🌎️ World Environment Day | Badge of the Month | June 2024

To reduce energy consumption, use energy-efficient appliances and LED lighting. Additionally, turn off lights and unplug electronics when they are not in use.

Living in Michigan we have a lot of beautiful lakes, state parks, county parks and nature trails. We are visiting the lakes as much as possible, especially now that Summer is here! 

When I do buy paper plates/plasticware I go for the biodegradable options. I am also big on recycling and repurposing clothing  so it doens’t sit in our landfills. 

I enjoy doing geocaching; it’s a great way to explore your surroundings and see things you might not have noticed otherwise. My husband and I are always discovering new plants and insects while we’re out geocaching. We also make it a habit to pick up any litter we come across while we’re out and about.

HI all, 

I am mostly trying to walk to work or take public transport. The overheating of the planet is visibly affecting all of us, so any small effort matters. Then making less garbage is my goal, but it seems quite an effort. 

I spend a lot of time hiking and camping across the US.

These posts remind me how I need to go out and explore the wilderness more!  I mean I do it on holidays, but should make more of a habit of it.. 🚵

From an eco perspective - I am really big on buying local and sustainable where I can.  Both from an environmental perspective but I think it benefits the local economy as well, which I think in turn offsets sometimes the premium price you might pay for this (at least how I justify it).

I am very much enjoying everyone’s posts, photos, and reflections on the importance of nature and the environment! 🌍

This summer I hope to spend less time tethered to electronic devices, and more time outside taking in the sights, sounds and smells of everything around me. It seems that as a society, we are more disconnected from our natural environments than ever before, and my thinking is that we need to reconnect to life as it was in the “before times” (before phones, laptops, screens, etc etc). I am lucky to be old enough to remember what it was all like before 👴🏻

Our city has recently started offering a food compost option. My family tries to recycle and compost as much as we can (definitely not perfect). I recently visited the Grand Canyon for the first time and it’s just amazing how many vastly different places there are on our planet!

Getting outside into the world is one of the most important things that I think we can do. As I write this I’m sitting on our back porch, with our newly adopted dog, in the summer sunshine. I think if we spent more time outdoors, we would be much more at ease with our world and the people in it.