Ask HN: How to change lifestyle to reduce negative environmental footprint?
1. There's a whole market built around overpriced "vegan" goods, bamboo toothbrushes, etc., everybody saying their product is _the_ one that will save the world.
2. There's a lot of contradictory info; e.g. somebody saying that paper bags in markets are a great move, while others are pointing out that the production of said bags is x times worse than that of plastic bags when it comes to carbon footprint.
I don't know who to believe, and there's nobody I know who is well informed on these issues. But maybe somebody here could help me build a list of things/actions (or share his/her own) that help to reduce one's carbon footprint or to preserve the environment in other way. I'm sure many people here care about these issues and try to fight them, and thus are better informed than my peers.
(e.g. 1. Don't use car for <5km rides 2. Don't use plastic bags when buying fruit, use reusable linen ones instead 3. ... )