Sustainability

Our power station on the roof
We have made a decisive move to do our bit to combat global warming and save the oceans by installing solar panels on the roof of our house. At the time of writing, they have been in place for less than a week (and the scaffolding has yet to be removed), so we cannot as yet tell just how big a contribution we will make over time, but we certainly expect it to be worthwhile.
By John Welford5 years ago in Earth
Educated by Earth Month
Earth Day. April 2021. Team challenge. $250 donated. 25 pounds of trash removed from the ocean. Every so often, I collaborate with three coworkers to plan a month-long charity challenge for our team at work. In celebration of Earth Day, our April 2021 challenge focused on being environmentally friendly. I made a list of 23 "green" tasks each team member could complete once and eight of us joined in each pledging $0.25 donations every time someone completed a task. We decided to support 4Ocean, a nonprofit that removes a pound of trash from the ocean, rivers, and coastlines for every $10 given, and works to stop plastic pollution before it happens by educating people about choices and behaviors that lead to pollution.
By Jessica Marsh5 years ago in Earth
Start by offering 10 minutes to nature, every day. Top Story - May 2021.
Throughout Lockdown 2020, I felt very grateful to live near to green hills, a river and the sea. I discovered that by being slow and still, I could connect more deeply with the universe than when travelling the globe. By doing less externally, deep inner work could finally be done. My mind at last became silent enough to listen.
By RiverSongHeart5 years ago in Earth
I Want You to Panic
Inscribed on the seven tablets of Babylonian creation is the story of Apsu and Tiamat. Two Gods who lived within the primordial waters of ancient history. One representing masculinity and the other feminity. Both symbolizing the chaos and disorder of the lifeless watery substance they inhabited. Apsu and Tiamat mating brought order and civilization to the universe.
By RJ5 years ago in Earth
The Continual Process of Reducing
It started with recycling. I remember when I was a kid and our our neighborhood began its recycling program. Only plastic types 1 and 2 could be put into the bins, so we dutifully checked the symbols, rinsed out our Diet Coke bottles, and felt like the greenest family this side of the Mississippi.
By Sarahmarie Specht-Bird5 years ago in Earth
The steps I am taking (in no particular order) to help save the oceans and our planet.
Step 1...I always educating myself about climate change, to find out how it affects the oceans, weather , the earth and us humans who inhabit it, and to find solutions that I and my family can do to help combat it.
By Donna Bolch5 years ago in Earth
13-Extraordinary ways to SAVE THE OCEAN !!
Oceans cover 71 percent of the planet and are home to important species and ecosystems on which we rely for food, livelihood, climate control, and more. But the oceans need our help. Saving the seas can sometimes sound like a lot of work, but when we all get in, we can make a big difference.
By prashant sapkota5 years ago in Earth
FROM THE GROUND UP
Scanning social media as the emergence of yet another in a long line of diseases stemming from animal mistreatment swept through the population, while also reading stories about The Amazon being burned to produce more for a world that already produces enough but just fails to allocate it well, followed by watching as both the west coast of the United States, and portions Australia burned uncontrollably, caused us great distress.
By Victoria L. Jankowski5 years ago in Earth
Saving Our Planet with Gardens
Throughout my life, I have often strayed from the typical way of doing things. I have simply never wanted to follow the regular flow of life that people often mean for us to follow. The moment I turned 18, I drove across the country to take a job working on a farm. I stayed for about 3 months, and then went back home. A few months later, I decided to do it again at another farm. This got me thinking about something. People are so focused on jobs, money, etc, that we don’t focus on the little things. Such as how much a plastic water bottle could ruin the environment, and even then, our concern only lasts a week or two. Remember how everyone wanted to switch to metal straws for awhile, but no one talks about it anymore? Yes, things like that are exactly the problem.
By Luca 5 years ago in Earth
Small, Everyday Choices
Values are the foundation to our policies and lead to how we decide to get things done in life. To be aware of one's impact on their surroundings, especially on a small scale, leads to a momentous shift in consciousness and to procedures changing over time. Current challenges facing today's society are closely related to the boom in human population including, increased rates in global warming, decreased biodiversity, nature fragmentation, shortages in drinking water, over-fishing, pollution, and increased overal carbon emissions.
By Jen Eden5 years ago in Earth
5 Tips to Reduce U.S. Carbon Emissions
As wild as this may sound, if you plan to be alive at any time during the next 100 years, atmospheric carbon is going to impact your life. While there has always been carbon in the atmosphere, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are higher today than at any other point in the last 800,000 years. [1] Over the past 60 years, annual atmospheric CO2 has risen about 100 times faster than any previous natural increase. [2] Scientific consensus overwhelmingly confirms that these increases are fueled by human activities like heating, transportation, electricity, and manufacturing.
By Halle Miroglotta5 years ago in Earth
"Can you not also build bridges out of stone?"
There is a Monty Python skit where a rabble of pitchfork wielding peasants present a suspected witch to a medieval knight, Sir Bedivere, and ask if they can burn her. As the only man present who “hasn’t got sh*$ all over him,” Bedivere is the defacto village authority, and it falls to him to determine if this unfortunate woman is a witch? With the jostling crowd growing angrier at every passing second, Bedivere delves deep into his stores of medieval logic and pulls out an explanation: witches burn because they are made of wood. So how to prove this woman is made of wood? “Build a bridge out of her!” one man yells. Bedivere wisely considers, but then asks, “but can you not also make bridges out of stone?”
By Daniel Garvin5 years ago in Earth