Daily life

It is easy to adopt a sustainable life style. For example, you can start by discarding advertising mail. Addressed advertisement mail will stop blocking up your mail box as soon as you have filled in the form of the Finnish DMA (Direct Marketing Association) on the Internet. You may also adhere a “No ads” sticker onto your home door or mail box. HSY can mail you a sticker in Finnish, in the metropolitan area, on request. Please refer to the order page.

If you shop three times a week, a durable shopping bag will replace no fewer than 150 plastic bags per year. You can then enjoy a delicious evening at a restaurant with the Euros that you have saved up during the year, or you may even rent a mountain bike for a day.

Almost 70 kilos of the food, purchased by a family of four members, end up in the waste bin. This amount only concerns edible food, purchased during one year, with no potato peels.  A few good tricks can however save the situation. See what you can do!

Using a shopping list will help you avoid impulse purchases. A shopping list helps you concentrate on the most essential items. For instance, if you only need some milk, go to a small grocery store. You may have to pass through the whole store anyway, but a small grocer’s has fewer enticements than a larger store.

If you are building or renovating something, you could easily save on materials and money. Please refer to the best tips for home builders .