Show Earth Some Love

Earth Day was not just this past Monday...it’s every day. No matter your background, ethnicity, religion, or gender, we’re all human. Even if we didn’t have just this one planet to live on, it’s our duty as self-aware, sentient beings to do everything we can to take care of it. We know many of you reading this love nature and respect it, along with the other animals who live on this rock with us.

We also know it may be hard to feel like you’re making an impact on a day-to-day basis, so we’re here to remind you of the choices you come across on a daily-basis that will help protect, and respect, this wonderful world.

Planet Plastic

We recently learned that more than 80% of the creatures in the deepest trenches of our oceans eat plastic. Plastic has officially reached every crevice of our world, and if this doesn’t terrify you and encourage you to change your single-use plastic ways, maybe the day they find plastic in you will.

Daily impact for change:

• Bring reusable bags at the grocery store. This is easy.
• Carry your own cutlery and straws. Nobody needs a straw!
• Learn what you can actually recycle and compost. Don’t assume. You see that little recycle symbol with a number on it? Check and see what numbers your county recycles before tossing in the bin.

Red Meat Treat

Livestock accounts for nearly 15% of our total man-made carbon emissions. Most all of this is from cows. Our nation’s and world’s fixation on red meat is killing our planet, but there’s a pretty simple solution.

Daily impact for change: We don’t expect you to completely give up red meat upon reading this, but instead of eating it a few times a week, or even multiple times a week, cut it down to once a week. Make it a treat. Not only will your body feel better, but so will your earth.

Energy Enigma

There’s no real enigma here. Energy and how we use it is pretty straightforward. Where it becomes more complicated is not in what needs to be done for more sustainable and renewable energy, but in how we get there.

Daily impact for change: Besides purchasing hybrid and electric cars and installing solar panels on your house, you can make an impact by voting for people who want to protect the environment and invest in renewable energy. Our world gives us the renewable energy we need, so let’s accept this gift.

Nature’s Nurture

Conservation and protection efforts are more important now than ever. We need our forest and plants in order to absorb the carbon we’re pumping into the atmosphere. And we need our animals and food chains to hold up these ecosystems and allow them to thrive.