Title: Tips to improve your environmental wellness - News - Illinois State
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Tips to improve your environmental wellness
Tips to be a sustainability steward
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Tips to improve your environmental wellness
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By Erin Link
October 22, 2014
The Office of Energy Management demonstrates the difference in low flow showerheads at Healthy You, Healthy Earth. Your overall well-being is closely tied to health of your environment. The environmental dimension of wellness includes trying to live in harmony with the earth by understanding the impact of your interaction with nature and your personal environment, and taking action to protect the world around you. Here are steps you can take to improve your environmental wellness: Tips to be a sustainability steward
— Stick to reusable water bottles. Extra credit points if you use glass or stainless steel. — When possible, eat local. Take advantage of local farmers’ markets, CSAs, and restaurants that serve local foods. Not only do local foods have more nutrients due to usually being consumed closer to harvest, eating local foods also saves a lot of pollution caused by transportation. — Turn it off.