The advancement of technology today and the production of many convenient products to make life easy and comfortable, have also made a great impact towards the environment especially in homes where you see non environment friendly bits of things that you utilize.
This may seem convenient but, many are not aware of the harmful effects that cause especially to health that just go unnoticed, and little by little such harmful effects gets accumulated that may in time become a hazard already.
There have already been many campaigns like programs, documentaries, and articles done all over the world to improve more awareness about the effects of non eco friendly materials that are being utilized by everyone.
In your own home, you can do a lot of things that can reverse the negative effects of modernization and make something that can be as eco-friendly as possible like making use of something that can still have purpose, like old or torn clothings into rags, reuse jars and containers for other purposes, or perhaps you can exhaust the usefulness of an appliance if it can still be repaired rather than buying a new one.
You will have better effect to health and environment as well if you have a garden of your own to grow small scale drops and herbs, even just about a small area where you are at, here you get to grow something that you can consume that is healthier and can even help you save money, as well as reduces your carbon footprint.
It will be good for the environment of your home as well if you make your personal cleaning products than purchasing their commercial counterparts, and there are many DIY on how to make these products and you can generally make your own in less the amount that you spend in buying the commercial ones.
You may also want to opt to use solar energy and solutions, as this is now one of the most popular and effective alternatives in saving and conserving energy, while it gives you the opportunity to save money as well and help the environment with its benefits in its use.
There are still so much that you can think of and do in order to create an eco friendly house that will have good benefit for you, your health, and the environment that can even help you save money, all the same, you are doing your responsibility in keeping your environment be healthy as well.