Explore simple, practical ways to reduce all major types of pollution and learn how to support local and global efforts for a cleaner, healthier planet.
Tag: sustainability
Beyond Beautiful: The Benefits of Planting Wildflowers
The benefits of planting wildflowers go far beyond creating beautiful spaces; they also boost biodiversity, help pollinators, and improve soil health. There are numerous ecologically friendly reasons to support national or local-level projects that champion native wildflowers; we can even grow them in our own gardens!
The Value of Community Gardens and Environmental Justice
As interest in sustainable living steadily increases, so too has the popularity of creating, using and sharing community gardens. The benefits of which go far beyond being a practical way to care for the environment; they can also improve access to fresh produce, promote social connection and enhance local spaces.
A Better Understanding of Climate-Friendly Energy
Reducing our reliance on finite fossil fuels that negatively impact the environment has increased our awareness of renewable energy sources. Recognizing how they fit into an eco-friendly future that protects our planet is key to developing a sustainability mindset.
Climate Action: The Urgent Need For A Sustainability Mindset
A sustainability mindset is one that focuses on the long-term goals of environmental justice and progressive climate action. It's thinking and acting in a way that promotes and supports beneficial practices that protect and conserve the health and future prosperity of our planet.
Innovative Travel and Transportation Climate Action
Travel and transportation play a substantial role in fueling unsustainable levels of climate change. With road vehicles, rail, shipping and aviation accounting for approximately a quarter of global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions; it's clear that urgent environmental innovation is needed within these industries — as well as changes to our own behaviours and choices.
Understanding How Climate Action Redefines Our Future
The decisions we make now will impact our future; a reality we likely can all understand because we've experienced this within our personal lives. We frequently make choices based on how to positively influence where we're headed and/or mitigate any potential adversity. It's much the same when it comes to global warming — what we decide to do today has a ripple effect on whether or not we alleviate or magnify the disruption and damage that climate change brings.
Creating Action: Building A Collective Climate Response
It's an undeniable fact that when people unite under a common goal and implement actionable steps to achieve the progress they wish to see, change is possible. Right now, the most significant worldwide issue we're facing is dealing with global warming and the accelerated climate change it's triggering.
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