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Sustainable Lifestyles: Environmental Choices for Individuals

Explore the environmental dimensions of sustainable lifestyles by focusing on individual actions. Learn how to reduce water consumption, energy use, CO2 emissions, transport needs, and make eco-friendly choices in food, clothing, housing, and recreation. Find ways to live more sustainably and protect our planet for future generations.

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Sustainable Lifestyles: Environmental Choices for Individuals

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  1. Environmental dimensions of sustainable lifestyles Arthur Dahl International Environment Forum

  2. Focus on individuals Looked yesterday at the big picture Now we can focus on the question people always ask: What can we do as individuals?

  3. Water • Consumption: washing, bathing, laundry • Gardening • Sanitation • Pollution

  4. Energy use Economy, efficiency in: • Heating • Cooling • Cooking • Lighting • Appliances Can we reduce our emissions of CO2?

  5. Transport • Motor vehicles • Public transport • Bicycle • Walking • Reduce the need for transport

  6. Food • Fast food or organic • Local or fair trade • Nutritional balance • Pesticides/hormones/antibiotics • Meat or vegetarian • Genetically-modified organisms

  7. Clothing • Natural fibres: agricultural impacts • Synthetic fibres: persistent, non-renewable • Socially-responsible manufacture • Changing styles or full use • Brand names and fashions

  8. Housing • Location • Materials • Health impacts • Energy efficiency • Social effects

  9. Recreation/tourism/entertainment • Impact on natural environment • Transport • Ecotourism • Constructive or destructive

  10. Aesthetics • Beauty • Natural versus man-made • Respecting cultural diversity

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