9 Easy Ways to Green Up Your Life

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Greening up your life can seem really overwhelming at first. There are so many tips out there that it seems impossible to do them all, and really, where do you start when you own 7 homes, 13 vehicles, a private jet and 2 restaurants? Forget the vulgar suggestions that require you to lower yourself to the level of the unwashed masses, like drying your Valentino suits on a clothesline. Maintain your dignity by using these 9 easy ways to green up your life instead.

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9. Get a Tesla Roadster. This is the best place to start, and since the Tesla is both green and extremely sexy, you’ll be eager to drive it as often as possible. Not too often, because you don’t want it to look like you only own one car. But it’s 100% electric and only costs $100,000 – a small price to pay for the good publicity you’ll get in that Ecorazzi write-up.

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8. Use Richard Branson’s new bio jet fuel in your private plane. What’s good enough for Virgin Airlines is good enough for you, and on those occasions when only your private jet will do, now you can fly without using fossil fuels. It’ll really come in handy when you need to transport your stylist from LA to Rome for the night and would otherwise feel a twinge of guilt.

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7. Try to cut down on your travel. Think about flying to Europe instead of the Far East for New Year’s Eve. Just imagine the thousands of pounds of CO2 you’ll save by flying from LA to NYC for a quick lunch instead of going across the Atlantic to Paris. It does involve some sacrifice, but you’ve got to be willing to adjust your lifestyle in order to help the planet.

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6. Have your private chef use locally grown vegetables and meat, and possibly even consider buying an existing organic farm. Build a bakery off the service kitchen so your personal baker can bake fresh bread, biscuits, and pastries. Make sure you’ve got enough space for your personal cheesemaker to work – you’d be surprised how much room cheesemaking requires. All of this will ensure that your food barely needs to travel at all before appearing on your plate.

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5. When going on vacation, consider renting Johnny Depp’s eco-resort island. If you’re a pal, you can get it for only $10k a week, so call in that favor. Have your assistant anonymously tip off the paparazzi so they can get plenty of grainy shots of you and your entourage enjoying organic cocktails and lounging around on a solar- and biofuel-powered yacht.

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4. When car companies send you SUV’s using FedEx Overnight, buy carbon credits to offset the flight. Otherwise, you might get bad publicity. Carbon offsets are such an easy way to erase those ‘oopsies’ when you forget that you’re supposed to be conserving, reducing and recycling, and let’s face it – you just can’t avoid having those moments every now and then.

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3. Reuse your dental floss. Just kidding, we thought we’d throw in an utterly disgusting tip that only coarse patchouli-scented proletariats would do to see if you were paying attention.

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2. Put solar panels up on top of all your houses, guest homes, horse barns, recording studios, basketball courts, and merry go-rounds. Sure, the initial expense is high, but you can afford it – and you’ll get your money back over time. All those buildings sure do use a lot of electricity, and with solar power, you won’t have to feel guilty leaving the lights on in unoccupied rooms all the time.

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1. Have your nanny use public transportation to cut down on her carbon footprint. Obviously, you wouldn’t deign to step foot on a bus or subway (eww, vagrants and coughing plebeians), but there’s no need for the help to be wasting resources and polluting the earth by driving in a private car. Firmly explain the benefits of public transportation and why it’s so important for her to use it – she’ll likely understand. If she doesn’t, there are plenty of nannies out there that don’t even own their own car. See? Easy!

Big thanks to our former editor Shea Gunther for his creative input!

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