Friday, March 13, 2015

The Benefits Of Sustainable Living For Seniors

By Lena Stephenson


One of the hottest topics today is sustainable living. It cannot be denied that a lot of individuals have heard about this. However, majority of them are not sure what it really means. Aside from living a lifestyle that causes the least amount of environmental destruction for future generations to deal with, it also means using as few resources as they possibly can. Since the concept is applicable to almost every aspect of daily life, it comes in a lot of different forms.

Sustainable housing are often built in a manner that these only use a little amount of nonrenewable resources, cause no or minor damage to the surroundings and where too much energy is not necessary. The materials to be used should be coming from the environment, but it should not affect the environment in a negative way like those used for sustainable living for seniors.

For instance, a house may be made from brick, reclaimed stone, adobe or straw bales. A lot of homeowners make their homes as low energy as they possibly can. This is how they pursue this kind of lifestyle. They do this by producing their own power from the wind or sun or by making sure that they have a very high energy efficiency.

Such type of lifestyle includes depending on sustainable energy. Aside from unlimited sources, energy should be renewable as well. Fossil fuels are energy sources that shouldn't be used due to the fact that they cannot be renewed. People should take advantage of restorable energy sources just like water, solar, wind and geothermal energy instead.

Energy has to be captured and should be employed in a manner that the environment will not be negatively affected. The purpose of this lifestyle is to train individuals to take care of the environment as much as they can. The food we can find at the food chain's base should be the focus to succeed in this pursuit. Individuals who are living vegetarian lifestyle focus more on the consumption of mixed vegetables.

This is perfect for this kind of lifestyle too because only a few resources need to be produced. In addition, these cause the least amount of degradation and environmental destruction. Chemicals such as herbicides or pesticides should not be used when growing these foods, but should be grown organically instead. This is how environment pollution and health problems for other humans or animals can be prevented.

To lessen the problems caused by long distance transportation of food, it is advisable for individuals to eat food that has been locally grown. A lot of individuals try to grow their products in a community garden near their home or in their yard. Another good source for locally grown fruits and vegetables are the local farmers markets.

Individuals do not need to consume all of the Earth's resources to survive. They can survive even by leaving the environment undamaged and using just a little resources. They should think about what the later generations will have, because they also deserve to enjoy the kind of life being enjoyed by those living at present.




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