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5 things you can do to reduce your carbon footprint (but not the usual shizz (because i cant curse))

Well, hello there.

Should this be my tagline?

Today I’ll be discussing about the simplest ways you can do to reduce your carbon footprint. yea.. I’m that basic. But i’m trying to list like some of the uncommon things because i don’t want you to get bored by reading the exact same things that you’ve been watching on youtube for the past 10 hours (probably)

now i’m not going to lie and say that i’ve done all of these things, but i’m still a work in progress

number 1 - use what you already have

Most people (myself included) does this and doesn’t even realized it.

I’m not saying that this is wrong or that i don’t do this, but this really is something.

Starting out, we think that those aesthetic zero-waste equipment is a must in order for us to life a more sustainable life-style. When in reality, we already have must of the stuff, just in a less aesthetic form.

let’s go through some of the stuff people usually bought during the first days:

those aesthetic stainless steel water bottles - nope, not even gonna lie that i wasn’t tempted to buy those stainless steel bottle that looks so cute on instagram.(a bit background tho, cute water bottle has been my weak spot for a long time, so i was tempted to buy it more to add it to my water bottle collection than to live more sustainable) but you probably already have a water bottle somewhere in your house, the one you used to use going to school, or the one you used when you’re working out. I guarantee it you already have it somewhere in your house.

shopping bag - don’t tell me that you don’t have any regular canvass bag that you use just to go out. because i have more than one of those way before i decided to life more sustainably.

eating utencil - my cousin actually bought this for me... like full set eating utencil made from some sort of semi-plastic. I started using it, before realizing that it was no different than my regular silverware. the only difference is the zero waste vibe it’s giving. (tho funny story, my other cousin, her sister went home the other day and said to her ‘im going to live a go green life’ and showed her the pack, yes pack of plastic spoons that she bought on ikea. we laughed about it)

there are still a lot more items on that list, but i think you get it. i totally get it if you still want to buy it, it could totally motivates us to keep on with that lifestyle. Like personally i feel more motivated to do something when i’ve made some sacrifices, so if buying those things is what’s best for you, you do you!

the reason i say this is because, those aesthetic zero-waste equipment that you’re buying needs energy to be made also. so it kinda suck if us trying to cut our carbon print result in us putting out even more co2 into our atmosphere than necessary.

number 2 - try using less air conditioning (i seriously dont know what to call it)

unless you’re in a place with pretty extreme weather i think u’ll survive not being in a room with air conditioner at all times. Personally, i live in a tropical region where it’s practically summer all year long. but i’ve managed to turned on my air conditioner way less than i used to. Like waaaaaaaay less. like before i my air conditioner usually only gets a break during my school hour. now (im on my 16 weeks holiday b the w) i usually only turn on my air conditioner at night a few hours before i went to bed, or around 12 if i’m still up. ad i turned it off the first thing in the morning. (tho i admit there were very hot days where i turned it on during the day for like an hour) but hey! it helps with the bill also, a big part of me does this for my parents.

number 3 - try to take shorter shower

did you know that 20% of indoor water usage is for shower? And did you know that 10 minutes of shower can use up to 50 gallons of water? Not to mention that energy it would take to filter the water, distribute, and heat it.

By shortening your shower time by only 2 minutes, you can save up to 10 gallons of water per shower. Multiply it by 2 if you shower twice a day and you’ve saved 20 gallons of water in a day without doing anything. Multiply it by 30, you’ve saved up to 600 gallons of water. Multiply it by 12, you’ve saved up to 7200 gallons of water a year, practically by doing nothing. And keeping about 288 kg of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere. I know it’s not much, but if 100 people cut their shower time by 2 minutes, it’ll add up.

number 4 - plant

plant something. For 12 years, plants has bought us extra time to deal with climate change. Plant slowed the build up of co2 in our atmosphere, even as human increases their carbon emission. In these has absorbed 45% of the carbon emission that humans emitted each year. And really... they give a lot of other benefits for us.

number 5 - have a vegan day

tho for the most of our life we’ve been led to believe that transportation is the biggest cause of climate change, it isn’t.

By going vegan for a year, you can save up to 3432 trees.

But, that’s too far for us, newbies isn’t it? (i tried being vegetarian and hair fall happened, also i gave in to temptation.) but, how about a day? set a day of the week where you’ll be vegan for the day. if you can save 3432 trees in a year, divide it by 365, you’ll save approximately 9 trees for every day you don’t eat/use any animal product. multiply it by 52, you’ll save 488 trees. A tree can absorbed up to 21 kg of co dioxide each year. Multiply it by 488, you’re taking up to 10248 kg of carbon dioxide every year just by going vegan once a week.

How? You wonder? Animal agriculture use up a lot of land, mostly land that used to be forest but was cut down to grow our meat stock. There are also a lot of forest cut down to make space to plant food to be consumed by those animals. Did you know that more than half the US grain is being fed to livestock rather than directly to humans? And more than 40 percent of the world’s grain is being fed to the livestock?

in conclusion, i’ve been procrastinating on continuing this post since 3 days ago when i first started it and now i finally finish it and im happier as ever

im not by any means a pro at these kinds of stuff, but i really want to help you guys help our planet!

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introduction.

Well, hello there. I have absolutely no idea what to write. So I guess I’ll just start by introducing myself and why the reason i even begin to write this.

It started off around the start of this year, I made make an environmental blog as one of my new year resolution. But because I am a huge procrastinator, I ended up finally trying to make it about 5 months into the year. So, for the last couple of nights, I’ve been brainstorming on what to call it, and damn it was hard. And I remembered myself being very annoyed whenever I thought that i finally got a username that hasn’t been taken yet, it ended up already being occupied with no post whatsoever. Well, so I made a vow to myself that when I finally got a username, i’ll post something.

And here we are now. Explaining why I’m typing this down.

So, this is an introduction post, so I guess I’ll just explain what I’ll be doing with this page.

I think that climate change is real. And I think that not many people knows about it. Or rather want to accept it. And for us, the ones that knows about it, it can be so exhausting to fight against it alone.

I want to built a community where we can share about our problems regarding the topic. Also I’ll be posting stuff like, how you can reduce your carbon footprint, or like reasons a reusable water bottle is better, and other stuff regarding the topic.

I hope you’ll stick around!