Going Green – 3 Sustainable Living Tips
We strive to put sustainability at the heart of everything we do, which means more than just making our buildings environmentally friendly – we also encourage our teams and our residents to try and do their part to contribute toward a more sustainable way of living. We aren’t asking you to change the world single-handedly, but by looking at small changes that you can make to your day-to-day life, we can all do our bit to help.
Live More Sustainably
There are plenty of ways to introduce more sustainable living, and we’ve recently been focusing on trying to reduce our waste. We’re talking no more buying bottles of water when we’re out and about, so we invested in a reusable water bottle.
It’s impossible to live completely waste-free, but just being more conscious of what we’re wasting can make a big difference. Reducing food waste by using ingredients before they go off, opting for food choices with less packaging – tell us why shops are still wrapping bananas in plastic? But these little changes go a long way and are super easy to introduce to our daily routines.
Not Using It? Switch It Off
We bet we’re all guilty of leaving electronics on when we aren’t actually using them, but it’s such an easy step to take that will reduce our usage and live more green. We aren’t talking unplug everything every time you finish with it, because let’s be real, no one is going to stick to that.
We’re thinking more of turning lights off in rooms we aren’t using, not filling the kettle to the brim when you’re only making a single cuppa, and not having 4 different hairstyling tools plugged in at the same time when you’re barely using one of them. If you look around, we bet you find several electronics you hardly use plugged in and draining energy. Get them turned off, and save both your energy usage and the planet at the same time – yep, it’s that easy.
Travel Smart
Being more aware of how you’re travelling can make a huge difference to your carbon footprint without you even realising it. We’re not telling you to ditch the car and travel the city by foot, because we know that just isn’t going to work long-term.
A small but helpful change is to combine trips where possible – so if you’re going out to meet a friend, then heading home for a bit, back out for a food shop, then back again, then out once more to head to the gym or to collect a parcel, rather than doing several mini trips, incorporate them into one. You’ll use less fuel, which also saves you some cash – a win-win in our book.
There are loads of ways to make small changes to everyday life to be more sustainable, these are just a few of the ones we find easiest to act on. If you’re doing other things, we’d love to know – head over to our socials to let us know.
