Some Ideas To Help The Environment

Intro

We all know that the environment is in trouble; that we're losing amazing animal species one by one, heating up the world year by year, chopping down the rainforests and melting the ice-caps. 

Scientists have told us that we are likely to see stronger and more intense hurricanes, disruption to food supplies, ocean acidification, rising seas, more costal flooding, more frequent and intense heat waves and a general increase in extreme weather events because of global warming.

We also have the problem of depleting wildlife biodiversity and limited natural resources in a world where population numbers are growing. This may all sound very bleak but the good news is that there's still time help the environment. Here are 3 suggestions of easy things we can do.

1   Talk About The Planet With Others

Win the hearts and minds of your friends and family. Talk about what they can do to help the environment. Bring the topic up at parties. If you’re a comedian make jokes about the environment, if you’re a writer, write about it. If you work in a supermarket speak to customers about it. 

2   Update Lifestyle

Possible lifestyle upgrades can be to buy from second hand shops, buy in season produce, cycle to work, become a vegan, recycle, grow your own vegetables, put a pond in your garden and generally spend more time in the garden growing native plants and flowers. Giving Nature A Home is a charity that can generate a personal plan for developing your garden. Perhaps you can be more conscious of what companies you support, the charity Ethical Consumer allows you to see how environmentally friendly and ethical your favourite clothes or food outlet is. If a company you love is shown to be engaging in highly unethical practices that are bad for the environment why not write to them and say they could be losing your custom because of this.

3   Have A Party

Celebrate World Environment Day on the 5th of June perhaps? Have an environment themed party. Have an environment themed dinner party. Awareness and thinking about he environment is going to be one of the most important ways of helping it. Saving the world doesn’t have to be boring. Party anyone?

June 2018