Yogesh Malik
Badges
India Participants
- Your Points Percentile:
- 100th
- Total Country Participants:
- 1
- Changed thermostat
- Changed settings on refrigerator, freezer, water heater and washer
- Replaced at least one third of light bulbs with CFLs or LEDs
- Disconnected electronic devices when not in use
Wild Card Items
- Eliminated second freezer or refrigerator
- Insulated water heater
- Replaced appliances with green-certified products
- Hung clothes up to dry instead of using the dryer
- Sealed all of the windows and doors
- Switched to organic produce
- Switched to eco-friendly cleaning methods
- Switched to locally made (non-produce) products where possible
Wild Card Items
- Cut use of disposable items
- Repaired or extended use of clothing items
- Stopped using wrapping paper for gifts
- Rented or borrowed instead of buying infrequently used items
- Ate a vegetarian diet one day a week
- Cut down on take-away meals
- Limited daily intake of beef to 8 ounces
- Switched to sustainable seafood
Wild Card Items
- Started a food-based garden
- Ate vegan or raw for a certain number of days per week
- Bought grass-fed beef instead of conventional
- Gave up at least one processed food
- Drove no faster than the posted the speed limit, avoided rapid acceleration or braking
- Removed extra weight from car, inflated tires
- Used public transportation instead of driving
- Reduced your planned air travel by one trip
Wild Card Items
- Bought carbon offsets for travel
- Carpooled or found a ride-sharing program
- Invested in a more fuel-efficient car
- Recycled all glass, aluminum, plastic, batteries and paper
- Eliminated advertising mail
- Changed to paperless billing
- Eliminated the use of plastic and paper bags
Wild Card Items
- Began composting at home
- Used biodegradable bags for walking the dog
- Recycled old athletic shoes and clothes
- Recycled or donated old electronics
- Gave up bottled water
- Turned off tap when brushing teeth, scrubbing dishes
- Shortened showering time
- Replaced shower head with a low-flow model
Wild Card Items
- Used xeriscaping for yard
- Installed a rain barrel to collect water for garden, lawn and plants
- Insulated water heater
Think Globally, Act Locally
Posted by Yogesh Malik on April 13, 2011 To learn is to change. Education is a process that changes the learner. The experiences and education gained from the 360º Energy Diet have influenced my habits in a big way. I used to think that making your environment greener may be just adding few solar panels and getting energy-efficient home appliances, but sustainability is…
We Are What We Repeatedly Do
Posted by Yogesh Malik on April 3, 2011 Motivation is what gets you started and habit is what keeps you going. Sustainability was my favorite subject and the 360º Energy Diet challenge came at a perfect time to instill a few green habits in me. The last ten weeks have been full of new experiences, and if I have to choose one habit…
How Green Are Your Festivals?
Posted by Yogesh Malik on March 21, 2011 This Sunday India celebrated festival of colors called Holi. In this festival, people throw colored powder and water at each other. I could not resist bringing some green thinking to this. A lot of water and color is consumed during this festival, and I noticed that the colors used are mostly chemical-based and very unsafe…
Diet Experiments
Posted by Yogesh Malik on March 14, 2011 Twenty-five million more children will go hungry by the middle of this century in the developing world. Still some people love to overeat, and some even live to eat. When I started doing experiments with my diet, it was very challenging for me. I did many experiments over a period of months and it was very…
Balancing Economy and Sustainability
Posted by Yogesh Malik on March 7, 2011 It’s been six weeks now on 360º Energy Diet and I have learned a lot, which I am proud of. This week I spent some time reading other posts here and found some very interesting things. In order to take my next step, I started researching how can i plan for renewable energy at…
You Are What You Eat
Posted by Yogesh Malik on March 1, 2011 “We are what we eat.” This is very true, and I have realized this many times in my life. It’s perfectly understandable that one way of reducing one’s carbon footprint is to eat less meat and more vegetable. I was never a hardcore non-vegetarian, and being a health freak, it was easy for me to…
Green Guarantee? Not Always
Posted by Yogesh Malik on February 21, 2011 Office Travel Car parking at my workplace is around 1 kilometer (.62 miles) away from the office, so from the parking area I have to take another office-operated taxi. In the last few weeks, instead of taking office taxi I am walking. I can try these walks as long as weather is in my favor,…
Adventures in Sustainable Shopping
Posted by Yogesh Malik on February 14, 2011 This time when I visited local shopping mart I carried reusable jute/cloth sacks with me and while at the mart, all those shiny plastic boxes didn’t look so attractive. I was looking at the packaging type while picking up the stuff and I preferred paper packaging over plastic wherever feasible. Though it is not easy…
There Are No Passengers on Spaceship Earth. We Are All Crew.
Posted by Yogesh Malik on February 7, 2011 While I was trying to understand the life-cycle of waste management in this part of the world, I got to know about a few interesting things. I talked to a few people who are responsible for waste management in the locality where I live and realized that ecosystem evolution plays a very important role here. …
Don’t Wait, Go Green Now
Posted by Yogesh Malik on January 31, 2011 It is more difficult than I thought it would be, but looking into my energy usage has taken me to a higher level of enthusiasm. I realized that I don’t have any proper method of recording how much I was spending on electricity, water and petrol. But I am happy that I was able to get all…
‘If You Cannot Measure It, You Cannot Improve It’
Posted by Yogesh Malik on January 21, 2011 I enjoy wearing many hats, from a self-proclaimed technology evangelist to a digital media activist, and recently, an author. I live in India, in Gurgaon (map), which is located 30 km (18 miles) south of national capital, New Delhi. My preoccupation is to create work that is universal and timeless, yet very individual, filtered by my own experiences.…
