If you are a low earner and think that you cannot help the environment at all due to that, you’re wrong. You might even be in the perfect position to act in an environmentally responsible way - reducing your carbon footprint while keeping more money in your pocket. Since you are working with a smaller budget, you can more easily avoid temptations.
Let’s go over some tips for low-income earners that enable you to be more eco-friendly every single day.
* Pay Your Bills via Your Bank – Set up your bank account to have e-billing. This is free for most bank accounts, whether it’s a credit union or a bank account. Even locally owned banks offer this service free today. By setting up your bills to be paid digitally, you will reduce the consumption of trees and fuel and save yourself a lot of time and money. It takes time to write out checks, and it also costs money.
* Buy Second Hand – When you choose to buy second hand instead of something new, you are not adding anything to your carbon footprint. Plus, you can save money. Do be very careful about some second-hand stores, though; check the pricing and don’t be afraid to make a fairer offer.
* Stop Using Paper – In your home, you likely use a lot of paper: printing out things on the printer, using paper towels, and so forth. Buy some old clothes from the thrift store and use them instead of paper towels. Try to read things on your screens instead of printing. Did you know it cost about an average of a dollar a page to print at home compared to 20 cents if you go to OfficeMax?
* Cook from Scratch – Yes, it’s quick to go to a fast-food place, but it’s cheaper and better for the environment if you eat at home. Cooking doesn’t have to take a long time if you plan recipes that use fewer ingredients and have less prep time. You’ll use less money, and you’ll also use a lot less carbon to get it done.
* Eat Less Meat – You really don’t need as much meat-based protein as commercials and the low-carb movement would have you believe. Plus, meat is expensive in more ways than what it costs at the supermarket. Over 70 percent of the destruction of the Amazon rainforests is due to raising cows for meat, and those emissions are higher than other types of meat or plant food.
* Start a Garden – This is one of the best things you can do for yourself as a low-income earner. When you grow your own food, you can eventually, once you learn, practically have a free meal every day. That’s both a carbon and a cash saver.
* Change Your Light Bulbs – It is expensive to buy the LED bulbs over the incandescent bulbs, that is true. But the LED bulbs, if you buy a good name brand, will last years as compared to months. That is both a money-saver and a time-saver. Just replace one light in one room a month for incredible savings.
Finally, don’t get sucked into using credit. Credit can turn you into a high-end consumer even if you’re a low-income earner, and then you’ll never get off the treadmill of working and paying bills. But if you’re careful, live within your means and use these tips (as well as the ones your momma taught you about unplugging things and turning off lights when you leave a room), you’ll start collecting pennies that will soon become dollars in your savings account.
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Let’s go over some tips for low-income earners that enable you to be more eco-friendly every single day.
* Pay Your Bills via Your Bank – Set up your bank account to have e-billing. This is free for most bank accounts, whether it’s a credit union or a bank account. Even locally owned banks offer this service free today. By setting up your bills to be paid digitally, you will reduce the consumption of trees and fuel and save yourself a lot of time and money. It takes time to write out checks, and it also costs money.
* Buy Second Hand – When you choose to buy second hand instead of something new, you are not adding anything to your carbon footprint. Plus, you can save money. Do be very careful about some second-hand stores, though; check the pricing and don’t be afraid to make a fairer offer.
* Stop Using Paper – In your home, you likely use a lot of paper: printing out things on the printer, using paper towels, and so forth. Buy some old clothes from the thrift store and use them instead of paper towels. Try to read things on your screens instead of printing. Did you know it cost about an average of a dollar a page to print at home compared to 20 cents if you go to OfficeMax?
* Cook from Scratch – Yes, it’s quick to go to a fast-food place, but it’s cheaper and better for the environment if you eat at home. Cooking doesn’t have to take a long time if you plan recipes that use fewer ingredients and have less prep time. You’ll use less money, and you’ll also use a lot less carbon to get it done.
* Eat Less Meat – You really don’t need as much meat-based protein as commercials and the low-carb movement would have you believe. Plus, meat is expensive in more ways than what it costs at the supermarket. Over 70 percent of the destruction of the Amazon rainforests is due to raising cows for meat, and those emissions are higher than other types of meat or plant food.
* Start a Garden – This is one of the best things you can do for yourself as a low-income earner. When you grow your own food, you can eventually, once you learn, practically have a free meal every day. That’s both a carbon and a cash saver.
* Change Your Light Bulbs – It is expensive to buy the LED bulbs over the incandescent bulbs, that is true. But the LED bulbs, if you buy a good name brand, will last years as compared to months. That is both a money-saver and a time-saver. Just replace one light in one room a month for incredible savings.
Finally, don’t get sucked into using credit. Credit can turn you into a high-end consumer even if you’re a low-income earner, and then you’ll never get off the treadmill of working and paying bills. But if you’re careful, live within your means and use these tips (as well as the ones your momma taught you about unplugging things and turning off lights when you leave a room), you’ll start collecting pennies that will soon become dollars in your savings account.
Martin van Dijk
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