Seven Mindbogglingly Easy Ways To Help The Environment.

I have studied geography all my life by while undertaking a people and environment class at the University of Tennessee I've really began to look at things differently. 

Here are seven things that we can switch off from our daily routines. Every little helps! 

1. Use Ecosia, this is a search engine basically identical to google but instead of helping Google make £145,205,479 a day Ecosia uses 80% of its profit to afforest areas in developing countries.

2. Reuse plastic bottles If you must buy bottled water, despite the fact that there’s plenty of perfectly drinkable water in the tap, at least reuse the bottle. Plastic bottles use oil in their manufacture, they’ve got to be shipped around on carbon-chugging vehicles, they’re very rarely recycled and they take hundreds of years to "biodegrade" but actually they just get broken down into microparticles and then we eventually eat them.


3. Reuse plastic bags Stop killing so many dolphins. There are more than five trillion pieces of plastic in the world’s oceans – of which plastic bags account for a large proportion –  and they strangle sea animals and wreak havoc on the food chain.

4. Buy second hand Stop being a sheep-like slave to capitalism and look to eBay, charity shops and second-hand stores when you need to buy something. Chegg is a great website which rents out used books. If you're lucky they will already have your quotes highlighted too.

5. Only boil the water you need. Do you overfill the kettle when making tea? My mum definitely does and being born in Yorkshire we consume about 5 liters of (Yorkshire only) tea daily. So stop before you fill the kettle to the top and save yourself energy and time. 

6. Turn things off if you’re not using them. Do people still do this? Of course, we all do so next time take the effort to press another button or switch and save energy. If you love technology invest in an Amazon echo and connect it to your lights.

7.Eat less Meat.  Eating is the second biggest environmental hazard facing the planet after fossil fuel vehicles, says the Union of Concerned Scientists. PETA points out that producing just one hamburger uses enough fossil fuel to drive a small car 20 miles. If you’re not ready to go full vegetarian yet, why not cut down at least? To get started try meat-free Monday.


Bibliography 

How does google make money 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z9x6bk7

How kids can help the environment 
http://footprintseducation.org/kidz-zone/how-can-i-help.php