How You Can Help to Mitigate Climate Change
Get READY!! Climate Change is coming soon to a city near you! In 2020 we have experienced raging wildfires fires in the United States, Australia, and Argentina, hurricanes in the Caribbean, earthquakes in Turkey and Russia, locust swarms in Africa, cyclones in India and Bangladesh, and devastating flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia, and also here in Yucatán, México. No one will escape the wrath of Mother Nature- not even the billionaires. Fun but not funny fact: there have been 45 earthquakes globally with a 6+ magnitude since January 1, 2020!
Climate change is caused by humans burning fossil fuels and releasing too much carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. These trapped gases are causing the planet to heat up.
Warmer temperatures in Canada might sound like a good idea; unfortunately, nature is an intricate system of systems. Each system depends on the preceding system to function as nature intended, in perfect balance.
Here are two easy ways that YOU can help to mitigate climate change:
VOTE: You must get involved politically—no more excuses. Your voice does matter, and your vote does count. Please get to know your leaders (city, state, and country) and learn about the laws they are passing. VOTE for progressive leaders and progressive plans like The Green New Deal in the United States. Don’t let any political party try to scare you with financial woes of transforming our world to run on clean energy. The total United States military budget for 2020-2021 is $934 billion. END OF CONVERSATION. We need brave, smart, relentless, yet kind, and compassionate representatives to lead us through the inevitable transition. Maybe that’s YOU? If you want change and you don’t think your vote counts- by all means, PLEASE run for office! At the very least, fulfill your civic duty and VOTE like life on Planet Earth depends on it. Voters have the power to change everything.
REDUCE YOUR FOOTPRINT: You consume 24 hours a day. Even when you are sleeping, you are using electricity to charge your electronics. You flip a switch to power your home; you eat, you shower, you dress, you drive, you fly, you buy stuff, and you eat again, maybe this time at a restaurant. Everything that we do adds carbon and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The best you can do is to consume consciously. Here’s how:
Eat local, sustainably grown, package free food. Know your farmer. Reduce your meat consumption.
Shop local. Buy quality hand made products from small business. Limit shopping at corporations like Amazon and Walmart.
Drive less. Carpool. Walk and bike more. Buy electric vehicle.
Retrofit your home and office for highest possible energy and water efficiencies.
Stop spending $$$ on short lived stuff. Spend your money on unforgettable experiences. Like Holidays with The Green Maya Project!
EPA 2017
The industry slice of the pie represents the manufacturing of our goods and supplies. You can also see that agriculture also has a large slice. That is because of the inefficient practices used in industrial farming. This is where you can use our power of purchase and create massive change. We must buy our food from local, responsible farmers, and stop buying processed, and packaged “foods” from the big brand grocery stores. Everyone likes a little junk food now and again, but it cannot be the norm. You will start to hear the word REGENERATIVE in agriculture terms, and I think it makes more sense than organic.
I’ll leave you with another ridiculous fact…. Chevron uses solar energy to power their oil rigs! Because it’s more economical. 🤷🏻♀️
🙏 Many Blessings, Sara Renshaw @ The Green Maya Project
P.S. Nature mentally, and physically heals. Get some today.
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