One thing I do is use recycled/found materials with my classes. Paper towel rolls, plastic bottles, twist tops from yogurt and applesauce containers, paper towel rolls, popsicle sticks, lonely only socks, and many more are used to make projects like wave bottles, sound shakers, telescopes, magic wands,and at the end of camp, a giant cooperatively created robot made from all sorts of materials, held together with duct tape. I rarely need to buy anything new as we repurpose and reimagine so many things that would just end up polluting or in land fills. I am influencing kids to learn how to save things and reuse them.
Another thing I do is use old broken jewelry, beads, and buttons from thrift stores or friends ( or friends of friends), and reuse old canvases which I pay pennies on the dollars for to create my mixed media pieces. The broken jewelry is an especially great way to recycle and add beauty. I sometimes reuse cardboard boxes on some of my mixed media pieces, to build upon for 3d effects.
Just about every piece of furniture from my home has been either trash picked off the curb, or bought at thrift stores. You can't tell though- it is all in good shape. Most recently got some used, like new air conditioners for cheap that work beautifully in my home and my boyfriend's home.
Regularly I go through my clothes and anything I haven't worn in six months I donate to a clothing bin down the street.
I also recycle all cans, bottles,and containers weekly.
I walk most places instead of driving.
I take out library books, or buy used books online using yearly gifts of money from my siblings.
I believe in recycling. This culture of needing new, new, new stuff and paying for a brand, I hope will go the way of the dinosaur. We need less stuff, and more love.
Just about every piece of furniture from my home has been either trash picked off the curb, or bought at thrift stores. You can't tell though- it is all in good shape. Most recently got some used, like new air conditioners for cheap that work beautifully in my home and my boyfriend's home.
Regularly I go through my clothes and anything I haven't worn in six months I donate to a clothing bin down the street.
I also recycle all cans, bottles,and containers weekly.
I walk most places instead of driving.
I take out library books, or buy used books online using yearly gifts of money from my siblings.
I believe in recycling. This culture of needing new, new, new stuff and paying for a brand, I hope will go the way of the dinosaur. We need less stuff, and more love.
That sounds a lot like the way I operate.
I don't buy new if I can find what i need used. I never understood why some people think there is in "ick factor' about used clothes-- just wash them!!
I even rescue interesting, servicable items from my neighbors' trash if the things are still out on the curb on trash day (meaning no one else wanted them). Then I donate the rescued items if they aren't something I can use myself.
@ghandigirl, thanks for posting your practices. Helps us all do it too. For book lovers, www.abebooks.com and amazon have virtually every book you could want in used form. For clothes, www.poshmark.com has gently used clothes. You can sell on these venues too.
Jeanne, you are going to want to read this article about aerosols and ocean temperatures.
A new Yale study suggests that aerosols in the atmosphere may be temporarily holding down ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific.
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-aerosols-wrinkle-climate-tropical-pacific.html
Madrid is planting a forest ring with a 1/2 million trees around the city to help combat climate change.
(Boy are we in need of some good news right?)
More wonderful earth news. They have discovered a fungi (mushroom) that can eat plastic. Pestaloptiasis Microsopora is a name to remember. It contains a chemical that can break down polyurethane which is a key plastic ingredient, and turns it into organic matter. This was discovered a few years ago, so I guess it's not news but it was news to me.
Oh! This looks wonderful! Thank you. In my stack of books to read, I have Suzanne Simard's book as well as the Merlin Sheldrake book titled, "Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures." I have only started each book, but they are both very relevant to this movie. Can't wait to see it!
How amazing that we are always in tune. You just be intuitive :) I watched that a few weeks ago and have been absolutely fascinated and on a fungi kick ever since. I am actually growing my own wild mushrooms on (shiitake logs and other pouches of yellow and blue oyster and today bought a lions mane kit) and have been waiting and watering patiently to harvest. That mushroom sounds similar to the one mentioned that was able to breakdown the oil spill. I do feel they will play a crucial role in our climate, health, and future.