What happens when people with passion come together? PROGRESS.
P&G + Humane Society International = BeCrueltyFree.
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Easy (and Beautiful) Ways to Help Save Trees & Forests
In Your Community
Trees store lots of carbon and the forest soils on which they grow also harbour vast amounts themselves. When forests die – either through fire and drought, or when we people clear them – all that carbon is released back into the atmosphere. That’s not good. In fact, it is worse.
Trees are no longer there to take it back out again; it’s bad news on bad. What can be done? Yes, you can sign petitions. You can stop buying foods that have a deforestation footprint. And you might even protest and throw yourself in front of a bulldozer somewhere in the world. That’s what people do. But it seems that few of these approaches are making much headway.
So what can we do to make a difference?
- Experience the sun glinting from high above onto a young green leaf on the forest floor below.
- Smell the scent of a forest after rainfall.
- Hold the hand of a loved one in the cool under the cathedral spires.
https://lenews.ch/2019/02/07/the-best-way-to-save-forests-according-to-a-forester/
Source and Photo Credit: Scott Poynton
The Subaru Loves the Earth recycling program, in partnership with TerraCycle, has recycled 1M pieces of waste and turned them into benches and materials for communities.
http://media.subaru.com/pressrelease/1401/1/subaru-america-announces-major-recyling-milestone
Photo Credit: Twitter/Joegardener
We did what we could for today, which was/is, getting the word out on our community
It just became less terrifying to travel as a nonbinary person. The addition of new gender options in the airline industry will help.
https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/2/16/it-just-became-less-terrifying-travel-while-non-binary
Photo Credit: Shutterstock
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Creative? Contribute To Reducing Plastic Waste & You Might Take Home $10K
In Your Community
Join National Geographic and Sky Ocean Ventures’ partnership to reduce plastic waste. You could take home $10,000.
Compelling visual messaging can help inspire global audiences to take action to reduce plastic waste. The Data Visualization Track of the Ocean Plastic Innovation Challenge is a key component of National Geographic and Sky Ocean Ventures’ partnership to reduce plastic waste. This track aims to result in effective communication about the global plastic crisis by incentivizing the development of innovative data visualizations to accelerate behavior change.
Learn more and join in at: http://www.nationalgeographic.org/innovation-challenges/plastic/dataviz/
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Introduce A Girl to Engineering Day
In Your Community
Do you know what’s special about February 21, 2019? It’s Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. This special day during National Engineers Week helps girls understand they have a place in engineering a better world.
Engineers Week raises awareness of engineers’ contributions to our quality of life and increases interest in engineering careers. https://code.likeagirl.io/introduce-a-girl-and-her-family-to-engineering-day-b3dbee8676c7
I try to eat large portions of fruits and vegetables every day. I have not eaten red meat in over 2 decades. And I take several walks each day. I need to get in more aerobic activity.
The older generation are my favorite group of people! I love hearing their stories and walking down memory lane with them. I visit the dementia floor of an assisted living facility and know that if I bring cupcakes, I will get an easy foot in the door to chat and visit for a little while. Love my “peeps”!
