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Caring for the environment isn’t any single person or group’s responsibility. It’s everyone’s.
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food
biodiversity
water
fashion
waste
body
wellness
clean
home
travel
Know your food
What makes food so important?
Food should nourish us. However, the ways food is grown + processed impact the nutritional quality + quantity we get. To make healthy decisions, we need to ask: what are we eating? Were regenerative practices used to grow the food we eat?
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Attract pollinators
Have you ever seen pollination in action?
Watch this. Pollinators, particularly bees, are responsible for 1/3 of the world's food supply. The problem? Lots of bees are dying due to global warming, pesticide use, and habitat loss. Growing pollinator-friendly plants provides more natural habitats for pollinators to thrive.
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Eat plant-based
Why plant-based?
A plant-based diet's water footprint is ~1/2 that of a meat-based diet because meat has HUGE water footprints. The process of raising livestock, particularly cattle, requires THOUSANDS of pounds/kilos of crops, which takes an immense amount of water to grow.
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Keep clothes useful
Why is donating not necessarily "good"?
In the US, less than 10% of donations is resold or reused. The rest is often shipped to another country, which undercuts the country's local textile industry. People think they're doing good because they're donating, but they may actually be contributing to putting people in other countries out of work.
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Audit your waste
Why is waste a problem?
There is more to a product than what you see. It takes materials, labor, energy to: source materials, run machinery, package products, and fuel vehicles for shipping. When you throw something away, especially after using it for a very short time, all those inputs are wasted. And the environment is stuck with more trash.
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DIY bodycare
Why should I make my own?
You'll know exactly what's in it. Products with excessively long lists of ingredients on the back often include unnecessary additives that make the product thicker, smell better, or last longer. Many times, these ingredients aren't safe for your health.
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Take a sugar detox
How does sugar relate to wellness?
Sugars in the foods + drinks we intake add up. The problem? Consuming too much sugar reduces energy levels, promotes tooth decay, induces premature aging, and contributes to MANY other sub-optimal bodily reactions. The solution? Omit the problem: sugar.
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Host a cleaning party
Why?
Tap into people's emotions. When they experience the benefits themselves, they become invested, which is what we're aiming for. Show your community that cleaning can be simple, fun, and safe.
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Freshen the air
What's there to freshen?
With every breath, you could be intaking volatile organic compounds, flame retardants, pesticides, among other pollutants from indoor air + dust. Plants are the real MVPs cause they can intake those pollutants, purifying the air you breathe.
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Refuse single-use
Why focus on refusing single-use?
Ya'll, here's the truth: if something is used once + thrown away, it's single-use, regardless if the item is compostable. This is a HUGE waste of resources, especially when they're used for less than several minutes & tossed without another thought and just problematic.
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Watch your seed grow
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