With gallons of water being wasted through leaking faucets and toxic air pollution, our environment has been in grave danger. However, you can embark on a change towards a greener, healthier lifestyle starting from within the four walls of your kitchen. Here we have three easy simple ways to make your kitchen more eco-friendly.
1. Cultivate a kitchen garden:
pic: thetimes Have you ever thought to grow a kitchen garden in your utility or balcony or even planting an indoor herb garden or just adding potted plants to your kitchen is the best way to add a touch of green to your lifestyle. These will purify the air in and around your kitchen. In addition, to decorate plants, grow herbs that have medicinal benefits can also add taste to your food. Ferns are the plants which are easy to be maintained and it grows well indoors too. Plants like Grape ivy, Tulsi, aloe vera, etc. are grown for healing purposes. Apart from these plants, you can also give a thought to grow lemongrass, mint or even basil inside.
2. Conserve water:
Did you know a small drop of water from your leaking faucet amounts to 20 gallons of water? That's how much water is being wasted in our homes on a daily basis. Its time we put an end to this and adopt efficient ways to conserve water.
3. Composite Organic waste:
pic: waste4change The world will be a much better place if waste segregation can be practiced more diligently. Make sure to segregate organic waste which includes such as leftover food -tea leaves, coffee, vegetable peels, rice, eggshells from all your dry waste ( empty packets, plastic bottles, etc.) to ensure it is recycled for future use. Also, you could create compost with organic waste than producing more garbage. To create a compost bin. Therefore, if you use these steps for 2 or 3 months then your kitchen waste will be converted to compost. This compost can be used in your kitchen garden to provide rich nutrients for your plants. It's the little things we do that make a huge difference, whether applied in our personal lives or for the environment. Before we step outside our homes to make the world a better and cleaner place, lets first begin to change our little world at home. Article source: Livspace Also read: Wooden ceiling design
