Earth Me Up

Global clean energy investments are set to hit $2 trillion in 2024, double that of fossil fuels. 🌍💡 Read more in the link below from Earth.org #Sustainability #GreenFuture #InvestInThePlanet #EcoFriendly #ClimateAction #RenewableEnergy #GlobalImpact #Sustainability https://lnkd.in/g2WWpg46

While my climate work doesn't usually focus on food waste, this issue is particularly important to me. The waste of edible food drives me absolutely crazy. I'm always glad to see advancements in how we are going to reduce food waste, and this strategy seems particularly important. It aims to change business and individual behaviors, fund research to extend food shelf life, expand food donations, and turn waste into valuable commodities like compost and animal feed. The government will also invest in research to measure the “effectiveness of different consumer messages to encourage households to reduce food waste” and help students learn food waste prevention tips, including in school cafeterias, which can be enormous sources of food waste. California is furthest along. Since 2022, the state has required grocery stores to donate, not throw away, “the maximum amount of edible food that would otherwise be disposed,” or face fines. This year, large restaurants, hotels, and hospital cafeterias also came under the law. The legislation also requires every city and county to reduce the volume of organic waste that goes into landfills by 75 percent by 2025, compared with 2014 levels. That means building more composting facilities or putting in machines that create biogas from organic waste. If you're interested in helping to reduce food waste, check out the app Too Good To Go! #Sustainability #ClimateAction #FoodWaste #EnvironmentalImpact #SustainableFuture

When we dedicate so much of our lives to our job, we miss out on time that could be spent with our communities, being outside, cooking a sustainable meal, taking care of our wellbeing. This can have trickle down effects that result in less compassion, endless greed, lack of mindfulness and detriment to our planet. Read more for details and to learn the importance for establishing work boundaries to benefit your happiness and your productivity. 🤗 #worklifebalance #overworking #mentalhealth #retention #productivity #productivityhack #happiness #lifecoaching #sustainablehabits #careercoaching #leadership #leadbyexample #aficklelife #earthmeup #earthedup

🌍 Feeling Climate Anxiety? You're Not Alone. 🌱 I've been thinking about the mounting number of people affected by climate anxiety (aka eco anxiety), myself included. As someone who's experienced this in the past and still does from time to time, I understand how overwhelming it can be. To help manage these feelings, build a supportive community, and share our experiences, I’m considering hosting a Climate Anxiety Workshop. This workshop will focus on practical ways to cope with eco anxiety and create a space for meaningful connections. Is this something you'd be interested in? 👍 Like this post and let me know! Your feedback will help shape this initiative. Let's come together to support each other and make a positive impact. 🌍💚 #ClimateAnxiety #EcoAnxiety #Sustainability #MentalHealth #CommunitySupport #EarthMeUp #EarthedUp

A sharing and rental economy is a great direction to strive for in order to reduce our consumption and shift the way society views ownership vs utility. Take a look at this post to learn more!

Restorative efforts are so important with our current environmental state. This is truly a remarkable accomplishment that shouldn’t go unnoticed. Congrats Ecosia

EPA has announced the automatic addition of seven PFAS to the list of chemicals covered by the Toxics Release Inventory. Facilities in designated industry sectors and federal facilities using these chemicals above set quantities must now report how much of each chemical is released into the environment or managed as waste. Requiring reporting on these chemicals helps to further our commitment to address the impacts of #PFAS and advance EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap to confront the human health and environmental risks of these forever chemicals.

It's clear that our current model doesn't work. For capitalism to work, we assume that growth = success. But living on a planet with limited resources, we can't support infinite growth. Scarcity is inherent. We need to be conscious consumers and make decisions with long-term thinking in mind. Instead of buying new goods because we can afford it (or even if we can't), we need to ask ourselves: Can we fix up something we already own? Can we repurpose something else? Can we buy second-hand? Can we buy something that is made from recycled goods? Do we really need to make this purchase?