Eco-friendly tips
By developing mindfulness and committing to environmentally conscious habits, we can make strides to positively impact the health of our planet.
Reduce water consumption.
Take cold showers and turn off water when brushing teeth, washing hands, and in between scrubbing dishes.
Avoid single use plastic.
It takes single use plastic 1,000 years to decompose. Opt for re-usable water bottles instead!
Adopt energy efficient utilities.
Examples include LED lights, solar panels, and hybrid or electric vehicles.
Preserve electricity.
Turn off your lights when you don’t need them.
Shop at Farmers Market.
Supporting local farms also reduces your ecological footprint, and you’ll get to enjoy fresh fruits and veggies!
Reduce dairy & meat consumption.
The dairy and meat industries use significant farmland and accounts for a large portion of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.
Compost & recycle.
Start a compost bin and add items such as fruits, vegetables, dairy products, grains, bread, unbleached paper napkins, coffee filters, eggshells, and newspaper.
When recycling, make sure items are recyclable and clean. Non-recyclable and soiled items can contaminate the entire bin and truck load.
Choose sustainable travel.
When possible, choose to walk, cycle, take public transportation, or ride share.
The planet is in a state of crisis.
Humans have undoubtedly influenced the warming of our atmosphere, ocean, and land, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Widespread change is needed in order to curtail greenhouse gas emissions and avoid hitting the annual average global temperature of 1.5 Celsius, also known as the ”tipping point”.
While much of the alteration in behavior must take place at the corporate level (100 companies across the globe are responsible for 71% of carbon emissions), we all need to play our part as inhabitants of earth to reduce our carbon footprint.
Key climate change stats:
More carbon dioxide exists in our atmosphere than ever before.
Climate change could be irreversible by 2030 if urgent action is not taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
We’re on track to surpass 1.5C of warming.
This will have devastating effects on rising sea levels due to melting ice sheets and glaciers.
Dozens of species are going extinct every single day.
This is 10,000 times the normal rate, which is usually 5 species a year. Biodiversity is critical to the quality of our water and food supply.
Extreme weather events such as floods and fires are increasingly prevalent.
Two thirds of these events in the last 20 years have been influenced by humans.
Half of the world’s coral reefs have died through a process called “bleaching”.
This is due to the rise in sea temperature that has taken place over the last 30 years.
1.2 billion people could displaced by climate change and rapid population growth by 2050.
Due to rising sea levels, natural disasters and limited resources, many will not be able to live in their current environment.
