- Under no circumstances buy or eat battery farmed meat or eggs. Watch out for battery farmed fish eg. Norwegian Salmon.
- Until you have your house off the grid , turn off every appliance not in immediate need especially geysers, no standby for televisions and computers.
- Refuse packaging and disposables and anything which will need to be thrown away.
- Recycle everything possible.
- Buy local.
- Retrofit your car with an engine in the wheel, powered by batteries . Buy an electric car as soon as they come out and try and make your electricity source to power the car renewable. Until then travel as little and drive as mildly as you can to use less petrol and keep your car properly tuned and tyres at correct pressure.
- Grow your own food. Collect your own water. Nourish worms, plants, pets and wildlife with your food leftovers.
- Use as little water possible Install grey water reuse system and low flow shower heads.
- Never cut down trees. If you have to plant many to replace them.
- Use no toxins at all.
- Give away to needy people anything you do not need, to prevent more having to made for that person.
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