4 simple things you can do to the Earth Day
Day Earth is celebrated worldwide every year on April 22. This is a day to show your support for the protection of the environment. It is our responsibility to keep safe and healthy environment for our family and friends.
According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, a healthy community is one that creates and improves both physical and social environments continuously help people to support each other in aspects of daily life and to develop their full potential.
make every effort to help the environment and work towards achieving positive goals and healthy changes in our community! You can start by making healthy environmental changes from right at your own home!
- Be creative and think of ways to find new uses for this piece of cardboard. You can always find new uses for common household items.
Instead of getting plastic bags at the grocery store, keep reusable bags near your door or in your car nearby.
Did you know
- The typical office worker can recycle enough paper every week to fill a paper grocery bag
- The how we produce, consume and have our products and our food accounts for 42% of emissions of greenhouse uS
Americans throw away 25 million Styrofoam annually which can take up to 500 years to decompose.
what can you do?
- buying fruits and vegetables seasonally and locally. Buy local products minimizes miles from farm to table and therefore reduces pollution. You can also join a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture); This type of membership is very supportive of how local farmers and to gain exposure to other foods and cooking methods. You can find a CSA or farmers market near you by visiting www.localharvest.org.
- Wash your clothes in cold water. About 0% of the energy used by a washing machine is spent heating the water to the load.
- Learn how to compost. garden waste and food waste accounts for 20% to 30% of waste. You can turn your organic waste into useful mulch for your garden.
- Bring your backpack, reusable bag, mug travel, or tumbler. Plastic bags take hundreds of years to decompose, and a significant amount eventually suffocate ocean life. Some retailers will give you a discount on your latte or tea to use a reusable mug.
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