Happy earth day!
Now more than ever is a time where the planet needs a little help from us. With all of the waste, emissions and mis-use of the planet, our planet is having a harder and harder time trying to keep up with our demands.
Today is a day for action, for doing things differently to help our planet. What can you do today? We made this article to answer that question. Because let's get real, who doesn't want to live on an earth looking like the picture below?
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1. Take the bike or walk
Emissions are a big polluter in this era. We're talking cars, planes, buses and anything that uses a motor or gas to move. Some are worse than others -- for example, it's better to go around by train than by plane or car -- but all have impact on our eco system and earth in general.
The production of a bicycle sets you back only 5g per kilometer driven. Add to that the CO2 emissions from the average diet, which is another 16g per kilometer cycled. In total, riding your bike accounts for about 21g of CO2 emissions per kilometer – more than ten times less than a car!
- ECF.com
Take the bike to work today or walk wherever you go. Eco-friendly AND you get your daily movement in. If there's no way you'll be able to get to work or school if you do, take the next best thing: public transportation.
2. Watch a documentary
Spend some time this week learning about or just watching our planet. There are tons of beautiful documentaries, ranging from activist-type documentaries to narration-type documentaries. If you can't seem to find any worth-while ones one your streaming platform, try YouTube. There's a lot of good free content regarding the subject.
Here's a short list of our favorites
- Seaspiracy
- Life in color (series of three episodes)
- The GameChangers
- What the Health
- The Blue planet (series of 8 episodes)
- A life on our planet
- Planet earth (series)
- This changes everything
- Cowspiracy
3. Eat less processed food
Besides being unhealthy, processed food is more often than not bad for the environment too. Along with the production of the food and the shit that goes into it, it's usually packed in plastic or other material that's equally as polluting. Shipping our food long distances and processing it not only increases air and water pollution, but depletes the food of nutrients.