Following are some ways you can make a positive difference to the world ...
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Following are some ways you can make a positive difference to the world:
Save habitats
In the rainforest, around 80,000 acres of trees are cut down every day to make way for farming or to provide wood for industry. Habitats like grasslands, wetlands, and underwater habitats are also at risk and so are the animals and plants that live there.
Stand up against deforestation. Keep your local habitats safe by sticking to the paths.
Make your garden wildlife-friendly by setting aside space for nature!
Reduce, reuse, recycle!
60 percent of what we throw away is actually recyclable! That’s why it’s super important to check the label on every piece of rubbish, to make sure you’re putting it in the right bin. Even better, you can avoid throwing things away altogether, by buying fewer things, taking better care of the things you have, and finding ways to repair or reuse things that are old or broken.
Keep an eye on what you use!
Around the world, 2.5 billion people have no (or unreliable) access to electricity. Plus, 4.2 billion struggle to access clean water every day, which they need for drinking, bathing, washing, growing crops and rearing animals. That’s why those of us that have access to these precious resources should be careful not to waste them.
If you can, try cycling, walking, or using public transport to get out and about, rather than using the car.
Turn off any dripping taps, and make sure you don’t run them for longer than necessary.
With a never-ending stream of apps and new social media sites, it can be easy to lose control of your digital life. It’s difficult to permanently reform your digital life since tiny changes are insufficient to address our major concerns about new technologies. To regain control, we must go beyond modifications.
Principle 1: Clutter is costly
Digital minimalists recognise that cluttering their time and attention with too many devices, apps, and services creates an overall negative cost that can swamp the small benefits that each individual item provides in isolation.
Principle 2: Optimisation is important
Digital minimalists believe it’s necessary to think carefully about how they’ll use the technology to truly extract its full potential benefit.
Minimalism’s basic concept, that less is more, is not new. Here’s how the digital declutter process works:
Put aside a 30-day period during which you will take a break from optional technologies in your life
Optional technologies are those that you can live without for 30 days without harming or seriously disrupting your career or personal life. Rather than turning off your important business email, this means limiting your Instagram usage to your commute and prohibiting your phone from being used at the dinner table.
Explore activities and behaviors that you find satisfying and meaningful
This detox stage allows you to rediscover what’s important to you. To succeed at this, you will have to cultivate high quality alternatives to the easy distraction optional technologies provide. Take this as an opportunity to tackle that pile of books on your bedside table or sign up to that fitness class you’ve been thinking about trying.
At the end of the break, reintroduce optional technologies into your life.
For each technology you reintroduce, determine what value it serves in your life and how specifically you will use it so as to maximise this value.
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