Sustainability
Trash Art
Reusable period panties, remembering our reusable bags at the grocery store, shutting off water between soaping and rinsing, keeping unnecessary lights off, wearing pants a few extra times before washes, buying sustainable products, walking the extra few steps to the recycling, unplugging electronics in disuse, swapping out for energy saving appliances, and on and on and on. There are many ways to slash our carbon footprint. Some methods fulfilling while others can feel downright nerve wracking especially here in the U.S. where recycling and consumption reduction is not a social precedent. It can even be disheartening when you have gone that extra mile and news still tells you it's not enough. We are still burying ourselves in trash and suffocating ourselves in carbon. Hope and change always start on the smallest of levels, though. It starts with the individual and spreads like an idea until it becomes a movement. So how do we turn a ripple into a wave? I think the simple answer is Trash Art.
By E. J. Strange5 years ago in Earth
This will be the end of our kind if we don't start now.
In the late 1900s, we created more and more garbage, sewage, radioactive waste, and different chemicals. Generating these things was good for furthering our planet. But one thing we did not take into consideration was where we would put our extra waste. So we started dumping our trash in the ocean. Since the 1900s, our ocean just got worse and worse. Recently there have been people who dedicate their lives to cleaning out the salt waters. But thanks to us humans being so careless, we can never clean out our ocean. Sure, we can try removing all the waste. But after all of that, there will still be trash in our ocean. The plastic that is in the seas has broken down so much we physically cannot see it. It is a circle of trash drifting in our sea because we are downright careless with our waste.
By Ceo Of Dying5 years ago in Earth
The Power of Sustainable Construction Technology
Green building technology has emerged as one of the most common construction patterns. Green technology applications in architecture have far-reaching and extensive benefits, including significant advantages in modern and existing buildings.
By Louie Missap5 years ago in Earth
How interested are UK cities in sustainability?
With its ambitious target to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2050, the UK government has set its stall out when it comes to its sustainability plans. But are these ambitions matched by the UK public (who also have a part to play)?
By John Hannen5 years ago in Earth
5 Ways to be an Eco-Friendly Parent
Parenting is hard. Parenting while also trying to care about the environment? Even harder. I have five simple life-hacks to not only be more eco-friendly while rocking parenthood, but also make this whole journey just a little bit easier.
By Lindsay Rae5 years ago in Earth
Where's Your Toe?. Top Story - May 2021.
Shopping for Shoes If there is one thing I absolutely, positively, 100% can’t stand to do, it’s buy new shoes. I don’t know why, but the thought of walking into a Target and heading for the shoe section makes my heartbeat rise and my palms sweaty. I must have had some kind of bad experience as a kid which I’ve since blocked out of my memory. Probably waiting endlessly for my picky older brother to decide on a pair that he liked. When I do buy new shoes these days, which is never more often than once a year, I grab the first pair that is 9 ½ and buy it. I definitely do not try them on. My mom’s standing over my shoulder in my mind’s eye: “Try these on Eric. Try this pair. Oh, how about this pair? Test it, Eric. Walk around a bit. No, farther than that. Where’s your toe? Is that your toe? Are you sure? Where’s your toe?”
By Eric Dovigi5 years ago in Earth
Reducing is the Transition
I’m not interested in “small steps to sustainability,” because those steps fall short. What I am interested in is a complete overhaul of human life and behaviour, and that is what I’ve dedicated my life to. I am committed to looking past the shallow solutions that are being offered to us, to live a life that I choose for myself.
By Maeple Fourest5 years ago in Earth
How My Love Story Made Me Earth Conscious
Many would classify me as someone who "lives with their head in the clouds". Maybe they are right. Although, I can't say I mind the stereotype. One that many get labeled for the mere fact they have actual hope for life. I can find hope in just about any situation, and once I finally got introduced to what a carbon footprint is there was no going back. My hope had already grown attached to the idea of bettering the Earth and deepening my connection to it. Seeing everything as a “we” instead of an “I” changed my perspective forever.
By Stephanie Bojanek 5 years ago in Earth
