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8 INCORPORATE GREEN MEALS

OFFSET YOUR If Leonardo DiCaprio hasn’t changed you, 9
TRAVEL FOOTPRINT should we even try? Raising livestock produces

more greenhouse gases each year than every
Nothing is guilt-free anymore, not even a holiday. car, ship, plane and train combined, according
Travel, one of the fastest growing sectors in India to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the
(we are among the top-fi ve nations with the largest United Nations. Switch to a plant-based diet,
travel carbon footprint), is also a rising pollutant. To at least for a few days a week if not altogether.
balance the damage your fl ight does to the planet, Eating healthy can be easy. As the author-
pick a direct fl ight (planes burn the most fuel during activist Michael Pollan puts it: “If it came from a
take-o ) or sign up for a carbon o set programme plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don’t.”
with your airline, thereby supporting green projects
or companies like Climate Care (Climatecare.org)
that reduce greenhouse gas emissions by investing
in pollution reduction technologies. 10 MAKE ONE GREEN INVESTMENT

Every year, upgrade your home with a
RECYCLE OLD GADGETS green solution. Whether it’s a herb kitchen

If Alexa wakes you up, Cortana works with you garden, a solar-powered roof or a green
through the day and Siri puts you to sleep, you are car, elevate your green quotient.
using way too many devices. But in this digital age,
when repairing doesn’t resurrect and your trusted
electronics die, make sure you dispose of
them responsibly.
ATTEND A CLOTHES SWAP

According to the Global On average, an item of clothing is worn seven
times before it hits a landfi ll. Aimed at creating
E-Waste Monitor 2017, mindful consumption, clothes swapping helps to
11 India generated over 20 slow down the fast-fashion cycle. If shopping is
lakh tonnes of e-waste (a
your serotonin, skip the mall this year in favour
number that will grow by of a pre-loved item. It’s easier on the pockets
500 per cent by 2020) and and the planet. “We started in 2014 with just 10
swappers and now have a community of over
recycled just fi ve per cent of it. 2,000 like-minded women,” says Prithvi Rao of

Exchange Room, whose last event sold 1,200
“Don’t just dump it in your garbage, recycle it at a pre-loved items in just four hours.
drop-o spot in your area,” warn waste management
experts, because electronics contain a laundry list of Exchange Room (Bengaluru)
toxic metals. Look up your local e-waste drop-o This and That (Delhi)
point or visit electronic stores like Croma, which o er Swap at Sadhana Dell ’Arte (Goa)
the same services for households.

COMPOST YOUR WASTE
13 create and try to fi t it in a trash jar. Doesn’t fi t, right? Zero-waste USE LESS ENERGY

Take it as an experiment—for a week, hoard all the waste you

Unplug appliances when
champions can show you how it’s totally doable.
“At least 60 per cent of the waste we not in use.
generate at home is organic waste that Switch to compact fl uorescent
doesn’t need to go to the landfi ll.” lightbulbs (CFLs), which use 75
per cent less energy and last

— VINITA, LEAD RESEARCHER, DAILY DUMP 10 times longer.

Start with your kitchen. Compact composters like TrustBin, Wash clothes in cold water; it uses
DailyDump or the sleek one by Joseph Joseph, can turn 90 per cent less power. Skip the
your food waste into fertiliser (no smelly issues attached). gym for outdoor workouts. >

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