the various options.

Over the past 10+ years since I am using these bags, I have alone saved over 6K+ cheap plastic bags from going to waste. Now You can see the impact of a single habit change. I started alone but now I have several extended family members and friends following the same. So in a way, my one single step became catalyst to a change in the society. I understand that billions of people are still using plastic bags but I am making the change at my personal level and trying my best to get others to change.

I know several of you will ask that they are not used to carrying bags with them. Yes, I understand that it will take you a while to get used to off carrying the bags with you. But like any habit, just do it regularly for few weeks and its put on autopilot.

Another issue raised by several of my friends that these bags don’t look pretty and they are not comfortable carrying them. Don’t worry, not days there are several pretty options available, which you can fold and keep it in your purse or you can leave them in your car. Where there is a will there is a way.

When it comes to reusable bags for my daily use, I keep a few “BeeGreen Reusable” bags in all my purses, these are handy and also support my powerful daily green habit. This is one of the products that must have saved
over 1K+ plastic bags from my impulse shopping.

• It’s made of Polyester, so not an entirely sustainable material but helps greatly in reducing pollution due to its durability. One bag easily will last for couple of years.
• It’s also very cost-effective. A set of 10 bags cost around 20$/- USD.
• These reusable grocery bags are available in 10 different solid colors, suitable for both men and women. Bright colors will add some fun for daily use, and when grocery shopping, I can designate different color bags for different things.
• I love the X-Large capacity and durability. These grocery bags can hold over 50 Lbs. of stuff. I have tried it and it worked beautifully. The stitches of this bag are reinforced with bias tape which makes our reusable bags strong enough to pack heavy groceries, like canned goods, and gallons of milk.

• The best part of these bags is that they are easy to fold and can hide easily in my purse. These bags are really useful for me whether I stop by a store on whim or have an unplanned shopping trip. I have seen many people notice when I just take out a small pouch from my purse and almost all my groceries fit into it.
• Another great feature of these bags is that they are machine washable. Being washable is a must for any reusable bags, as this helps in getting rid of any smell etc.

If you are going for a planned grocery shopping where you know that the stuff is going to be a lot and heavy, you can also opt for “VeraMia – Canvas Grocery Bag“. You will always find at least few of them in my car boot”.

• Amazingly strong and carry up to 80LBS of groceries.
• Each bag is 15 x 15 x 10” making it one of the largest large canvas grocery bags. These bags come with 6 fully sewn pockets for 2L bottles, but also to separate smaller things. It’s like a handy bag within a bag!

• These bags come with a 25” shoulder strap AND a 13” short handle. Each handle is 1.5” thick so no matter how I want to carry my reusable grocery bag, it gives me flexibility and comfort.
• The best part of these bags is that they are made of 100% natural organic material which will get decompose if disposed of properly. The bag material is an unbleached canvas with no ugly logos and no chemical treatment smells.
• These bags are also machine washable. During my first wash, they wrinkled a bit but there was absolutely no shrinkage. I just flattened them under my mattress and they were as good as new. If I have some time, I iron them as these are very easy to iron and take less than 20 seconds.

These are just a few of the eco-friendly bags options I’ve incorporated into my life over the past several years. Lately, I’ve taken it a step further by offering these bags as return gifts at my parties. The response has been overwhelmingly positive—many of my guests have been intrigued by the bags and asked for more details about them. After learning more, they were inspired to start using the bags in their own lives. What’s even more exciting is that this enthusiasm has created a ripple effect; they’ve begun gifting these bags to their own family and friends, spreading the sustainability message even further.

It’s incredibly rewarding to see how a simple gesture can grow into a collective effort, and I genuinely believe that, together, we’re contributing to meaningful change.

This is one of most powerful daily green habits which has helped me to reduce my carbon footprint. I have been following from past 10+ years and I can proudly say that all my family members also use only reusable bags except at times in the case of emergencies. Together we have saved more than few thousand of cheap plastic bags from going to waterways or landfills and helped in reducing our carbon footprints.

Even if 10% of readers gets inspired and start using reusable bags, I will consider putting my effort a success. I try my best to provide easy ways to adopt powerful daily green habits which can be used by beginners too.

I warmly invite you to share your own inspiring and powerful daily green habits that contribute to a healthier planet in the comments section below. I believe that we can all learn from each other, and I’m genuinely eager to hear about the eco-friendly practices you’ve been following. Your experiences could offer fresh perspectives and practical tips for everyone in this community, including myself. Every single day, I make it a point to seek out new strategies to reduce waste and minimize my environmental footprint, with the ultimate goal of leaving this planet better than I found it. By sharing our knowledge and habits, we can collectively make a greater impact.

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