Our actions, however small have an impact. And there is power in Numbers
another piece of plastic made abundant and unnecessary. Time and again I am struck by these small innovative companies, how they all have a similar frame of mind (and web site approach) Upbeat, and personal, a “we can do this” frame of mind, a website with information about the impact on the environment of product they want to replace and often some kind of visual feedback of the impact one has with the change of (consuming) behavior. I like it!…
Now here is a company that is going the distance! https://unitedbyblue.com and here is bit of good news.
2 days ago my friend send me this article. This made me very happy, because that is exactly how I intend this website to work, sharing information and resources to make better choices. I few things that I picked up on while reading it: Nothing is really “new” we know this stuff already. The situation is dire, but not hopeless and there definitely is growing awareness and willingness to do something about it. There is an emphasis in this article…
So I bought the products to start making my own cleaning products…. I am especially interested in the window cleaner ( with corn starch?) I am quite happy with the natural products I buy so this is a bit of a leap for me, but if they work it will really make a difference in the amount of waste plastic I will produce so it is worth the try. I like the idea of using “grand ma” period products and…
Here are some new technologies that can really impact our climate, and our mother earth in a positive way. https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2019/11/19/heliogen-bill-gates-energy-solar-zw-orig.cnn-business As said before, the problem has to be dealt with from many angles. I really like initiatives from communities, cities, universities, etc, to become carbon neutral. I am amazed by the technology that is invented to curb climate change. It is all possible! ( my son said: “If we can create it we can solve it too” My only question…
Yesterday I went to a meeting about “sustainability in Ann Arbor” A bit out of my comfort zone, I ended up at a Nature Conservancy presentation, surrounded by healthy looking, gray haired, probably some formerly hippy associated people, listening to a talk based on a scholarly paper that shows that with a few not too drastic changes in our behavior we actually still can save this planet and live her peacefully ( all 9 billion of us) come 2050. https://www.natureaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/our-insights/scientific-papers/the-science-of-sustainability/…
I am not vegan, and after thinking long and hard thinking I have decided I do not want to be. I am not even a vegetarian. But I do eat very little meat ( 1-2 times a week at most) and only chicken and fish at that. I started to drink organic goat milk because I do not want to be part of the horrific conditions that the cows in the industry are exposed to. I am not here to…
activism or slacktivism? (yes that is a real word) I have signed countless petitions. and I recogonize myself in many of the things they explain in this article. Do petitions save the world’s problems? no, but they are an important first step. This is one article I found on line about the effectiveness of petitions. I think, again that there is power in numbers, that we are in a wave of increasing awareness and more and more people feel the…
Once you start there is no stopping…… There are countless ideas on the internet to use/ reuse, upcycle ( yep that is a word) or recycle many of the articles we throw away every day. Do you feel bad when you throw away strong shoe boxes, or bottle caps in beautiful colors, or all those plastic tags on used to keep bags closed? I do! I always feel there should be a way to reuse them. Enter the internet or…
I am just finding out 🙂 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…