Climate Change Could Be Kept In Check If A Phaseout Of All Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Were To Begin Immediately,

I have arrived in Peru and if there is one thing I have learned this week it is that zero waste and traveling to not always go together. Last minute shopping, eating out, medications and bottled water have set me back in my waste goals. However, all hope is not lost as I still have found some ways to back on waste that additionally make traveling easier!

Solid shampoo, conditioner, soap, face wash and perfume

Benefits

No spilling in your suitcase

Able to take through security in your carryon 

Virtually no waste

Lasts a lot longer since it is concentrated 

Takes up much less space then full sized liquid products 

Cons

None? (I really love all these products!)

Water bottle

Benefits

Can refill once you’ve gone past security at the airport (no $7 bottles of water at the airport)

Keeps water cold for hot days 

Can buy bottled water in bulk and pour into reusable bottle to take with you instead of many small bottles in places where you can not drink the tap water

Cons

You must carry it around with you even when it’s empty 

Coconut oil and fabric scraps (used for makeup removal)

Benefits 

Extremely cheap

Very effective in removing makeup (the best thing in my opinion)

Natural and very low waste

Cons

Very messy to travel with (high risk of spilling and staining clothing)

Must wash the fabric scraps (difficult to do if you do not have access to a washing machine)

Overall I am glad I was able to cut down on at least some waste in my travel while also making my move easier! If anyone has any other tips for reducing waste when you travel I would love to hear them! :) 

solving Climate Change is like a high school Group Project except with 7 billion people

here is your gentle reminder that there are dandelions growing through cracks in the sidewalk. there is a fence lizard on the porch who is growing a new tail. there are trees growing through an abandoned house, branches tearing through the ceiling, ferns carpeting the floor. there is life pushing forward, pushing through. 

Glacier National Park, Montana

June 2018

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Rosy morning porthole view.

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2019 Temperature By the Numbers

The Year

2nd Hottest

2019 was the second-hottest year since modern record keeping began. NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration work together to track temperatures around the world and study how they change from year to year. For decades, the overall global temperature has been increasing.

Over the long term, world temperatures are warming, but each individual year is affected by things like El Niño ocean patterns and specific weather events.

The global temperature is an average, so not every place on Earth had its second-warmest year. For instance, the continental U.S. had a cold October, but Alaska set records for high temperatures. The U.S. was still warmer than average over the year.

Globally, Earth’s temperature in 2019 was more than 2°F warmer than the late 19th Century.

The Record

140 years 

Since 1880, we can put together a consistent record of temperatures around the planet and see that it was much colder in the late-19th century. Before 1880, uncertainties in tracking global temperatures are larger. Temperatures have increased even faster since the 1970s, the result of increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

10 years

The last decade was the hottest decade on record.

20,000 Individual Observations

Scientists from NASA use data from more than 20,000 weather stations and Antarctic research stations, together with ship- and buoy-based observations of sea surface temperatures to track global temperatures.

The Consequences

90%

As Earth warms, polar ice is melting at an accelerated rate. The Arctic is warming even faster than the rest of the planet. This northern summer, 90% of the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet melted.

8 inches

Melting ice raises sea levels around the world. While ice melts into the ocean, heat also causes the water to expand. Since 1880, sea levels globally have risen approximately 8 inches, although regional rates of sea level rise can be even higher.

100+ fires

As temperatures increase, fire seasons burn hotter and longer. During June and July 2019, more than 100 long-lived and intense wildfires burned north of the Arctic circle. This year also saw intense, record-setting fires in Australia.

46% increase in CO2 levels

This decades-long warming trend is the result of increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, released by human activities.

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frankly? ban all plastics. require all public buildings to be solar powered. public community gardens in every neighborhood. ban all pesticides. ban fossil fuels. put wind turbines on every sky scraper. gardens on every rooftop. tax cars and fund public transportation. build bike lanes across every city. train/railroad infrastructure across the country (tear down highways). every state mandated to have a certain percentage of land be a wildlife preserve. local/organic farms get huge tax breaks. raise the minimum wage. aquaponics farms in every city. every family has chickens in their backyard. community composting. jeff bezos’s body for fertilizer. i have a clear idea of what i want the world to look like and i want it now. hire me

denise, a university classmate of mine just opened a package- and waste-free grocery store in braunschweig. it`s such a beautiful shop with an amazing product range and a lovely little café, too. if you like to shop organic, regional, fair trade and waste free, or like to treat yourself and your loved ones with delicatessen and spa essentials, this is the place for you.

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WUNDERBAR UNVERPACKT, Fallersleber Straße 36 D- 38100 Braunschweig