"If 2019 is truly “the year we woke up to climate change,” then 2020 should be the year we start actually doing something about it. Because we are very nearly out of time."
Effortless Environmentalism
by Margaret Renki for The New York Times
"Think of these suggestions as baby steps on the path toward a growing commitment to change."
"Vote. The climate crisis is
the one issue that matters most in this election, and not just because
the survival of the human race depends on it."
"Reframe your relationship with bugs. Insects are the bread and butter of the natural world, but they are dying out. Think of your yard as ground zero of the entire local food chain."
"Cultivate a glorious mess.
Nature isn’t supposed to be tidy, and its messiness is purposeful.
Fallen leaves fertilize the trees they fell from and simultaneously
provide habitat for a whole host of insects, amphibians and reptiles."
KILL your leaf blower which is an environmental disaster due to noise and air pollution!
"Eat better. Agriculture accounts for about a third of greenhouse gas emissions,
primarily through deforestation, the use of petrochemical fertilizers
and methane production by livestock. To mitigate its effects, eat less
meat and fewer dairy products."
"Shop your closet. In addition to its manifold human costs, “fast fashion” — cheap clothing designed to be temporary in the age of Instagram — is a significant cause of environmental degradation."
"Put your money where your values are. Support a fierce environmental nonprofit through automatic monthly drafts"
"Pay for your sins. Avoiding
air travel is one easy way to lower your carbon footprint
significantly, but you can also buy carbon offsets for the flights you
can’t avoid."
"Lighten up on the plastic.
It’s almost impossible to avoid single-use plastics altogether, but a
one-time investment in reusable versions of your most frequent purchases
can reduce your dependence on them."
"Don’t hold yourself to an unrealistic standard of purity. Just as it’s O.K. to eat the birthday cake, it’s O.K. not to be a perfect steward of the earth."
Read the details:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/opinion/earth-environmentalism.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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