New Year's Resolutions! ✍

Even though you don't usually follow them for that long, it is cool to get yourself worked up about something to make your life better. My usual resolutions are 'practise my musical instruments more' or 'don't buy books, get them from the library' etc. But how about you make them more Eco-friendly? And then try harder to stick to them?😂

First of all, you'd need to know about what things are currently going on that you could help change and take action. Right now, you can go online and visit websites that will tell you what is currently happening. This website: UN Environment tells you loads of facts, however mostly about 2019. But if you search up about things in 2020, you will probably find some interesting up to date information. 

Then, you can make your resolutions, based on what you find. It might be things like having a Veganuary (my family are going as far as pescatarian this January, which I am all year round anyway😂) or no-meat-Mondays. Saving one meal of beef can save the same amount of emissions as driving 348 miles in a car. Or you could go litter-picking - or 'plogging' as I wrote about in this blog - once a week, or every other week etc. When litter picking, you should make sure you keep the recyclable and non-recyclable things separate, maybe in different bags, so that things don't go to landfill if they don't need to. Another thing is buying less/thinking about what you buy when you go to the shops, even if it is just grocery shopping. This is focusing on the 'reduce' and 'refuse' bit of the five Rs, which are: refuse, reduce, reuse, rot, recycle (sometimes there is re-purpose and repair too). It's not just refusing the cashier when they offer you something, but also refusing things that are wrapped in too much plastic.

Thank you for reading this blog! I hope you had a brilliant Christmas, if you celebrate it. See you next week, where we will be in 2021 - hopefully a better year!

Violet

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