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Reducing Food Impact
Reducing Waste
Reducing the amount of food thrown away means every bit of energy used to make it counts.
Only buy what you plan to eat & don't let food go bad!
Compost scraps into soil that can be used again.
Growing your own food and eating locally grown foods can reduce emissions from transporting food from far away.
Production (garden)
Reducing Habitat Loss
The population of our area is growing, and we remove natural land to make room for things that are beneficial to humans.
Plant
Natives
Helps by:
Providing food for native animals (who may be hurting from
invasive species
impacts)
Increasing
biodiversity
Provide a rest stop for migrating animals
Controlling
Invasives
Helps by:
Preventing aggressive plants from taking space for beneficial (helpful) plants.Provide a rest stop for migrating animals
Increasing habitat, food, and shelter for native and migrating animals
Reducing Consumption
Energy
You can shut off lights, take your bike, and carpool to reduce your energy used.
Shift from using
fossil fuels
which cause lots of
pollution
& contribute to
climate change
.
Alternatives of wind and solar energy don’t harm the
natural environment
.
Eliminate Single-Use Plastics
Using reusable bags, utensils, bottles, and straws & offer to do the dishes instead of using paper plates.
Reuse
If there’s nothing wrong with an item you no longer want, see if you can give or donate it to someone else to use!
You can also change and reinvent your no longer useful items into new items!
Build Better Structures
New architecture incorporates energy efficient technologies to use the least energy and produce the least waste.
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