by Earth Hero | Oct 4, 2023 | Community, Displayable EH Action, Personal Behavior, Stuff
A tricky thing to reconcile about an appropriate climate change action is its effect on the ones you love. We are not all the same, and we do not have the same commitment towards the environment, nor towards how to give gifts as a way to communicate love. You have an...
by Earth Hero | Oct 4, 2023 | At home, Displayable EH Action, Personal Behavior, Stuff
This year, when you go trick or treating, consider using a reusable cloth, canvas, or another container to collect your Halloween candy. Buying a new plastic trick-or-treat bucket every year may be tempting, but it just creates more unnecessary stuff, mucking up the...
by Earth Hero | Oct 4, 2023 | Displayable EH Action, Minimization/mitigation, Stuff
Imagine if every item we bought created virtually no new pollution. That is what you get when you buy used goods. Now, of course, it takes a buyer and seller to make it happen. Do you have unused stuff lying around that needs a new home? Perhaps it is time to join the...
by Earth Hero | Oct 4, 2023 | Displayable EH Action, Plastics, Stuff
Single-use plastics play a much more significant role than many realize. Some of us use up to half our body weight in plastic every year. Then it ends up going on to pollute our land and water for potentially 100s of years. Billions of plastic straws are used around...
by Earth Hero | Oct 4, 2023 | Displayable EH Action, Minimization/mitigation, Personal Behavior, Plastics, Stuff
Commit to avoiding single-use bottled water and bring your own water bottle with you. Single-use plastics are made from oil and will litter the land and seas for longer than your lifetime. They decompose slowly and very little of it ends up getting recycled, even if...
by Earth Hero | Oct 4, 2023 | At home, Displayable EH Action, Office, Stuff
Do you have a heating or cooling system that uses replaceable filters to clean the air? If not, then hit Not for me. If so, read on! Paying for disposable filters you throw away after each use is a waste. It wastes money, wastes the materials to create new ones and...
