Sustainable Living

Bathrooms deserve to be decorated with lush greenery just like every other room in the house. Get at least 1 plant in your bathroom. This will freshen the environment and also neutralize the humidity. On a larger scale having plants can cut on deodorizers a other sanitary products.

There are many advantages of using green products like rechargeable batteries. Rechargeable batteries can be reused hundreds of times and the good ones can outperform the leading brand single-use batteries. By utilizing rechargeable batteries you will also reduce the waste generated from the single use battery packaging, perhaps even reducing greenhouse gases by cutting down trips to the store. Rechargeable batteries come in many different shapes and sizes and you can easily find different types that you need for your household products. You can also save money using rechargeable batteries, since they can be used over and over again. For example, if you purchase 4 quality AA rechargeable batteries for the cost of Rs.300, the initial cost of each battery is Rs.75. You can reuse these batteries by recharging them a minimum of 100 times, which makes each use cost about 7.5 paisa or less.  Once our family did the math all we started using was rechargeable batteries.

This is a terracotta pot refrigerator which uses the cooling concepts of the earth. Uses 2 pots with sand in between. As the water vaporizes from the outer pot, it chills what's inside.

You can make various mini herb gardens indoor in an apartment space. Getting fresh herbs is a charm on its own.

Here is an easy compost bin. Made from earthen pots with air holes for circulation. Earthen pots are great at absorbing the leachate (water excreted while the composting is in progress). Cover is optional as the fruit flies helps fasten the process.

Started this wick system hydroponics with 20 seeds of spinach in a pet bottle. Now for the last 1 week I am harvesting 20+ leaves each day and using in dressing for salad.

More and more homes are being built each day. However, most people live in houses and apartments that were not designed as living spaces that respect the environment; the aim was to build comfortable and functional homes in the most economical possible way. Turn these homes into more sustainable places doesn't require a large outlay, we just need to be aware about environmental care and carry out minimal logistical adaptations. To transform homes into an Eco-friendly environment we just have to get used to make a small gesture in the day by day. Taking as a reference a flat or traditional apartment, with the usual rooms and a small terrace, we give you some tips on what actions and changes you can take to start caring for the environment ... and save some money! Please note that these experiments are our personal experiences. You are free to experiment and make your own things.