Having a green lifestyle has nothing to do with the environment you are currently living in, not even with the place you currently call “home”. It also doesn’t have much to do with the space you use, because living green can be as satisfying when living in a wonderful villa, as well as living in a cottage or a small, rented apartment in the crowded city. Sure, there are many other options to plant your green ideas when it comes to large and open spaces such as houses with big backyards, but who said that you cannot have a green lifestyle while living in an apartment? Here are some tips and fun ideas you can put in practice for a more convenient lifestyle, which is less harmful for the environment as well as for you. Feel free to enjoy, practice and, why not, “seed” other ideas so that we can all enjoy the green in our apartments!

Make the best out of the space you have.
Never crowd too many furniture pieces in one place if you don’t want your living room to look like a backyard auction. Also, in order to get a greener look, plant as many flowers and plants as possible and use some feng-shui techniques while decorating. Take into consideration the corner you will plant your bonsai or flower, decorate it with river stones and a small waterfall and put it in the right cornet so it will attract good bio-energies which will empower yourself and revigorate the whole atmosphere of the living room!

Go soy with your candles.

Who doesn’t like a little “flavor” for those hot nights? Who doesn’t like small candles across the room for a more romantic atmosphere or for relaxation only? Candles’ light induces quietness and relaxation both to body and to the soul, so used as many as possible, even in a smaller room will have a big effect. Not to mention you save money for energy. Still, if you want a greener way to light your room, you might want to consider using soy candles.

Soy candles are free of petroleum, unlike conventional wax candles, and  are nearly soot-free so they won’t pollute the air in your apartment or  leave those nasty smoke marks on your walls. They can also burn up to 50% more than normal wax candles and cost around the same as normal ones. Plus you get flavous also, everything for your night of pure relaxation!

Sure, you might think this is not actually a “do-able” idea, but you will take it into consideration if you know that most pets graze on grass for digestive reasons. It won’t take you more than a small corner to put this idea into practice, and give extreme joy to your pets while they will at last stop eating the plants and everything that’s green and natural in the house.