1) Buy less disposalbale or unnecessary items
We can all buy less to help items from ending up in the landfills. If we don't need it then don't buy it. Buy items that are made from alternative materials that are biodegradable.
Before you buy a item ask yourself is it going to end up in the landfill by the year's end and if the answer to yourself is yes then maybe think if you really need what you might be buying.
2) Recycle items at home
There are many ways to recycle plastics, cardboard, and glass at home with a bit of knowledge and imagination one can create all kinds of cool useful items out of junk that would have otherwise ended up in the landfill.
Here are a few easy ways to reuse or recycle some common material around the house.
Yogurt or similar containers as pots for plants
Plastic containers with clear lids as mini green house. This works great for starting seedlings.
Glass containers as storage or spices.
3) Conserve water
Water is important to all life, we all use it to grow food, to water livestock, and to drink. We find many places around the world unable to hold on to the rainwater anymore, it just seems to runs down into the Creeks, Rivers and eventually into the Oceans before any plants or animals get to use much of it. it is very important for our environment to be able to capture and conserve water during the dry seasons.
4) Plant trees and plants
Trees and plants are the backbone of your ecosystem, with so many forests being cut down around our planet, it is unable to hold on to the carbon that we produce causing global warming at astonishing rates. Planting a single tree or a few trees and plants doesn't seem like it will do much but it's a great way to give back to the environment to help regenerate the ecosystems that are collapsing.
Planting one tree will capture upto 1 tonne of carbon in its life time.
5) Clean up garbage on land, oceans and waterways.
This is another great way to give back to the environment by cleaning up some of the garbage and contamination that we have created.
6) Eat less meat and dairy
With the dairy industry being the second largest greenhouse gas emitter next to natural gas and oil. We can make a big difference by simply choosing not to eat as much meat products and trying to find substitutes to replace them.
7) Grow your own garden
Growing your own garden is not only healthy for the mind and soul, but will also provided your family with nutritious food. It also limits the amount of unnecessary travel of foods around our world.
8) Raise your own farm animals
Raising your own farm animals can't be done by everybody but the ones that can should, it will help the unnecessary travel of foods around our Globe which has had a tremendous amount of repercussions on our environment.
9) Composting
Composting is another great way to give back to the environment, it helps replenish the soils that are being depleted on a rapid scale around the globe.
10) Use less energy and travel
Another great way to help the environment is by using less energy in our homes and stop unnecessary travels.
These are just a few ways we can help our environment.
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