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1. Bring your own shopping bag The usefulness of these thin and easily ripped bags is extremely limited, yet somewhere between five billion and one trillion plastic bags are used each year around the world. Although free to shoppers, these bags have a high environmental cost and are one of the most ubiquitous forms ofContinue reading “Ways to Reduce Plastic Consumption”

Use natural light! Just open the curtains and let the light in, not only will it save you money, but it will reduce your energy consumption tremendously! Also close the curtains at night, so that when using the AC at your home, the area still cools down. Use less hot water It takes a lotContinue reading “Ways to Conserve Energy at Home”

1. Plastic is ubiquitous Plastic debris is found absolutely everywhere, from the Arctic to Antarctica. It clogs street drains in our cities; it litters campgrounds and national parks, and is even piling up on Mount Everest. Also, directly dumping our trash into the nearest river or lake, plastic is growing increasingly common in the world’sContinue reading “How Does Plastic Affect the Environment?”

1. STOP EATING MEAT (OR AT LEAST REDUCE IT). The Environmental Working Group found that red meat is responsible for 10 to 40 times as many greenhouse emissions as common vegetables and grains. If the grain fed to livestock were fed to people, we could feed 800 million people! Reduce your footprint and go meatless. 2. STOP EATINGContinue reading “What We Can Do”

Greta Thunberg is a Swedish climate youth activist who sparked an international movement to fight climate change beginning in 2018. With the simple message “School strike for climate” handwritten on poster board, Thunberg began skipping school on Fridays and protesting outside the Swedish Parliament. Thanks to social media, her actions have spread and influenced millionsContinue reading “Our inspiration”

A number of examinations led by scientists around the globe have recorded increments in temperature at Earth’s surface, just as in the environment and seas. Many different parts of the global climate are changing too. High temperature limits and precipitation events are increasing, glaciers and snow covers are contracting, and the ocean ice is melting.Continue reading “What’s happening to our planet?”