Fresh Food: Try to eat fresh food from your crisper instead of frozen food from your freezer. This should help save consumption of electricity .

Home Cook Food: Choose to eat at home and cook food for yourself to avoid processed goods. You can control the ingredients of the food when you cook it yourself. Manufactured goods are subjected to processing that requires a lot of energy and resources to pack and transport .

Home Garden:If you have space in your backyard, why not start your own garden? There are plenty of benefits that can be had in gardening. Other than helping save the environment by taking an organic diet, gardening also allows you to spend more time outdoors, grow something out of your own effort, and take time for contemplation .

Microwave Cooking: No matter what you read, never reheat your food or leftovers in plastic or foam containers. Remove all plastic wraps as they typically will sag with heat and come in direct contact with your food .

Non-Labelled Food: As much as possible, buy ingredients that do not have labels because it means the product is as real as it gets. Fresh fruits and vegetables, for instance, do not have labels compared to those canned ones with nutrition processed out of them .

Pack a Lunch: Taking your lunch to work affords you better control over fat, salt nutrition, portion size, packaging, etc. Rather than comingling your lunch in a community refrigerator, use a refreezable ice pack to keep your food cool .

Picnics: Paper plates, disposable cups and plastic silverware are all convenient items for picnics but generate tons of waste for the environment. To prevent unnecessary waste, take along a magic marker to put names on cups and plates. Consider purchasing plastic picnic plates that can be rinsed off and washed at home with soapy water for later reuse. Ask kids to make sure they bring back their empty cups for refills rather than grab a new cup each time .

Plastic or Glass: Choose glass, ceramic and stainless steel over plastic whenever possible. These materials are long-lasting, can often be transferred directly from the pantry or fridge to the oven or microwave, and – most importantly, they won't leach chemicals into your food .

Reduce Packaging Waste:Resist the temptation to buy items that create unnecessary waste in an attempt to get you to buy. Simpler packaging many times translates to lower prices for your goods .

Restaurant Waste: Avoid restaurants that create a huge amount of needless waste. This is especially true when eating inside a fast food restaurant which generates a wrapping for the main course, usually a box for it to rest in for a less than sixty seconds, french fry packing, paper or plastic drink container, plastic forks, knives and spoons, tray liners, condiment packages, etc. When you finish your next fast food meal, place all your carnage in the middle of the table and ask yourself if this establishment cares more about convenience or the environment .

Seafood Products: Be cautious in choosing fish in the market. It is best to avoid eating tainted aquatic species since they can be highly contaminated with chemicals that are toxic to the body. Take note of the labels that identify which seafood products are caught using sustainable methods and which ones are not .

Seasonal Fruits: Try to purchase fruits and vegetables in season as opposed to greenhouse-grown or out of area imports that require added energy to transport .

USDA Approved: Buy organic ingredients that are USDA approved. Modern methods of farming can be destructive to the environment. Pesticides and fertilizers can cause water pollution and soil erosion. Organic ingredients are produced without genetic engineering and synthetic growth hormones .