Have you always been too intimidated to ask what seitan is or to try one of those weird bean dessert recipes? Perhaps someone has always told you that tofu tastes good if it’s cooked right, but you have no clue what that even means? (Hint: It might look like this.) It can be intimidating to change up your diet, and unfortunately, the typical American diet isn’t very climate friendly.
Here's Howĭay 5: Expand your cooking repertoire. To support our nonprofit environmental journalism, please consider disabling your ad-blocker to allow ads on Grist. If you can’t bike safely in your area, call your local elected officials to ask for better bike lanes. With fewer cars on the road in most places, biking in an urban area might also be safer than normal, and the air quality better. Most shelter-in-place orders still allow you to leave the house for exercise, and exploring local biking routes might inspire you to discover new commute options to take post COVID-19. Now’s also a good time to switch all your monthly bills and medical statements to online only if you haven’t already.ĭay 4: Hit the road. The website Catalog Choice makes it easy to get off the mailing lists of businesses that just won’t leave you alone. Why companies still send snail mail advertisements addressed to “Current Resident” is beyond me, but asking to be taken off their lists will save paper, energy, and your time. It’s easy to forget about all the appliances we leave plugged in to suck up power like vampires, but now that you aren’t rushing off to work, it’s easy to stop wasting power.ĭay 3: Junk mail begone! By your third day indoors, it’s probably become apparent just how much junk mail piles up when left to its own devices. If you don’t own power strips, add them to your list for Day 1 - lots of essential stores sell them. Ditto if you have a toaster, coffee machine, and electric kettle all plugged in on the kitchen counter. Now that you’re working from home (alongside a partner, perhaps, or kids home from school), consolidate your outlets and save electricity by plugging your chargers into power strips that can be switched off when you don’t need them. (Before you finalize your shopping list, check out the action items for Days 2, 5, and 10.)ĭay 2: Power strips to the rescue. You can even take a first step towards growing some of your own food by buying an herb to grow on your windowsill - mint, sage, oregano, parsley, and rosemary are all pretty hard to kill. And having a consolidated, well-planned list and an organized fridge will prevent food waste - a major contributor to climate change - and save you unnecessary trips to the store. Bulk beans, lentils, and grains are solid options: They’ll stay good for ages, are healthy and versatile, and are climate-friendly foods. Check out everything you already own, notice what should be consumed soon, and write down what you really need.
Before you speed out to the store and panic-buy everything in sight, stop and take inventory.
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