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Family Renewable Living

March 17, 2016

Family Renewable Living

With two young children, it has become increasingly important to me to give them a cleaner and better world to live in.  We’ve switched to energy efficient light bulbs, cut down on our water usage, and bought more fuel efficient cars.  But I was extremely excited about participating in the Tetra Pak Renewable Living challenges to find new ways to decrease our carbon footprint.  For two weeks we were supposed to: cut down on showers, walk or bike wherever possible, choose renewable packaging when grocery shopping, and swap paper coffee cups for coffee mugs from home. 

Family Renewable Living

These challenges were easy and fun to incorporate into our every day lives.  My husband and I don’t get coffee out often, but when we did we’d just bring a mug from home and ask them to use that.  The shorter showers were easy as I barely have time to shower as is!  And walking wherever we could actually helped me to lose a couple more pounds of baby weight!  And I got the kids out of the house so it was a win/win situation. 

Family Renewable Living

Buying renewable packaging was also a simple feat once I realized what I needed to shop for: cartons instead of plastic or cans.  So I bought only cartons for those two weeks and am continuing to do so.  It’s a simple task, and look at all of the name brand food you can get in carton form! 

Family Renewable Living

These challenges from Tetra Pak not only made me feel better about the life I’m living, they made me actually happier.  Tetra Pak actually ran a social experiment on the social benefits of living a renewable lifestyle and found 70% of people engaging in this lifestyle were happier.  So don’t just change your ways to bring about a better world.  Change so you can be happier too!

Take this happiness quiz to see how Renewable Living can affect your happiness.

I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.

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  1. Marette says

    March 17, 2016 at 10:04 am

    Thanks for sharing this simple tip to be more eco-friendly! I’m going to look for more cartons.

  2. cassie says

    March 17, 2016 at 10:08 am

    This is great and something that my wife and I are just started to think about. Actually, next month I’ll be blogging about our 30 Day Minimalist Decluttering Challenge and hopefully that will get the juices flowing! 🙂

  3. Courtney says

    March 17, 2016 at 10:28 am

    Such an amazing idea! So happy to see more and more people living intentionally!! Beautiful blog by the way!! <3 Happy Thursday!

  4. Katie says

    March 17, 2016 at 11:19 am

    We strive to be as renewable and efficient as we can in our home! These are some great insights!

  5. Brittany says

    March 17, 2016 at 12:37 pm

    That’s a great idea! I always hate throwing away those tin cans so this is a better option.

  6. Anna says

    March 17, 2016 at 1:43 pm

    Oh wow I didn’t know tomatoes came in a carton!

  7. Celeste says

    March 17, 2016 at 3:38 pm

    This is something I’m working on with my family as well. Thanks for the suggestion!

  8. Jenn says

    March 17, 2016 at 9:26 pm

    These are good tips! I like the idea of the Tetra Pak because lately I’ve been worried about the chemicals in the can lining. And we use a whole lot of canned veggies around our house. That it helps the environment is also a great thing.

  9. Kusum says

    March 18, 2016 at 10:54 am

    Such a thoughtful and great initiative from Tetra! Its nice to see that more and more people are opting to take their mugs to coffee shops instead of getting a paper cup, every little counts and its awesome you are taking part in this initiative. I am going to look them up too.
    xx, Kusum | http://www.sveeteskapes.com

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