Tips to Help College Students Go Green

The term "Going Green" is similar to living a sustainable life, as in it's a lifestyle that in environmentally friendly and make conscious decisions to help the environment. Practicing more eco-friendly decisions will result in changes of habits. When changing one's lifestyle to a more green one, each student should think about where their food is coming from and how much trash he or she produces in a typical week.

Here are some tips to help student's change their lifestyle to help the environment:

Ride a bike around campus. Rather than driving a car around campus for a short distance, invest in a bike since it'll keep the rider in better physical shape while reducing carbon emissions. Riding bikes can be a fun hobby which can help propel more eco-friendly practices in someone's daily routine.

Unplug electronics when not using them. This tip helps reduce the amount of energy used in dorm rooms. Today, college students bring several electronic devices and all have different chargers that often stay plugged in throughout the whole semester, be mindful and unplug when not in use. Also, use energy saving light bulbs in dorm rooms.

Place plants in dorm room. Rather than buying aerosol air fresheners, use plants to improve air quality in the dorm rooms.

Use reusable water bottle. Instead of buying large cases of plastic water bottles where the plastic bottles get piled up in the dorm room, use a reusable water bottle. It keeps your water cool throughout the day and reduces the amount of waste someone produces in a week. 

Recycle! Most college campuses offer recycling in the on-campus living, it's important to properly recycle.

Avoid wasting water. Turn off water when brushing teeth rather than running it the whole time. Be mindful of the length of showers, try to reduce time.

These are some simple tips that anyone can put into affect tomorrow. Small changes will result in a large impact in the environment's health. It doesn't have to be a major change in someone's life to start to live a green life, people just have to take it one day at a time.

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