nutrition
- drink tab water (use a filter)
- buy seasonal and organic from local farmer's market
- grow your own herbs, veg and fruit
- eat less meat (max. 2-3x per week)
- less processed food and eating at restaurants (instead: cook with friends/fam)
- more diy your meals
for German readers: foodsharing
exercising
- GET OUTSIDE- it's free- instead of paying for a fitness studio!!
magazines/books
- Youtube to listen to books
- bibliothek
- birthday wishes for Abonnements
- Apps and Webradio for news instead of a printed newspaper
- borrow books to read one time from your friends
beauty
- trust the products that work and sell products that do not
clothing
- buy Vintage/Second Hand/ on etsy.com
- Vestiaire Collective, Videdressing, fleamarket..
- only when necessary and if you are excited that you have finally found it
- always write a list and search for the items on your list!
- search for discount codes online
- wait for sale seasons/ buy clothes out of season ;)
TV/Radio/cinema
- use Internet/Youtube/webradio/DVBT
- you can watch some series and movies online ;)
Internet/mobile phone
- search for the least expensive option
- there is free WIFI in many restaurants/bars/at friends/Starbucks.. nowadays
traveling/traffic
- how about a motorcycle?
- take the bus/train
- ride your bike (another pro argument for your fitness)
- carpooling
living/rent
- Airbnb
- rural area
- camping ground
- compare electricity providers every 2 years
- separate your trash
(in Germany: yellow= plastic, brown= biodegradable, black= everything else)
washing
- share a washing machine
sell items you do not need
stress less
- unsubscribe from newsletters