Help our earth

check this website out from the national wildlife foundation: https://nativeplantfinder.nwf.org/

Training an Ai model releases around 626 200 lbs of CO2 into the atmosphere, i neglected to mention this in how i reduce my carbon footprint but likely the biggest thing i do is avoid AI and i believe anyone who cares about the climate should as well

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Another NGO doing amazing work for the climate by fighting corporations that are contributing to climate change is the Climate Action Network, since they are a large organization they have a lot of power to keep governments accountable and push back on companies with large emissions and they frequently do,,

You can learn about it on their website here:

get some cardboard and wet it completely, take a glass/small pot and wrap the wet cardboard around the sides, tuck in the overhang to cover the bottom completely and let it dry, you may have to secure it around the sides of the glass but when its completely dry youll have a recycled plant pot for seeding

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american badger, orca, grizzly bear,

burrowing owl, american eel, canada warbler,

eastern cougar, rusty blackbird, narwhal,

grey fox, vancouver island marmot, whooping crane,

bobolink, peary caribou, collared pika,

im gonna share some ways i personally try to reduce/refuse, reuse, recycle because i think its important for the environment,,

using bar soaps over shower gels/hand soaps, sometimes i ask if i can put a drink i ordered in my own reusable cup, i keep a reusable water bottle, reusable straw, reusable towels, reusable grocery bags, etc etc,,

especially when im cooking i take scraps and boil for vegetable broth, take old ugly or dried up vegs and turn them into soups or purees, putting worse scraps in the compost/fertilizer bin to use for gardening,,

I learned some hand stitching on youtube so i do repairs, alterations repurposing at home, combined with thrifting it makes my carbon footprint much smaller, but if i really cannot like an item i'll donate or regift it (you could also sell it but thats a bit more difficult)

speaking of thrifting, i try to get and give a lot second hand to/from neighbors, friends, family, thrift stores, garage sales, facebook market place (you could use other local buy/sell groups but i dont know any where i am),,

is a provincial park in Ontario, Canada,, 7, 723 square kilometers big and great for fishing, environment conservation, hunting, research, mountain biking, hiking and camping,, also has a great amount of biodiversity between coniferous and deciduous forests,, home to rivers, ponds/lakes, mountains, hills, valleys and 8 camping grounds

-adding a bird bath or bee bath

-learn about the native plants in your area and how people used to use them (for lighting fires, cooking/baking, weaving or rope making, etc) so you feel more connected to your environment and have a good incentive to restore it

-ask your neighbors for cuttings of any native plants established in their garden and use those

-make a brush pile somewhere full of old foliage, mulch, wood chips, rocks, sticks, dead plant matter, etc etc for wild animal shelter

-you dont even need to plant native plants in the ground you can hang them up or keep them in pots too and its still beneficial

-use a rainwater barrel for your watering needs

-make a compost bin and throw in organic matter that can then be used to add more nutrients to your garden

-make piece with the idea of having creatures in and around your garden, dont put out traps or use bug sprays, humanely remove them from your house if you see them and dont plant things poisonous to native creatures

-add stickers or some sort of decoration to your windows so birds dont fly into them and call animal rescue services if they do

-buying or building a bat or bird roost and adding it to your backyard/windowsill/balcony

-you could even just stop maintaining your yard/lawn, see what noninvasive plants pop up and let them grow

-consider replacing your lawn with a native moss which doesn't need mowing and will need less fertilization/watering/interference