Sustainability
What Can We Do to Save our Environment?
More than you think! With each passing day, our natural resources are being depleted at an alarming rate. Who is doing it? The short answer is that we are all doing it and it will require a herculean effort to minimize and reverse this process.
By Anthony Chan3 years ago in Earth
Average Jane and the Environment
Saving money while saving the environment? Is that even possible? Just like you I’m not some billionaire. I don’t own a huge company. I have very little influence in the world. So the real question is, how do I, a small business owning, average, working class woman living off a limit budget help to save the environment? The answer: in so many small ways. On their own they don’t seem like much. Together they add up to a better world.
By Rita DeStefano3 years ago in Earth
Our power station on the roof
We have made a decisive move to do our bit to combat global warming and save the oceans by installing solar panels on the roof of our house. At the time of writing, they have been in place for less than a week (and the scaffolding has yet to be removed), so we cannot as yet tell just how big a contribution we will make over time, but we certainly expect it to be worthwhile.
By John Welford3 years ago in Earth
Educated by Earth Month
Earth Day. April 2021. Team challenge. $250 donated. 25 pounds of trash removed from the ocean. Every so often, I collaborate with three coworkers to plan a month-long charity challenge for our team at work. In celebration of Earth Day, our April 2021 challenge focused on being environmentally friendly. I made a list of 23 "green" tasks each team member could complete once and eight of us joined in each pledging $0.25 donations every time someone completed a task. We decided to support 4Ocean, a nonprofit that removes a pound of trash from the ocean, rivers, and coastlines for every $10 given, and works to stop plastic pollution before it happens by educating people about choices and behaviors that lead to pollution.
By Jessica Marsh3 years ago in Earth
Start by offering 10 minutes to nature, every day. Top Story - May 2021.
Throughout Lockdown 2020, I felt very grateful to live near to green hills, a river and the sea. I discovered that by being slow and still, I could connect more deeply with the universe than when travelling the globe. By doing less externally, deep inner work could finally be done. My mind at last became silent enough to listen.
By RiverSongHeart3 years ago in Earth
The Continual Process of Reducing
It started with recycling. I remember when I was a kid and our our neighborhood began its recycling program. Only plastic types 1 and 2 could be put into the bins, so we dutifully checked the symbols, rinsed out our Diet Coke bottles, and felt like the greenest family this side of the Mississippi.
By Sarahmarie Specht-Bird3 years ago in Earth
The steps I am taking (in no particular order) to help save the oceans and our planet.
Step 1...I always educating myself about climate change, to find out how it affects the oceans, weather , the earth and us humans who inhabit it, and to find solutions that I and my family can do to help combat it.
By Donna Bolch3 years ago in Earth
13-Extraordinary ways to SAVE THE OCEAN !!
Oceans cover 71 percent of the planet and are home to important species and ecosystems on which we rely for food, livelihood, climate control, and more. But the oceans need our help. Saving the seas can sometimes sound like a lot of work, but when we all get in, we can make a big difference.
By prashant sapkota3 years ago in Earth
FROM THE GROUND UP
Scanning social media as the emergence of yet another in a long line of diseases stemming from animal mistreatment swept through the population, while also reading stories about The Amazon being burned to produce more for a world that already produces enough but just fails to allocate it well, followed by watching as both the west coast of the United States, and portions Australia burned uncontrollably, caused us great distress.
By Victoria L. Jankowski3 years ago in Earth