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Wow! I can't believe this morning we were only at 600 followers, & in a single day we exceeded 1,000+ followers! Thanks so much to for sharing his platform to promote small orgs like ourselves. At 94 years of age, he's dedicated his entire life in fighting for the environment, & continues to be an inspiration for millions around the 🌎.

Make sure to check out the documentary "A Life On Our Planet" by producers .butfield & .hughes streaming on . Change starts with awareness, and sharing can help promote and shift our cultural mindset around the importance of our planet.

We wanted to create some call to actions if you're looking to help. David outlines 5 core things that we can do to help with but we wanted to focus on one today - restoring the worlds forests. Forests are a fundamental component of our planet's recovery, as they are nature's way of absorbing CO2. We must replant trees on a global scale!

How can YOU help? One way, is to follow share them, & even donate! Every dollar donated plants 1 tree and will help support their cause of restoring trees around the world. So far has planted an incredible 22 million + trees this past year alone.

https://teamtrees.org/

"Nature is our biggest ally, and our greatest inspiration. In this world, a species can only thrive when everything else around it thrives too”

For everyone impacted by the wildfires and smoke, please stay safe and stay indoors if the air is hazardous outside. We’ve built an app that can detect air quality and safety in your area. You can download in the Apple Store:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/virida/id1315223443

WEEKLY TIP: When ordering food delivery, make sure to opt out of plastic utensils if you’re eating at home!

These one-use plastics add up quickly and end up in the garbage (sometimes not even being used).

Its that time of year where everyone is performing spring cleaning! Before throwing anything away be sure to ask yourself if someone else could use it. If you think there’s a chance, put it aside and bring it to a Goodwill drop off center.
Right now there are a lot of COVID closures going on, and this includes many Goodwill drop off centers. Please stay safe and hold onto your donation items somewhere in your home instead of throwing it away! When things are safe again, someone can still use your old belongings.
Remember it’s important to recycle - but the first 2 things we should always try doing first is reducing and reusing. Stay safe out there everyone!

Sadly, most plastic bags are are still not as widely recycled as other forms of plastic. According to the , only 12% of plastics that includes bags, sacks, and wraps ended up getting recycled in 2012.
A good reminder: If the plastic material in question can be wrapped around your finger, it doesn't belong in your recycle bin.
When plastic bags get mixed in with other recyclables, they often jam or damage the machines at materials recovery facilities and slow down the recycling process. Therefore, most communities do not accept plastic bags and other soft plastics through their curbside recycling programs. Many end up either in landfills, littered throughout our streets, or even get mistaken as food by marine animals.
The best thing to do is to stop using plastic bags completely by taking advantage of . However, if you end up with a plastic bag, you still can recycle them. First, check to see if your community’s curbside recycling program accepts plastics bags. If they’re not accepted, make sure you don’t mix them in with other recyclables in your bin. Instead, take them to a drop-off recycling location. Most large grocery chains, home improvement stores, and retailers like Lowes, Home Depot, Wal-Mart and Target provide collection bins, usually by the main entrance.

Do you hate junk mail as much as we do? Bored during quarantine and need something to do? Get off junk-mail lists by opting out with mail preference service dmachoice.org and you'll see a significant reduction in mail after three months. Here are some eye opening stats:
5.6 million tons of catalogs and other direct mail advertisements end up in U.S. landfills annually.
The average American household receives unsolicited junk mail equal to 1.5 trees every year—more than 100 million trees for all U.S. households combined.
44 percent of junk mail is thrown away unopened, but only half that much junk mail (22 percent) is recycled.
Americans pay $370 million annually to dispose of junk mail that doesn’t get recycled.
On average, Americans spend 8 months opening junk mail in the course of their lives.
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