Ways To Celebrate Earth Day

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Earth Day is almost here, so it’s time to get ready to militate for the environment. If you have been planning to do something special on this day and don’t know where to start from, we are here to help. You don’t have to do something elaborate, as you can help nature even from the comfort of your own home. Here are several ways to celebrate Earth Day that will make a difference.

What Is Earth Day?
Every year on April 22nd, we celebrate Earth Day. Therefore, you only have a few days left to get ready for the big day. On this occasion, people organize different events where they talk about environmental protection and encourage others to go green. However, you don’t need to do something spectacular on this day.

Earth Day is not about pompous events and things that stand out. It’s true, you can tell when it’s Earth Day since people plan to switch off all the lights for an hour, or they organize big tree-planting events. However, you can still do something in your own garden or home that can help the environment. There are many ways to celebrate Earth Day; you just have to be a little creative.

This year, you can make a difference by doing simple things for Earth. You might save the planet in a minute, but collective efforts definitely count. If every person on the planet does something nature-friendly for at least one day per year, we will definitely see some results at some point.

1. Choose Walking Instead of Driving
If you have to go somewhere and you actually have the alternative of walking, choose this instead of getting your car out of the garage. Walking is not only good for the environment, but also for your health. In case the distance is too big for walking, you can go cycling, or ask someone else to carpool you to the destination. The fewer cars on the road, the better.

2. Recycle
This method is one of the most effective ones in terms of eco-friendly behavior. Start by filtering your waste in separate trash bins, so that you can recycle materials. Then, use as many reusable resources as possible. You can start from recycled paper and, if you actually have the means, you can go even further and produce your own green energy sources. Everything counts, and you will definitely start feeling better as soon as you do it.

3. Turn Off the Lights
Again, this is one of the simplest ways to celebrate Earth Day that actually have a result. Whenever you leave a room, don’t forget to turn off the lights. Many people tend to overlook this, but any small attempt to save energy matters. If nature doesn’t motivate you enough, then you can at least think of the money.

If you turn off the lights, you will consume less, so the electricity bill will be smaller. A smaller consumption means you get to preserve the resources, so everything is for the best.

4. Take a Day Off from Electronics
You’ve definitely heard of Earth Hour, where you keep all lights switched off for 60 minutes. However, you can turn Earth Day into an entire day without using the computer, the TV, or any other electronic equipment that you need to plug in.

This doesn’t only save power, but it also gives you more time for other activities. You can go out for a walk, spend more time to take care of your garden, or maybe think about other ways to take care of nature.

5. Start Planting
One of the best ways to celebrate Earth Day should be to stay outside all day and get busy with gardening. If you cannot attend a major planting event, you can do it in your backyard as well. Also, the good news is that any plant works. If you don’t have enough space for trees, flowers and vegetables are just as good. This makes another eco alternative possible.

6. Eat Local Produce
Instead of buying fruits and vegetables from a supermarket, you can grow your own. Of course, this is possible if you have a garden. In case you don’t, you can still help nature by buying them from a produce market, where people who grow them in eco-friendly ways come and sell them.

7. Use Eco Products
Some cleaning products or gardening tools might not be the most eco-friendly things you can think of. Some of them release dangerous chemicals into the atmosphere that might increase carbon dioxide emissions or affect the plants that are growing nearby.

Fortunately, there are cleaning products that are safe for the environment. Whenever you stumble upon something that is toxic to you, it means it’s toxic to nature as well, so it’s better to look for something else. If you cannot find the eco products in a store, you can opt for natural solutions. For instance, instead of using pesticides you can populate your garden with insect predators.

8. Fix Your Home
You might not have realized, but a home with faulty equipment consumes a lot of resources. A water system that doesn’t work properly is a good example. If your faucets are dripping, you consume this valuable limited resource. The electrical system might consume energy without actually producing electricity, so get your house fixed to avoid leaks.

9. Get Informed
If these ways to celebrate Earth Day weren’t convincing, there is still one last thing you can do. Your lack of interest might mean you are not well-documented enough, so you can take some time to read about it. A nice read on environmentalism is a nice way to honor the efforts to save nature and might offer you some good tips on what you can do.

Summing Up
Earth Day should be the moment when we concentrate our efforts to save the world. Anything counts, so even going out for a walk instead of watching TV or planting a small row of veggies contributes to a better environment. Take a break from your everyday life and think for a moment about how to make nature a better place.

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