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Happy Earth Day!! Tick off your progress of your zero-waste journey! How many do you do already and how many will you be able to do by the end of the year?
Going zero waste is something that everyone adapts to differently according to what they have available, so do what you can, be aware and spread the word!
I wanted to add a link to every product, and I also need to add some other things but if you want to help me out that’d be great!
How much longer until the utopic Solarpunk future where Capitalism is dead and we all live in ecologically sustainable high-tech forest cities? Asking for a friend.
Until we make those ecologically sustainable high-tech forest cities ourselves. It’s going to take a lot of us to do it though, so best to spread the word (and gather native tree seeds).
And, like, get started now. Then our “weirdo houses” will be the only thing functioning when everything falls apart!
The only reason why we don’t live in a solarpunk world right now is because no one has bothered to make it yet.
We’ll have to make it ourselves, and we’ll have to help each other make it. That’s why it is solarpunk.
Some resources to consider creating or joining or doing:
Repair cafes - create or join your local repair cafe! Repair stuff, learn how to repair stuff, teach others how to repair stuff.
Map of Makerspaces - make some things! learn how to make some things! teach others how to make some things!
Community Garden Map (note that this is US-only, and not a complete list) - join a local community garden
Support your local farmers / local economy (US only link)
Support or create a local Food Not Bombs chapter
Support or create a local Food Not Lawns chapter
Grow food in 5 gallon buckets
Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity (as a bonus you can learn extremely practical skills)
Volunteer via 350.org to help the environment / the planet / the place we live and depend on
Excellent-and-still-growing wiki from reddit’s awesome r/zerowaste community - great resource to learn how to live more lightly on the earth
Spread the word about solarpunk, especially to engineering students. Show them projects like Open Source Ecology - Global Village Construction Set and Bridges for Prosperity
Learn how to Patch a Hole, Mend a Seam, and Fix a Hem
Learn how to repair a hole in the sole of a shoe
Learn some basics on passive solar design - clever use of the sun can create extremely energy efficient homes and buildings. You can use these principles to save on energy bills, even if you’re renting.
Free USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning, 2015 revision - cut down on personal food waste! Learn how to safely preserve food. Very useful if you suddenly harvest / purchase for crazy cheap in season / dumpster dive a ton of perishable food.
Donate to One Acre Fund, which provides training and capital to farmers (making them more productive and pulling them out of poverty) in various east African countries
Donate to Bridges to Prosperity, which provides technical expertise, money, and volunteers, to help local people build and maintain their own footbridges in extremely isolated rural areas
joining r/solarpunk, and sharing links/ideas/art/music with the community. Also, upvoting stuff for greater visibility. There’s over 900 members!
Adding a few!
Replant scraps from your produce
Graft fruit-bearing branches onto ornamental trees in your area
Turn plastic waste into pretty much any plastic thing you need, in your garage, with machines built out of cheap and accessible parts
Make your own paper out of recycled paper or cardboard
Build a composter or a wormery
Harvest rainwater
Mod your toilet to flush gray water (used sink/shower water, or even that rainwater you’re harvesting)
Build a solar collector on the cheap
Build a wind turbine on the cheap
Build a hydroelectric water wheel on the cheap
Get internet access without going through cable companies using cheap, low-tech equipment
Make your own beer, cheese, soap, wine… really anything you can make rather than buy is a success!
And HELP YOUR NEIGHBORS! Don’t just build/grow/mod/repair your own stuff, help them do it too! Share it! Depend on each other! Work together and grow closer with your community!
Not only making your body healthier, but the earth as well. #vegan #proudtobevegan
They are only half way there with three days left! Go help them out! Any size donation counts. This could be a big step towards more renewable energy!
Beach season is coming AGAIN!
Personally, I plan to go to the beacha at least 5 times this summer. This year lets make beach going a greener experience.
Travel-take a bus to the nearest beach or load your car up with friends and carpool.
Respect the wildlife-use the walk overs instead of trampling through the dunes. The dunes are an important part of the eco system at a beach.
Picnic-hit up the farmers market and bring other earth friendly low packaging foods and snacks.
Keep it clean-if you bring your dog, clean up after him/her. They can’t do it themselves. Don’t litter, and if you feel so inclined maybe pick up a few peices of litter when you see them.
And as always use UV protection and have a safe trip!
Old furniture.
Do not, I repeat, DO NOT throw away old furniture unless something is heinously wrong with it. If good will won't take it, someone from craigslist will. There are so many second hand stores that take donations or are solely run on donations that would love to have that old coffee table, head board, bed frame, etc. Don't ever throw away furniture unless it can't be fixed, sold, or given away.
Energy audit
If you're committed to making a change (or just to saving money) you can get a professional energy audit for your home or office. This will give you a real idea of the changes you need to make.
Just another reason to reconsider my post about reusable diapers.
Quick tip
Since we are inbetween the season of AC and the season of heaters I thought I would give you a quick money saving, and environmentally friendly tip. When the AC or heat is on make sure all of your windows and doors are shut. The more temperature controlled air you let out the harder your units will have to work. If you want to enjoy a day of nice weather simply turn off your system before opening doors and windows to let the fresh air in.
Water bottles
I know I've made this post before guys but this is important. If you haven't gone out and gotten yourself a reusable water bottle yet we've got a problem. Using plastic disposable water bottles is terrible for the environment and they may have BPA in them which is bad for your health. Find yourself a BPA free water bottle and start filling it up.
Cigg Seeds
An estimated 10 million Britons still suck down cigarettes faster than a troupe of aging rockers in rehab straining to cough out another hit tune. In the UK, cigarette butts sully streets and parks everywhere. What if this nasty habit could contribute to, rather than subtract from, the beauty of outdoor spaces? Cigg Seeds aim to do precisely that. A variety of smokes outfitted with biodegradable filters that contain wild flower seeds, they sprout and blossom into wildflower meadows when finished and flicked, or deposited on the ground. Butts into blooms. Cigarettes into snowdrops—the floral not frozen variety, to be sure.
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Greener gaming
There are ways to do just about everything greener, and that includes video gaming! Instead of buying the hard copy you can buy and download many games directly to your console. This goes for computer games as well many have both a downloadable and a physical version. Before picking up a copy check to see if there is a downloadable option. (I am not referring to bootleg copies of a game and I do not promote or endorse downloading illegal copies of games.)
When going on vacation it's important to remember that just because you're out of town doesn't mean everything has to be disposable. Search for green hotels at the link I've provided and don't forget your other green practices at home.
Quick tip
When you're taking a shower turn the water on to get yourself wet then turn it off while you lather your hair or soap up your body. The water savings WILL add up.
