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interesting article about offsetting your carbon footprint.

interesting article about offsetting your carbon footprint.

best if you read it yourself but the bullet points are offsetting is a last resort not a checkbox for feeling good and going on with your life, you should first try to decrease your footprint and use this for things you cannot (yet) change Some offset companies are more trustworthy/effective then others When buying an offset, experts say to check to see if it’s verified by a third-party agency such as Climate Action Reserve, Verified Carbon Standard, Climate, Community,…

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perfection is so overrated

perfection is so overrated

I stumbled upon this website at another discussion about the environment, better choices and taking responsibility. I really like this. The idea of throwing away food always punches me in the gut ( pun intended) This company tackles many problems at one time, reducing waste, reducing carbon foot print, decreasing cost for costumers, increasing income of organic farmers, increasing consumption of healthy organic products. What’s to loose? perfection is so overrated….. https://www.misfitsmarket.com

TREE TIME

TREE TIME

Lately there has been a lot of attention to the potential of planting trees to fight climate change. Here are a few things we can do or support to make that happen. But first a piece of information https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/04/planting-billions-trees-best-tackle-climate-crisis-scientists-canopy-emissions https://8billiontrees.com/?campaignid=1634870583&adgroupid=63088305500&adid=416269919919&gclid=Cj0KCQiAkKnyBRDwARIsALtxe7h86AVf5L6u3p7eIeAzBsck3bs7b8afkSpEH-n8lDpy0pOI_keIBSMaAiGIEALw_wcB https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/plant-a-billion/ https://onetreeplanted.org you can also actually volunteer to plant trees! https://onetreeplanted.org/pages/volunteer-tree-planting-events Then there is the Ecosia app that uses their profit they make from advertising to plant trees. I have been using it, it is not as good as Google,…

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don’t stop believing…..

don’t stop believing…..

I have made several changes already. These kind of companies are popping up like wild mushrooms (in the old days that is, before pollution) and are making the change or choice easier then ever. https://www.publicgoods.com/pages/about-us oh and one more thing, I tried to make shampoo out of castor oil and avocado pit and so far no great success, I looked like I had very oily hair ( which I did) that I had not washed for months (which I had)…

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Apps revisited

Apps revisited

a few ecofriendly apps that “just” showed up on my phone….. OffCents ( offset your Co2, earn rewards). Ecosia Plant trees with your searches: Yes this sounded too good to be true so I checked it out on line and it appeared to be legit: they are a search engine that uses 80% of their profits to support organizations that plant trees. I downloaded it. It uses a feedback system to show how many trees are planted and how many…

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Butterflies

Butterflies

https://www.wfla.com/news/international/missing-butterfly-activist-found-dead-in-mexico/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-activist-idUSKBN1ZW01F