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Small ways to practice being eco-friendly

by Ncumisa Lerato Kunana
Image: Unsplash

Making everyday decisions that will determine whether or not we succeed as a species is what it means to be ecologically responsible. It’s not only about plastic bags. We can take steps to slow down climate change by being more mindful of minimizing pollution, safeguarding wildlife, conserving natural resources, and other practices.

Everyone can make a difference. There are immediate personal advantages from acting morally for the sake of future Earth life. It might encourage a healthier way of life, encourage creativity, and increase your sense of community and global engagement.

1. Recycle 

Recycling saves energy, minimizes pollution, and protects natural resources. Recycling is sifting and cleaning up waste to create “secondary materials” for reuse in products, primarily glass, paper, metal, and plastic.

2. Ditch plastic bags 

They pose a special risk to wildlife since they take hundreds of years to degrade. Every year, countless numbers of marine creatures perish after mistaking chemical-laced plastic bags for food. Numerous animals become caught in plastic bags and suffocate as a result.

3. Buy only what you will use 

Excessive personal consumption of goods means higher direct and indirect costs to the environment, including the energy used and pollution emitted in the extraction of natural resources, and in the manufacturing, transportation, and disposal of goods.

4. Eat healthier 

Limiting your consumption of meat and dairy will help you lower your carbon impact. Because the conversion of plant energy to animal energy is so inefficient, the production of food derived from animals produces far more greenhouse gases than the production of food produced from grains and vegetables.

Being eco-friendly is not this grand thing out of reach, we all can do our part with what we have.

Also see: Eco-friendly and sustainable school bags

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