Be Green in your next Picnic

Being “green” isn’t as hard as you think. There are many things that we can do quite easily to reduce the amount of damage we do to the environment. You can do simple things like choosing spend your day in the outdoors instead of staying indoors consuming resources, like electricity!

We usually don’t think that going in a picnic can be a “green activity” but guess what, it is! Being green doesn’t mean that you have to wear your “Save the Plant T-shirt” and participate in the last ecologic forum. Just by the fact that you prefer the contact with nature in a respectful way, you are contributing to protect our planet.

There is more that you can do in your next outdoor experience. When you are getting everything ready for your picnic, think reusable! Try to avoid plastic stuff. In one hand, you will only create more waste using disposable products; in the other hand, if you have a picnic in a windy day, the chances that your plates and cups fly away are quite high. Your salad may fly away with your disposable plate.

It is a better idea if you take reusable products. That’s right, you will have to wash them coming back home. But in the long run, this is a cheaper and green option. There is a great selection of cheap picnic baskets in the market ready for the occasion. You can find the classic wooden picnic basket or the convenient picnic basket backpack to combine with a hiking experience. You can also find picnic totes that you can reuse for your grocery. You can event find picnic baskets for sale all equipped, that includes plates, cups, cutlery, knives, even cloth napkins!

Being green can be very easy. Probably you are already doing it! Be assure, that our small actions can make a big difference. Therefore, in your next picnic experience, try to be reusable instead of disposable.