Earth Day 2022: 5 Ways to Make Your Home More Green

What are ways to make my home greener?

1. Start a home garden
2. Compost kitchen scraps
3. Grow plants indoors
4. Water wisely
5. Choose eco-friendly materials

Every year we celebrate the modern environmental movement with Earth Day. And every year, all of us are encouraged to take part in the efforts to save the environment.

The world around us isn’t in the best shape — global warming, soaring energy costs, and more problems are increasingly prevalent each day. This is why “green” homes are so important nowadays.

There’s a lot more you and your household can do to help to create a greener, healthier environment. If you’re interested in doing your part, here are a few ways to make your home more green:

Start A Home Garden

Growing, harvesting, cleaning, packaging, and transporting all the greens from a farm to the supermarket takes up many resources. To reduce your carbon footprint and still get all the fruits, veggies, and herbs your family needs to stay healthy, consider starting your own edible garden right in your backyard! Having a garden at home can reduce soil erosion and air pollution, as well as help you avoid all the chemicals that can go into store-bought produce.

Though growing your own food may seem intimidating, it’s much simpler and easier than you think! There are many easy-to-grow herbs and produce that you can start with. Even if you don’t have much yard space, you can still grow a few things on your patio or even on your windowsill. You’ll be amazed at how much food you can grow at home — and how healthy home-grown food can be for you and your family in the long run!

Compost Kitchen Scraps

One of the biggest sources of waste in your home is the kitchen. Each time you cook a meal, things like vegetable skins, eggshells, and other kitchen scraps pile up in your waste bin. But, did you know that these things can be pretty useful? Pretty much any organic matter can be used to promote a healthier garden.

Mix in your kitchen scraps like tea leaves, coffee grounds, and fruit and veggie bits with some water and yard trimmings, and you’ve got some natural fertilizer and soil enhancer on your hands. Plus, doing this will help you reduce your contribution to landfill waste.

Grow Plants Indoors

No room can’t benefit from some lush, aesthetically pleasing indoor plants. Bedrooms, kitchens, home offices, and more can become a more lively place to be in with just a few well-placed plants.

But growing plants around your home don’t just add beauty to your living space — they also provide a host of benefits for your health and indoor environment.

Multiple studies have proven that indoor plants absorb toxic pollutants in the air, such as formaldehyde, benzene, and trichloroethylene. These come from synthetic items, such as cleaning products or air fresheners. Indoor plants like our Snake plants, Philodendrons, and Peace Lilies are the best air purifying plants to keep your home clear of any harmful pollutants.

Aside from that, indoor plants offer psychological health benefits, such as improving your mood, reducing fatigue, lowering stress, and enhancing performance and focus. Just seeing your very own pots of nature — like our gorgeous Aglaonema Red Siam — scattered around your home can do wonders for your mental health!

Water Wisely

Water is another important resource that we should use carefully at home. When watering your indoor plants and garden, be mindful about your consumption, as well as how often you water them.

We recommend watering your garden or lawn in the early morning or evening. This time of day is much cooler, which prevents the water from evaporating too quickly for your plants to properly absorb.

When watering your potted plants, we strongly advise paying attention to signs of overwatering. Your potted plants often need much less water than you think. Try using a bottom-watering method, and watering your plants once or twice a week at most.

Using gray water (water that’s been used in sinks or the shower) to water your plants is also a good way to reduce your water consumption. But, if you use gray water, make sure it contains only biodegradable soaps to avoid poisoning your plants.

The right timing and method can make your watering much more efficient — which reduces the need to water your plants frequently.

Choose Eco-Friendly Materials

Eco-friendly materials made by local craftsmen are key to making your home greener. Choosing to use these materials comes with more sustainable harvest and production methods, which in turn help to reduce your home’s carbon footprint.

Using natural materials, such as bamboo, cob, reclaimed wood, and the like can give your home a lot of character. We recommend concentrating on what eco-friendly materials you can add to your garden. When added to this space, it enhances the “organic” feel of your outdoor area, as it blends in well with other elements of nature.

What works visually depends on what aesthetic your garden has, as well as what you can source locally. For example, if you have a lot of tropical-looking plants and wood features around your garden, you could use our Cocopots, made from coconut coir. These are great for repotting your plants while promoting the use of local, natural resources and workmanship.

Key Takeaway

Going “green” doesn’t just mean being conscious about your recyclables anymore — we all have to do our part to keep our planet going each year. The good thing is that being conscious of your impact doesn’t require you to make expensive investments in renewable energy or electric cards. These five ways to make the home more green are all it takes to make your home more environmentally friendly!

Once you decide to take this opportunity to contribute to protecting the natural world, take a look at Unbeleafable’s online catalog — we are the top supplier for plants in Metro Manila! We have just the plants, materials, and services you need to start making your home more green, and can deliver them straight to your doorstep — just in time for Earth Day 2022!