Don't Buy It, Just Do It

 

 

 

 

What Happens to the Pounds of Plastic?

Threatening the health, safety and life of marine animals is our useless plastic. Think about it, are plastic bags, bottles, milk containers and packaging really worth killing innocent animals while damaging our home, Earth, too?
http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/31/what-happens-to-all-that-plastic/

The Quiet Garbage Patch

YIKES. Why is all this information being hidden from the public? Why is it that I have to go digging for evidence proving we are going on a downhill trend when it comes to consuming materials for convenience?
What are you going to do to help save our world?  http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/garbagepatch.html

Ocean Life or Plastic

Have you heard about the Pacific Garbage Patch? It's killing millions of animals. Plastic never really decomposes. 

 http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/oceanography/great-pacific-garbage-patch2.htm

Truth on Plastics

Recycling plastic only does SO much. Try to consume as little of it as possible or get crafty and up cycle it somehow.
http://plasticpollutioncoalition.org/learn/common-misconceptions/

Landfills

 

Quick video before I get into the major landfills that are growing exponentially daily.

 

 

Air, Land and Water Pollution!

I understand you've probably heard all this before, but here's the thing, while we're absorbed in our own little worlds, animals are dying. While we're working long days to pay the bills and running our families around trying to get by economically in the world, birds and other animals can't tell the difference between actual food and plastic bottle caps. They're dying left and right because of well US.
We were the ones who developed factories in which emit toxins into the air and water in order to create bottle caps for our convenience. Then because we're lazy or in a hurry, we are unable to bring a reusable container and buy a plastic bottle of liquid only to still be in a hurry and mindlessly toss it onto the street or into the trash. From there, the cap will eventually end up off of the bottle, and a bird with find it floating in water, in a park or at a landfill and eat it. Let's change some habits that we fell into out of making our lives more convenient and save what we can of this world.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Story of Our Lives

Just watch. She explains the process we go through so well!

Charts of Decomposition Rates

Some things to keep in mind when consuming products...

http://onemanstrashwrt203.blogspot.com/
http://www.floridagofishing.com/info-leave-no-traces.html#.UnA_MmUo7ug

A Dog Park Full of Trash

I recently moved, and as of yesterday, I can't stand to just walk around and let all this easily disposable trash consume not only the streets, but also our water sources. As a result, I'm going to do what I can to make a difference. Yes one person may not seem to be much of a help when it comes to fixing all the damage evolution has brought to our world, BUT I'm still going to try. I'm not going to quit a week from now either. I'd dedicating my LIFE to working towards an environment where people can walk their pets without stepping on other's trash, a world where we don't have to worry about consuming chemicals or artificial hormones that don't only hurt animals and plants we eat but effect us. I want to help clean the air, so it's breathable everywhere. I want to improve my quality of life while trying to help others. One person CAN make a difference when it comes to encouraging others to contribute towards making a better environment for us now and other generations down the road.
Currently, I take the public clean air hybrid bus, do most of my work to sunlight during the day and limit how long I use electricity for lighting during the evenings, I refuse to get a television and/or a microwave, recycle and use a home made composting bin, and purchase as much food as I can from the local Farmers market in which I bring my own reusable bags. To clarify though, I'm not stating that I'm not impacting the environment. I'm just doing little things to try and live a comfortable life without consuming too much products that harm the environment. I'm basically trying to watch what I do while cleaning up random garbage and sorting it whenever I take my dog on walks.
Frankly, I'm just really sick of living in a dump knowing that if I don't help clean up the trash, I might either be eating it later or eventually it will end up in a landfill. At the average rate of consumption, we're headed down an irreversible path we could've prevented if we tried.
Everyone can try, and who knows, we just might be able to help clean up the world ourselves one piece of garbage at a time! :)