Parents: How to Commit to Sustainable Lifestyle Practices
Any parent wants to provide their children with the very best— including a future where natural resources are not compromised.
Parenting is no easy job, and implementing new lifestyle habits can be intimidating when you don’t know what eco-friendly choices will benefit your little one the most.
The good news is that living greener is easier than it seems. Here is how parents can easily engage in sustainable living practices:
Focus on the Direct Benefits that a Green Lifestyle Has on Your Little One
Even when parents are already eco-conscious, it can be challenging to match your intentions with your actions. An effective way to start living sustainably is to focus on the direct impact an eco-friendly lifestyle has on your children.
Here are some key points to focus on:
Nutrition
By providing organic foods to your little ones, they will be at lower risk of developing chronic illnesses. Furthermore, agriculture practices that rely on pesticides seriously affect the environment. Therefore, purchasing organic foods also helps to reduce our carbon footprint.
Skincare
Organic clothes and skincare products will reduce the risk of your child developing serious illnesses like cancer. Also, the lack of pesticides in these products will benefit the environment.
Clean Environment vs. Toxic Environment
Keeping a clean house is a priority for most parents. However, coming into direct contact with chemicals found in cleaning supplies can jeopardize your health. Even worse, if parents use cleaning chores as a formative experience for their children, it can also affect them.
According to studies, cleaning supplies with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) contribute to increasing the risk of illnesses like:
Asthma
Heart disease
Allergic reactions
Headaches
Fatigue
Once we shift our mindset from targeting unattainable goals — such as “save the world on my own” — to seeing the positive and direct impact that living sustainably has on our loved ones, it will be easier to make a long-term commitment to this lifestyle.
Green Choices Require a Conscious Mindset
It is no secret that parents lead busy lifestyles. Moreover, combining such a busy lifestyle with the fast-paced world we live in makes it easy for all of us to forget about climate change. Therefore, to commit to a sustainable lifestyle, we must constantly educate ourselves as much as possible on the subject.
We recommend focusing on learning about the following topics:
What are the current environmental challenges we are facing?
Understand our family’s impact on the environment. Fortunately, many sites can help you determine your carbon footprint.
Learn efficient ways to reduce our carbon footprint. For example, recycling, reusing, buying second-hand products, and more.
Most importantly, by educating ourselves, we won’t be indifferent about an issue that can compromise the future of younger generations.
Involve Yourself With Your Community
Dealing with climate change while raising your children can be emotionally overwhelming. Therefore, to sustain your commitment, it is essential to find people in your community that can support you through this lifestyle.
While being sustainable at home is a great start, we can also have a greater impact on the environment by joining a community.
Here are some examples of what eco-friendly communities are capable of achieving:
Grow an urban garden that provides organic foods to locals.
Create a composting and recycling program.
Educate others about actions that can help the environment.
Host fund-raising events to provide greener options to the neighborhood.
At Eco Babi Bundles, we are rooting for an environmentally friendly future. To learn more eco-parenting tips, please visit our blog today. We are here to help!