Coffee Joe decided to do further research, looking for several ideas to reduce our individual carbon footprints. Most are commonsense, things that the ordinary person can take care of themselves:
1) Refuse to buy goods with surplus packaging.
2) Re-use as long as possible; i.e. clothing, household goods.
3) Barter or trade with neighbours, friends, or family to reduce clutter.
4) Recycle garden matter; leaves, grass cuttings and prunings.
5) Compost leftovers; vegetable ends, fruit peels, crushed egg shells.
6) Compost tea leaves/bags (no tags, staples or strings), coffee grounds.
7) Walk – don’t drive unless you have to.
8) Turn the heat down in winter, wear an extra sweater.
9) Use a fan instead of air conditioning.
10) Buy local, fairly traded or organic.
11) Check out solar energy.
12) Grow your own garden.
13) Eat at home.
14) Less pollution if you avoid take-out or fast food.
CJ has a quote for the environment, climate change and carbon footprints:
“Why don’t we pay more attention to who the farmers are? We would never be as careless choosing an auto mechanic or babysitter as we are about who grows our food. All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.”
Tags: Fairly Traded, Sustainable Coffee, Sustainable Coffee Production & Packaging
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