Tag: positive choice

July Choice

July should be one of the best times of the year. Make a choice to have outdoor time, listen to the birds and look for butterflies. Turn off phones and your TV and make a choice to enjoy your environment.

swallow tail butterfly

Enjoy the beauty of July!

Make a choice to be kind and work to be resilient. Make a choice for clean air by buying and driving less, and you will be doing something good for the earth. Make a choice to use less plastic and eat healthier. Wise choices will help you be happier. The Actions for Happiness group have lots of good choices for a happier July. Good luck!

Chin up, chin up
Put a little laughter in your eyes
Brave it, save it
Even though you’re feeling otherwise
Rise up, wise up
Make a little smile begin
You’ll be happy hearted
Once you get it started
Up with your chinny chin chin!

~ E.B. White

Consumer Power

glitter on poinsettia
Never purchase items with glitter. Glitter doesn’t break down and can exist for a thousand years in the ocean or soil. It is harmful to animals and wildlife.

A consumer is powerful. The choices we make, and what we purchase  changes marketing and products, and as consumers we can make a big difference by the choices we make.  The choices we make can make a positive change on the environment creating a more sustainable world.

The Arctic is melting, and much of the earth is experiencing record hot temperatures, our children are demanding change. What choice do we have?
As a wise consumer you can help to reduce your harmful impact on our earth by increasing your shopping awareness and taking your consumer power seriously. If everyone does a little it can add up to a lot!
Being sustainable consumers are priorities for our household. These are our suggestions for ways to use your consumer power:

  • Heighten your awareness of packaging and waste, choosing products with minimal or no wasteful plastic packaging.
  • Always shop with reusable bags.
  • Never purchase products with glitter or Styrofoam. They can’t be recycled.
  • Shop reuse stores. Some of my favorite clothes and items come from consignment stores.
  • Shop bulk items.

    Shop in bulk
    Buying in bulk is a good way to manage food waste, and plastic waste. Bring your own bags or containers.
  • Shop retailers that pay living wages, and are local over big box stores.
  •  Buy nothing and reuse what you have!
  •  Purchase items that will last instead of cheap junk.
  •  Avoid all single-use plastic
  •  Make your own choices, don’t be owned by corporations like Apple, Target, Amazon etc.