Our aim is to simplify environmentalism, using calm & practical information to help you be more environmentally focused and reduce your impact on the planet.
Earth
Joined July 2019
- Tweets232
- Following286
- Followers70
- Likes73
Pinned Tweet
Why your New Year's resolution should focus on the environment.
beearthful.com/f/why-your-ne…
A glass of dairy milk produces almost three times more greenhouse gas than any plant-based milk! In order to reduce your environmental impact, consider seeking out and trying a plant-based alternative... Of all the options, soy and oat score the best on the environmental scale!
A really easy way to reduce energy usage at home is to ensure that your chargers aren't plugged in when they aren't in use. "Vampire energy" is one of the biggest avoidable wastes of energy. Make sure your laptop and phone chargers are off or unplugged when you're not using them!
Earthful retweeted
Back to work and feeling the chill?
Whether you're working from your home office or the kitchen table, we've rounded up the most efficient ways of using heating while working from home 🏡
#WFH
ow.ly/LRfZ50Ctmlv
Earthful retweeted
Tell me about how climate change in your part of the world. How has "people staying inside for the most part" effected the environment?
Great video from the BBC!
Five ways to reduce your carbon footprint. via @BBCNews
bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-en…
What an idea!
This burp-catching mask for cows could slow down climate change wired.co.uk/article/cows-cli…
See this Instagram photo by @earthful_gram instagram.com/p/CJd2nKXnYMj/…
1/ Consider making #MealPlanning your 2021 #NewYearsResolution ! Meal planning is a great way to reduce your food waste, and reducing food waste is the number 1 response to climate change, according to @ProjectDrawdown ...
Earthful retweeted
Fed up of Christmas TV?
Get clued up on climate issues without leaving your sofa with these thought-provoking climate documentaries ow.ly/T74a50CM63U
Earthful retweeted
What if the most alarming threats caused by #plasticpollution aren’t visible?
#Microbeads - the invisible plastic particles in everything from face scrubs to toothpaste.
And when these particles get into our oceans? The results can be devastating.
roar.media/english/life/envi…
If you're looking for a simple, but thoughtful 🎄 present for someone, we recommend checking out Jerry bottles! Not only are the bottles stylish and eco-friendly, but 100% of the profits are put straight to water projects around the world!
jerrybottle.com/
Household energy consumption generates 60% of global greenhouse emissions and 50-80% of total land, material and water use.
Making sure our Christmas lights are LED, and switching them off overnight, are important small steps in limiting our energy usage over the festive period
Tesco cuts plastic from its Christmas range resource.co/article/tesco-cu…
1/ Standby power is a hugely significant and avoidable contributor to household energy. Leaving items such as TVs and PCs on standby accounts for c10% of a typical energy bill and in the UK accounts for a wasted £227m per year!...
In the UK, on average we throw away our body weight in rubbish every 7 weeks! Not only that, we recycle less than 50% of our waste and lots of re-useable items are thrown away every day...
... a perfect example is batteries, of which only 27% are recycled in the UK, resulting in more than 20,000 tonnes of battery waste straight to the landfill! Check out the below link to see what you should do with them...
recyclenow.com/what-to-do-wi…