Greening your life isn't rocket science

You do have the power to change the world.  Maybe not all at once, but little by little you can make this a better place.  It turns out the little choices add up. Going green, even in little steps can make a big difference.

Naked Binder encourages you to do one thing a day to help lower your impact on the planet. One thing. It is crazy to think that everyone can change to super green overnight, but we can all start down the path.

Everyday steps to green your life:

1. Bring your coffee cup to work or the coffee shop

2. Use the last few pages on that pad of paper instead of recycling it now.

3. Go to lunch with a co-worker instead of all driving separately.

4. Use a water filter instead of plastic bottles.

5. Today, recycle everything.

6. Buy used. Clothes, bikes, cars, coffee maker, vase, books, furniture...

7. Don't buy anything. What you don't need, don't get.

8. Eat less meat.  You don't need meat every meal every day, so skip it.

9. Ride your bike.  Have fun, get exercise, see the world.

10. Walk.  My 3 year old found a new friend just two blocks away on a street we had never walked on  before.  Maybe you can too.

11. Grow food in your garden.  If you have never planted anything, try radishes.  Those things grow fast.

12. Rain barrel.  They are great.

13. Libraries.  and Used bookstores. 

14. Shop local.

15. Keep plenty of house plants in every room of your home to improve air quality. 

16. Avoid as much PVC (AKA vinyl) as possible.

17. Start composting.

18. Turn off the tap while...(brushing, talking, washing dishes, chopping, - lets just say, when you are not using it.

19.  Turn off the lights.

20. Buy recycled and recyclable products.

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What will this do??

Using less is a huge win win situation.  Lets say you save 2 gallons a week in gasoline.  That isn't huge.  Now lets say, 150 million people do that. That is 300 million gallons of gas a week, 15.6 billion gallons a year. Consider the impact on the environment of not extracting, transporting, processing, transporting and then using 15 billion gallons of gas. Hmmm....

Every item you use takes energy to get the raw materials, create, transport and dispose of.  By eliminating just a few things that you can do with out you can see what the potential impacts might be!

So who are you?

Us?  Bike riding, walking, gardening, rain barrel using, rock climbing, used clothes buying, coffee cup carrying people just like you.  Naked Binder believes the products you use should be better designed to last, inspire and do better in the world and the workplace. We make recycled 100% post consumer waste 3-ring binders, folders and tab sets that last longer, look better and have a much smaller impact on the planet. 

We are committed enough to recycle manufacturing waste for packaging materials, reuse boxes, redesign products so there is less waste and constantly strive to find new ways to cut our footprint.

We are a part of 1% for the Planet, donating a part of our sales to saving and creating wilderness and open spaces.