Earth Day takes place over three days. This year’s theme is simple, “Restore Our Earth.” It’s something we can do together, as a world. This year, it’s a day, though, that many of us will have to celebrate alone in our own homes.
In the past, we’ve celebrated Earth Day in crowds. We’ve celebrated with massive celebrations, clean-up days, and more. With COVID-19 continuing to cause global devastation, new strains, and stay-at-home orders continuing throughout the U.S. and in other countries as well, people are looking for new ways to celebrate this important day – at home.
The first day’s festivities will end with the Hip Hop Caucus, who will present the “We Shall Breathe” virtual summit discussing a wide range of issues, including:
- Environmental justice
- Racial justice
- How the climate crisis impacts pollution, poverty, police brutality, and the pandemic.
The final day of the event will include a wide range of educational panels and workshops focusing on how emerging green technologies and innovative thinking can help to “Restore Our Earth.”
Among the topics being addressed during these discussions are the following:
- Climate and environmental literacy
- Regenerative agriculture
- Equity and environmental justice
- Reforestation efforts
- Citizen science
The goal of Earth Day is to promote a better Earth by encouraging changes among ordinary citizens and activism to encourage governmental and regulatory changes as well. These are 15 ways you can celebrate Earth Day in your home.
1. Plant a Garden
You don’t need a large amount of land to create a green space of your very own. In fact, you can start a container garden on a window sill, or a hanging garden on an apartment balcony or fire escape ledge. Whether you live in a large metropolis, or a small town, Earth Day offers the perfect opportunity to plant a garden of your very own. Not only will you enjoy the personal benefits of doing so, but you can also enjoy the literal fruits (and veggies) of your labor with peace of mind knowing you’ve added no chemical fertilizers or pesticides to your garden.
2. Make the Switch to Greener Household Products
Whether you make the switch to ordering household products and cleaning products from organizations that promote sustainability, like Grove Collaborative or If You Care, or you have some other organization you wish to support, making the switch to greener cleaning and eco-friendly household products (like PlushBeds natural latex mattresses) can make a huge difference for the planet. The more households who make the switch, the better it is for the earth. What better way to start this new process for your household than Earth Day?
3. Commit to Eating More Fruits and Vegetables
Eating green is a great way to go for the sake of your health and the planet. Especially if you commit to locally grown and seasonal fruits and vegetables for your cooking. This doesn’t mean you must give up meat altogether. Only that you’re committing to bringing more green into your family meals. This practice can also save you some green as plant-based meals are often less costly to prepare and make than those containing meat.
4. Begin Composting
Did you know that the average family generates 650 pounds of organic garbage each year? According to Going Zero Waste, much of that compost finds its way into local landfills. When you begin composting in your home, you can not only enjoy the knowledge that you’re helping keep these items out of your local landfill, but also know that you’re reducing your garbage generation by as much as half. If you have your own garden, you can use the composted materials to fertilize your garden. It’s an even bigger win for you and the planet.
5. Make Your Own Cleaning Products
If you’re worried about the high costs of purchasing “greener” cleaning supplies, you do have other options available to you. One of those is to make your own cleaning supplies. The good news is that you can do this for a fraction of the costs of buying them, and still get the heavy-duty cleaning action you desire. Starting with basic ingredients like baking soda, vinegar, salt, and lemons, you can create a wide range of household cleaning supplies.
6. Switch to Essential Oils Instead of Commercial Air Fresheners
Everyone loves a home that smells fresh and clean. Perfumed air freshening products, though, only add chemicals into the air in your home that are harmful to the people who live in your home and the planet alike. Essential oils not only help to freshen the air inside your home, but can also be used to create a variety of health benefits.
Outstanding essential oils to consider are lavender essential oil, magnolia essential oil, bergamot essential oil, orange essential oil, and lemon essential oil. Citrus fragrances, in particular, are often associated with clean homes, and make great fragrances to add to your homemade cleaning supplies.
If you’re not on board with essential oils, you might also consider bringing fragrant house plants into your home to clean the air and provide a pleasant fragrance.
7. Offer to Clean Up a Neighbor’s Yard
From fallen limbs to leftover leaves, and a few untended flower beds in between, there are plenty of lawn jobs to do in spring. Many people are unable to get out and work their lawns and gardens as they have in years past. There are likely to be plenty of projects in your neighborhood that you can do. Always remember to ask, of course, as some people may have other plans for their lawns and gardens.
It’s a good deed most neighbor’s will be grateful to receive, and it helps you spread the message to others about the importance of Earth Day, and preserving the planet.
8. Make Your Own Earth Day Cake
Few things will get your kids (and even your spouse) on board for your Earth Day efforts than baking a cake. Who doesn’t like cake, after all? Plus, it reminds everyone in your home that there are sweet rewards for doing good things for the planet. Don’t forget to use sustainably sourced ingredients when making your cake.
9. Plant Wildflowers and Native Plants in Your Yard
Another great way to help the planet is by planting native plants and wildflowers. These plants are not only known to attract pollinating bees to your neighborhood, but also for thriving in normal weather conditions where you live. This means they do not have special watering needs that may place a strain on your local water supply.
10. Find Ways to Conserve Water
There are many “Earth Day” projects you can do around the house that will help you conserve water in your home. These are just a few project ideas to help your family reduce water waste, and conserve this precious resource.
- Set up rain barrels to collect water from your gutters. Make sure this is allowed in your community first. This can help you conserve this water to use in your garden, to wash your car, or to water your grass.
- Consider using a drip irrigation system in your yard to keep things nice and green.
- Install low-flow toilets in your home. Plus, you stand to save $110 per year on your water bill, just by converting to a low-flow toilet.
- Install water-saving faucets in sinks, tubs, and showers.
Small actions, like these, can save a lot of water over the course of a year, allowing your family to be water conservation warriors!
11. Write an Earth Day Poem
If you’re looking for a great way to get the family involved in Earth Day celebrations at home, consider having everyone write an Earth Day poem, riddle, or limerick. While saving the Earth is serious business, there’s no rule that says you have to be serious at every step of the journey. Take a break, and have a little fun in the process. It will make the day far more memorable for everyone, and ensure the message is received loud and clear amongst your family.
12. Create an Earth Day Art Project
This is fun your family can do together or individually, allowing each family member to create a masterpiece of their own. If you want to get really creative, have everyone use something from the recycling bin as the centerpiece for their work of art. Once again, the goal is to drive home the message of Earth Day, so it is one your entire family will carry with them throughout the year.
13. Get Politically Active
Now is the perfect opportunity to sit down and write your Senator, Congressional representative, or Governor to remind them how important their roles are for safeguarding the planet. Be specific about actions you’d like them to take within their next sessions to put the plight of the planet front and center. You can use email for this important project, or send an actual letter through the post office. The bottom line is that you don’t need to attend a rally surrounded by people to make a statement on behalf of the planet.
14. Go Car-Free for the Day
While this is not a suitable choice for everyone, can you imagine the difference it would make if everyone who could commute by bicycle or walking chose to do so? Just one day out of the year can make a huge difference. We all watched around the world as the air cleared in the initial days of COVID lockdowns when few people were on the streets. One day a year can easily turn into one day a week, or even more, conserving fuel and greatly reducing greenhouse emissions generated by your household.
15. Plant a Tree
Trees are vital for cleaning the air and providing homes for many creatures, such as squirrels, birds, possums, and more. That doesn’t even count the many insects who make their homes in trees. Insects that are vital to the process of decomposing organic material, so that it can return to the earth. Trees also help to provide important shade in the summer, and break the wind in winter to help keep homes warmer. It’s rarely a bad idea to plant a tree as part of your Earth Day festivities.
Earth Day will be here before you know it. Whether you plan to celebrate at home or are participating in various community cleanup or activism events, you can do these 15 things to celebrate on Earth Day, or any other day of the year.
Happy Earth Day, from all of us here at PlushBeds!
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Siku ya Dunia huadhimishwa kwa siku tatu. Kichwa cha mwaka huu ni rahisi, "Restore Our Earth". Ni kitu tunaweza kufanya pamoja, kama ulimwengu. Mwaka huu, ni siku, ingawa, kwamba wengi wetu watakuwa na kusherehekea peke yake katika nyumba zetu wenyewe. Katika siku za nyuma, tumekuwa tukisherehekea Siku ya Dunia kwa umati. Tumekuwa tukisherehekea kwa sherehe kubwa, siku za kusafisha, na zaidi. Pamoja na COVID-19 kuendelea kusababisha uharibifu wa kimataifa, vimelea vipya, na amri za kukaa nyumbani zinaendelea kote Marekani na katika nchi zingine pia, watu wanatafuta njia mpya za kusherehekea siku hii muhimu nyumbani. "Mwaka huu, mkutano wa Hip Hop Caucus, unaoitwa ""We Shall Breathe,"" utajadili masuala mbalimbali, ikiwa ni pamoja na: ""Haki ya mazingira,"" ""Haki ya jamii,"" ""Jinsi mgogoro wa hali ya hewa unavyoathiri uchafuzi wa mazingira, umaskini, ukatili wa polisi, na janga.""" Siku ya Dunia ni siku ya kujadili masuala ya elimu, teknolojia ya kijani kibichi na mawazo ya ubunifu ambayo yanaweza kusaidia kuokoa dunia yetu, pamoja na masuala ya mazingira, elimu ya hali ya hewa, kilimo cha upya, usawa na haki ya mazingira, juhudi za ukataji miti, sayansi ya raia na kukuza dunia bora kwa kuhamasisha mabadiliko kati ya wananchi wa kawaida. Hapa kuna njia 15 za kusherehekea Siku ya Dunia nyumbani kwako 1. Uwe na mtazamo wa kweli Kupanda Bustani Huna haja ya kiasi kikubwa cha ardhi ya kujenga nafasi ya kijani ya yako mwenyewe. Unaweza kuunda bustani ya kontena kwenye dirisha au bustani ya kunyongwa kwenye balcony ya nyumba. Ikiwa unaishi katika mji mkubwa au mji mdogo, Siku ya Dunia inatoa fursa nzuri ya kupanda bustani yako mwenyewe. Si tu utafurahia faida za kibinafsi za kufanya hivyo, lakini unaweza pia kufurahia matunda halisi (na mboga) ya kazi yako na amani ya akili kujua umefanya hakuna mbolea za kemikali au dawa za kuua wadudu kwa bustani yako. 2. Uwezekano wa kupata Ikiwa unafanya mabadiliko ya kuagiza bidhaa za nyumbani na bidhaa za kusafisha kutoka kwa mashirika ambayo huendeleza uendelevu, kama vile Grove Collaborative au If You Care, au una shirika lingine unayotaka kuunga mkono, kufanya mabadiliko ya kusafisha kijani na bidhaa za nyumbani za mazingira (kama vile vitanda vya Latex vya asili vya PlushBeds) inaweza kufanya tofauti kubwa kwa sayari. Kadiri familia nyingi zinavyofanya mabadiliko, ndivyo inavyokuwa bora kwa dunia. Ni njia gani bora ya kuanza mchakato huu mpya kwa ajili ya familia yako kuliko Siku ya Dunia? 3. Uwe na mtazamo wa kweli Kuchukua hatua ya kula matunda na mboga zaidi: Kula mboga ni njia nzuri ya kwenda kwa ajili ya afya yako na sayari. Hasa ikiwa unajitolea kwa matunda na mboga zilizokuzwa ndani ya nchi na za msimu kwa kupika kwako. Hilo halimaanishi kwamba unapaswa kuacha kula nyama kabisa. Tu kwamba wewe ni kujitolea kuleta zaidi kijani katika chakula cha familia yako. Hii inaweza pia kukuokoa baadhi ya kijani kama chakula cha mimea ni mara nyingi gharama nafuu zaidi kuandaa na kufanya kuliko wale wenye nyama. 4. Uwe na uhakika Kwa mfano, katika mwaka wa 2000, familia moja ilizalisha takriban pauni 650 za taka za kikaboni. Kulingana na shirika la Going Zero Waste, mengi ya mbolea hiyo huingia kwenye mahali pa kuondoa taka. Unapoanza kutengeneza mbolea nyumbani, unaweza kufurahia tu kujua kwamba unasaidia kuweka vitu hivi nje ya mahali pa kuondoa taka, lakini pia kujua kwamba unapunguza uzalishaji wa taka kwa nusu. Ikiwa una bustani yako mwenyewe, unaweza kutumia mbolea zilizotengenezwa kwa ajili ya kuimarisha bustani yako. Ni ushindi mkubwa hata zaidi kwa ajili yenu na sayari. 5. Uwe na mtazamo mzuri. Kufanya bidhaa yako mwenyewe ya kusafisha Kama wewe ni wasiwasi kuhusu gharama kubwa ya kununua "kijani" vifaa vya kusafisha, una chaguzi nyingine inapatikana kwa wewe. Mojawapo ni kutengeneza vifaa vyako vya kusafisha. Habari njema ni kwamba unaweza kufanya hivyo kwa sehemu ndogo ya gharama ya kununua, na bado kupata kazi nzito ya kusafisha unataka. Kuanzia na viungo vya msingi kama vile baking soda, siki, chumvi, na ndimu, unaweza kutengeneza vifaa mbalimbali vya kusafisha nyumba. 6. Uwe na uhakika Kwa hivyo, badala ya kutumia mafuta ya msingi, badala ya fresheners za kibiashara, kila mtu anapenda nyumba inayonuka safi. Kwa upande mwingine, bidhaa za kupumzika za hewa huongeza kemikali katika hewa ya nyumba yako ambazo ni hatari kwa watu wanaoishi nyumbani kwako na kwa sayari. Mafuta muhimu ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta ya mafuta. Mafuta muhimu ya lavender, magnolia, bergamot, na limao ni baadhi ya mafuta muhimu ya mafuta ya lavender. Kwa kawaida, manukato ya citrus huunganishwa na nyumba safi, na hufanya harufu nzuri ya kuongeza kwa vifaa vyako vya kusafisha vya nyumbani. Ikiwa hujui jinsi ya kutumia mafuta ya kipekee, unaweza pia kufikiria kuleta mimea yenye harufu nzuri nyumbani kwako ili kusafisha hewa na kutoa harufu nzuri. 7. Uwe na mtazamo gani? Kutoka viungo vilivyoporomoka hadi majani yaliyobaki, na vitanda vichache vya maua visivyohifadhiwa katikati, kuna kazi nyingi za nyasi za kufanya katika majira ya kuchipua. Watu wengi hawawezi kwenda nje na kufanya kazi kwenye nyasi na bustani zao kama walivyofanya miaka iliyopita. Kuna uwezekano mkubwa kwamba kuna miradi mingi katika eneo lako ambayo unaweza kufanya. Wakati wote kumbuka kuuliza, kama baadhi ya watu wanaweza kuwa na mipango mingine kwa ajili ya lawns yao na bustani. Ni tendo zuri ambalo majirani wengi watashukuru kupokea, na linakusaidia kueneza ujumbe kwa wengine kuhusu umuhimu wa Siku ya Dunia, na kuhifadhi sayari. 8. Uwe na mtazamo gani? Kufanya Keki ya Siku ya Dunia yako mwenyewe: Kuna vitu vichache ambavyo vinaweza kuwafanya watoto wako (na hata mwenzi wako) kushiriki katika juhudi zako za Siku ya Dunia kuliko kuoka keki. Ni nani asiyependa keki, baada ya yote? Pia, inakumbusha kila mtu nyumbani kwako kwamba kuna thawabu tamu kwa kufanya mambo mazuri kwa sayari. Usisahau kutumia viungo vya asili endelevu wakati wa kutengeneza keki yako. 9. (a) Kwa nini? Kupanda maua ya mwituni na mimea ya asili katika bustani yako ni njia nzuri ya kusaidia mazingira ya mazingira na mazingira ya mazingira. Mimea hii haijulikani tu kuvutia nyuki wa kupaka chavua katika ujirani wako, lakini pia kwa kusitawi katika hali ya kawaida ya hali ya hewa ambapo unaishi. Hii inamaanisha kwamba hawana mahitaji maalum ya umwagiliaji maji ambayo yanaweza kusababisha mkazo kwenye usambazaji wako wa maji ya mahali hapo. Kumi. Kupata Njia za Kuhifadhi Maji Kuna miradi mingi ya "Siku ya Dunia" unaweza kufanya kuzunguka nyumba ambayo itakusaidia kuhifadhi maji nyumbani kwako. Hizi ni tu baadhi ya mawazo ya mradi kusaidia familia yako kupunguza taka maji, na kuhifadhi rasilimali hii ya thamani. - Weka mapipa ya mvua ili kukusanya maji kutoka kwenye mitaro yako. Hakikisha hii inaruhusiwa katika jamii yako kwanza. Hii inaweza kukusaidia kuhifadhi maji haya kwa ajili ya matumizi katika bustani yako, kuosha gari lako, au kunyunyizia nyasi yako. - Fikiria kutumia mfumo wa umwagiliaji maji kwa matone katika bustani yako ili kuweka vitu vyenye kupendeza na vyenye rangi ya kijani. - Weka vyoo vyenye mtiririko mdogo nyumbani mwako. Kwa kuongezea, unaweza kuokoa $ 110 kwa mwaka kwenye bili yako ya maji kwa kubadilisha choo chako kwa choo cha mtiririko wa chini. - Weka mabomba ya kuokoa maji katika sinki, mitungi, na mitungi ya kuoga. Hatua ndogo kama hizo zinaweza kuokoa maji mengi kwa mwaka mzima, na hivyo familia yako iweze kuwa wapiganaji wa kuhifadhi maji! 11. (a) Kwa nini? Kuandika Earth Day Shairi Kama wewe ni kuangalia kwa njia kubwa ya kupata familia kushiriki katika Earth Day sherehe nyumbani, kufikiria kuwa na kila mtu kuandika Earth Day shairi, riddle, au limerick. Wakati kuokoa Dunia ni biashara ya uzito, hakuna sheria ambayo inasema wewe kuwa na kuwa na uzito katika kila hatua ya safari. Chukua mapumziko, na ufurahie kidogo katika mchakato huo. Hii itafanya siku hiyo ikumbukwe zaidi na kuhakikisha ujumbe unapokelewa kwa sauti kubwa na wazi. 12. (a) Kwa nini? Kuunda mradi wa sanaa ya Siku ya Dunia: Hii ni furaha familia yako inaweza kufanya pamoja au kwa mtu binafsi, kuruhusu kila mwanachama wa familia kuunda kazi bora yao wenyewe. Ikiwa unataka kuwa mbunifu sana, kuwa na kila mtu kutumia kitu kutoka kwa chombo cha kuchakata kama kitovu cha kazi yao ya sanaa. Kwa mara nyingine tena, lengo ni kuendesha nyumbani ujumbe wa Siku ya Dunia, hivyo ni moja familia yako nzima kubeba pamoja nao mwaka mzima. 13. (a) Kwa nini? Get Politically Active Now ni fursa nzuri ya kukaa chini na kuandika Seneta wako, Mwakilishi wa Bunge, au Gavana ili kuwawakumbusha jinsi majukumu yao ni muhimu kwa kulinda sayari. Kuwa maalum kuhusu vitendo ungependa wao kuchukua ndani ya vikao vyao ijayo kuweka hali mbaya ya sayari mbele na katikati. Unaweza kutumia barua pepe kwa ajili ya mradi huu muhimu, au kutuma barua halisi kupitia ofisi ya posta. Jambo kuu ni kwamba huna haja ya kuhudhuria mkutano kuzungukwa na watu kufanya taarifa kwa niaba ya sayari. 14. (a) Kwa nini? Ikiwa ni kweli kwamba hakuna mtu anayepaswa kuendesha gari kwa siku moja, unaweza kufikiria tofauti ambayo ingekuwa ikiwa kila mtu ambaye angeweza kusafiri kwa baiskeli au kutembea angechagua kufanya hivyo? Siku moja tu ya mwaka inaweza kufanya tofauti kubwa. """Tuliangalia kote ulimwenguni wakati hewa ilipoondolewa katika siku za kwanza za kufungwa kwa COVID wakati watu wachache walikuwa barabarani." Siku moja kwa mwaka inaweza kuwa siku moja kwa wiki, au hata zaidi, kuokoa mafuta na kupunguza sana uzalishaji wa chafu unaotokana na nyumba yako. 15. (a) Kwa nini? Miti ni muhimu kwa kusafisha hewa na kuwa makao ya viumbe wengi, kama vile squirrels, ndege, possums, na wengineo. Hilo halihesabu hata wadudu wengi wanaofanya makao yao katika miti. Mnyama ni sehemu muhimu ya mchakato wa uharibifu wa viumbe hai ili kurudisha viumbe hivyo kwenye ardhi. Miti pia husaidia kutoa kivuli muhimu wakati wa kiangazi, na kuvunja upepo wakati wa majira ya baridi kali ili kusaidia kuweka nyumba zenye joto. Ni nadra wazo mbaya kupanda mti kama sehemu ya sherehe yako ya Siku ya Dunia. Siku ya Dunia itakuwa hapa kabla ya kujua ni. Ikiwa una mpango wa kusherehekea nyumbani au kushiriki katika shughuli mbalimbali za kusafisha jamii, unaweza kufanya mambo haya 15 kusherehekea Siku ya Dunia au siku nyingine yoyote ya mwaka. Siku ya Dunia yenye furaha, kutoka kwetu sote hapa kwenye PlushBeds! Kiungo kwa Sisi! Ikiwa umepata makala hii muhimu na ya kushiriki, tafadhali nakala na kuweka yafuatayo katika nambari ya html ya tovuti yako au blogi: Jifunze zaidi kuhusu kwenda kijani kwenye <a href="https: www.plushbeds.com > blogs.org > Green Sleep > Blog Sleep. * Tafadhali kumbuka kwamba hatukubali machapisho ya wageni kwenye blogi. 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