Here are some suggestions shared at Sunday's Second To None flea market. Which do you think is the best green tip?
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Stop using fossil fuels wherever possible. Cycle/Walk instead – Priyanka Shylendra, Bike to work. Save fuel. Burn fat – Arvind Batra
Convert your cycle in to a power generator by fitting a dynamo
Old Cans to Holders, Used Dabbas to wrap gifts, old bottles to make boxes – Prishth
Hydrogen peroxide gets everything off, out etc..
Use baking soda to clean dishes, bathrooms and anything else you want to clean. It is Non-Toxic, yet gleams and sparkles like new – Karthik.R
Use a coconut fibre scrub for washing dishes. Use a mug of water to brush teeth. Shave not under running water – Anon
Carry your own colourful shopping bag - N.Suguna/Langford Town.
Use less packing in everything – food, clothes, footwear etc. Gawd!! Even veggies come wrapped in polythene – Vaidehi Murthy/Electronic city..
Segregate household waste before disposal and compost the organic waste – Sneha Gokhale/Vidyaranyapura, Venkat, Rekha
Grow your own food, or, atleast a part of it – Chetana Kulkarni, Julia Centerer
Skip Brushing on Sundays! Its a holiday! – M.M Uthappa
Harvest Rainwater – Suma H.R
“Do not wash cars with hose pipes. Use only half a bucket of water to clean with a cloth – Manpreet
For Children – Fill half a glass of water when you are thirsty – so you can save the other half – Christobelle
Lay broken stoneware pipes under your garden. Lift below ground level. Connect to your wash basin. Your garden gets watered by default – John
Save water. Dont use a shower. Use a bucket – Samreen
Pee in the shower. Save water – Ashritha
Say no to bathing!. Save Water! No, Seriously...Save water – Anon
Dont throw water after boiling eggs. Plants gets minerals from the water. Water your plant with it – Leela Venugopal
To Save water while you flush. Place half the filled water bottle of water in to your flush tank & save the same volume in every flush– Aishwarya krishnan
Buy less clothes - Nirupama Karthikeyan, Sohan Shetty
Dont drive alone to office, car pool – S.Ramnath, Mukhesh Sarma, Soumen Sarkar/Vijnana nagar
Lets paint our roads and reduce radiant heat – Anon
Switch off the monitor when you are on a coffee break – Nirmitha
Try to use as less energy as you can. Switch off all electronic devices before you sleep – Sushant chavan
Use solar and wind for power generation – Sharath
Turn off the tv and all electronic devices totally. Do not keep them on stand-by. – Dean George, Sarjapur Road.