Coffee – Small Changes To Your Habits Can Make A Big Difference To The Environment
If you want to drink coffee (relatively) guilt free, below are some ways to make your coffee habit more environmentally friendly:
Consume Less Coffee - It takes around 200 liters of water to produce the coffee, milk, sugar, and cup for one regular cup of coffee. So, Just cutting one cup of coffee a day would really help the environment.
Drink Local - Get coffee which has traveled the shortest distance to reach you so as help lower the impact of shipping fuel on the environment.
Buy A Cool Mug - Purchase a cool mug that you will want to again and again; eliminating the need for plastic or styrofoam cups.
Do Without A Coffee Stirrer - Rather than mixing sugar and cream into your coffee, try adding the sugar and cream in the empty cup. Then gently pour your hot coffee on top, and let the heat naturally dissolve the sugar.
Compost Your Coffee Grounds - Instead of just throwing out your old coffee grounds, create a compost heap and toss your used coffee grounds in. The nitrogen rich coffee will produce a potent fertilizer. You can also spread it on top of your plant's soil.
Purchase Organic Coffee - Organic coffee is grown without toxic chemicals, and is grown in a way that protects delicate ecosystems and the animals that live within them.
Buy Fair Trade Coffee - TransFair and Rainforest Alliance coffees not only ensure fair living wages for coffee farmers, they take into account environmental standards in their certification process.
Choose A Good Filter - To reduce unnecessary paper consumption, consider buying a reusable gold coffee filter; not only will it help the environment, it makes your coffee taste better. You should look for unbleached, biodegradable ones.
Keep Pests Away - Rather than spraying chemicals in your garden to keep away unwanted pests like ants and neighborhood cats, sprinkle coffee grounds and orange peels in your garden. The nitrogen in coffee burns ants' legs and is better for the environment than using harmful chemicals.
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January 29 2010 05:23 pm | coffee