Lets Make Some EASY Changes!

The best way to start getting involved is making little changes and swaps to every day things. Reusable straws, coffee cups, straws and bags are great stocking stuffers for the upcoming holidays! Here are a couple things that you can swap or do to help our environment.

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- Cut back on plastic! Grab a couple reusable straws, cups, and shopping bags to help fight the demand for single use plastics. You can also find reusable produce bags too for whenever you are buying produce from the grocery store. Some coffee shops offer discounts for bringing in your own mug!

- Turn off the water while you are brushing your teeth in between rinses.

- RECYCLE, recycle, RECYCLE! Plastic, paper, glass, boxes, old phones, hangers, etc.

- When possible use E Tickets, E passes, and enroll in paperless billing. Not only is this one less thing to carry around and keep track of, but it reduces paper waste.

- Turn off the lights when you leave a room, this will also help you save money on your electric bill!

- Save those extra napkins you grab at restaurants. We all do it, we are eating out and when grabbing napkins for the table, we grab a handful and only use one of two. Next time, instead of throwing them out, save them! I keep a zip lock bag of them in my car and use them all the time for car spills, make up blotting, etc.

- Cut down on meat consumption! I will cover this a little more in detail on my next post but having a meatless Monday can make a huge change! Not only for your health but you would be surprised at the amount of water it takes to make one pound of meat. 2,500 gallons!!!

The Arctic's: Then and Now

Seeing the difference in the Arctics is what drew my attention to Climate Change to begin with. I hope sharing these sparks a fire in you as it did with me. Disclaimer: I do not own these pictures.

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Dear Earth

Some might have noticed the temperatures being warmer than what they used to be. I am based South Carolina, where for the most part it is always hot. Although the last two years I have noticed it has been warmer than I remember it being in the past. I remember Halloween a couple years ago, and I remember being cold. Today it's October 23rd, 8 days away from Halloween and it is 81 degrees. So what is climate change, how does it affect us and the earth we live in? Climate change is a change in average temperatures and rain over a period of-time. There are some changes that have happened over a period of time, such as: mountain glaciers getting smaller, changes in flowers and blooming times, the Arctic's experiencing ice melting at an alarming rate and the rising sea levels. Some scientist say that if we keep going at the rate we are at, there wont be a Earth for our children's children. My goal with this blog is to educate and offer some simple alternatives that anyone can do to help preserve and take care of our Earth a little better.