Did you know?: Mother Earth is home to 7.9 billion people.
What a crowded planet we live on!
What’s more, from the moment we are born, each of us contributes to the Earth’s slow demise. From using plastic to driving cars, humans make choices that hurt our natural environment every day.
So how can we help the planet instead?
Here are three small ways you can protect the planet and inspire others to do so as well.
- Recycle
Reduce, reuse, recycle: that’s the slogan taught to millennials since elementary school.
Since the 90’s, American public schools teach kids that recycling is both a fun and essential activity. However, only 32 percent of American adults recycle on a regular basis. Some people who choose not to recycle are neutral to the practice and see it as unnecessary. Still, others make a deliberate choice to throw away their trash in order to align with political and personal values.
In reality, recycling has no negative impact. It benefits the planet since reusing materials also cuts down on the use of natural resources.
- Use Less Electricity to Help the Planet
How much electricity do you use in a day?
If you make an effort to use less electricity, not only will you help the environment, but you’ll save some money as well.
You don’t have to give up your creature comforts to pair down on your electrical consumption. Install solar panels at your home instead.
Though there may be an upfront cost for solar panel installation, making this choice will save you money in the long run. Besides, solar panels are not as expensive as you think. You can even get tax breaks from the government as a reward for an eco-friendly home improvement. Get an estimate in your area to help you calculate your budget around the upfront cost.
- Wear Sustainable Clothing
Did you know that the fashion industry is a top producer of pollution around the world?
Though the industry is broad and varied, it is only second to the oil industry in terms of polluting the Earth.
Luckily, sustainable clothing is becoming more popular every year. Eco-friendly clothes are better sourced and ethically manufactured, and they tend to be of higher quality and more comfortable as well.
Sustainable clothes are more expensive, but you can use them to create a classy capsule wardrobe. Capsules are made up of fewer pieces of clothing, but they are well coordinated. You can mix and match any of the clothes to create a whole new outfit each day of the week.
Befriending Mother Earth
It’s not too late to help the planet and become an advocate for environmental causes.
In what small way can you contribute?
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