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10 ecological commands

First steps to change shopping habits and Guide how to save our planet

 

How to deal with palm oil effectively

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The strength is in the commitment – our decision to act will change the world

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Begin with yourself and encourage the others

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Be healthily demanding and picky: reduce cookies, convenience food, fried snacks and fastfood, focus on quality, not quantity

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Save time: you can find a variety of palm oil free products in the photo gallery, without reading the labels

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Be aware of the “traditional and grandma´s foods”: buttermilk biscuits represent a good choice

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Be careful about “non-chocolates”, creams, fillings and toppings

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Bake without margarine and trans fat: try butter or domestic/European oils

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Discover gentle and bar soap: Buy soap without palm oil

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Create your own system: As soon as we find palm free and nature-friendly alternatives, we can purchase very quickly

10.

Willingly explain why we change our shopping habits and what we want to achieve by this: All in all, even a small mention of all of this can make a change for our nature

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Reduce buying unnecessary things

 2.

Support the local production of fresh and healthy products

 3.

Prefer organic, primarily plant-based foods

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Prefer products that are fine, healthy, not harmful for health and environmental-friendly

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Reduce waste and try to recycle it

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Use public transport instead of cars*

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Use energy saving appliances

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Don´t be wasteful with the household energy

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Help the environment in your neighbourhood

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Involve in the protecting our nature

*Why not to use the car?

The pollution is not the only one ecological impact caused by motor vehicles, in the same line, there is noise and changing the land from the agricultural areas for building the routes. The majority of cities´ inhabitants is influenced by sonic pollution. Transport is not the main source of pollution, but the emissions increase as in absolute so in relative scale. For restriction of transport´s influence, there are a few measures being applied, for example: prohibition of lead oils, sulphur limits in fuels, emission norms, regulation of transport in cities, construction of beltways, redirection of cargo lines away from cities, etc. Everyone can reduce the ecological impact caused by transport, by eliminating usage of a car. When driving a car is necessary, try to use co-driving, drive economically.