Simple Acts of Kindness

By Michelle Neff
Published on April 10, 2018
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From something as simple as starting your own garden to up-cycling boxes you can contribute to saving our planet!
From something as simple as starting your own garden to up-cycling boxes you can contribute to saving our planet!
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Simple Acts to Save Our Planet by Michelle Neff
Simple Acts to Save Our Planet by Michelle Neff

Simple Acts to Save Our Planet(Adams Media, 2018) shows you how to be more active in saving our planet every day by performing some “Simple Acts of Kindness”— for the Earth.Treat the environment with kindness with these easy, manageable activities that range from simple home updates, to gardening basics, to supporting the local community. You’ll learn simple techniques to help protect the planet every day, like starting a compost pile to reduce food waste, utilizing travel mugs and reusable containers, and choosing eco-friendly products. By working to implement these simple strategies into your everyday life, you can take an active stand to protect the environment now— and make a real difference for the future.

  • Trap and release spiders. The reaction when many of us see spiders that find their way into our homes during the colder months is to immediately kill them. However, spiders play an integral role in controlling the populations of other harmful insects. Humanely trap spiders between a glass or other container and a piece of paper and then safely place them outside. If you want to stop spiders from coming into your house try using a peppermint or citrus essential oil spray to deter them.
  • Old forks can double as garden markers. Watching seeds grow in your garden is very rewarding, but sometimes it’s hard to tell which plant is which! You can write the names of the plants on old forks and stick them in the ground for easy marking and keep old cutlery out of the landfill at the same time.
  • Make sure to avoid hard stops when driving. Quick starts and hard stops use excess gas. If you have to stop for a stop sign or a traffic light, take your foot off the accelerator and coast before putting your foot on the brake pedal.
  • Don’t use a single-serve coffee machine. K-Cups may be a coffee lover’s dream, considering how fast and easy brewing a cup is, but the tiny plastic cups aren’t recyclable. Think about it: if you make one cup of coffee every single day using K-Cups, that’s 365 non-recyclable cups that will enter our landfills. Luckily, an eco-friendly alternative is just as simple: when using a French press, all you have to do is scoop the ground coffee, add some water, and press down on the lid to pour.
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