It’s World Environment Day!
A stunning butterfly I found hanging out by my vegie patch
Celebrated every year on June 5th, World Environment Day is a campaign run under the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) aiming to raise awareness and bring about positive environmental action.
This year, the campaign’s theme is Think. Eat. Save - which encourages us to be more aware of our food choices, and the carbon footprint we are creating through such choices and waste.
The UNEP provides a couple of great ideas to easily get started:
“Purposefully select foods that have less of an environmental impact, such as organic foods that do not use chemicals in the production process. Choosing to buy locally can also mean that foods are not flown halfway across the world and therefore limit emissions.”
We all know that we love organics at sorella & me! (Organic sleepwear anyone? Yes please!)
Our environment is clearly something we are all responsible for. And every little bit helps. On World Environment Day last year, we posted 10 really easy things you can start doing today to help the environment – check them out here.
So now to add to that list with this years theme, we are going to be more mindful about the food choices we make and what we waste more broadly – “Think before you eat and help save our environment!”.
I already try to buy organic food when possible, but I am going to try and understand more about seasonal fruits and vegetables too. There is no point in buying a product that has been flown in from the other side of the world – even if it is organic. It’s easy to pop that item in your basket without thinking about it – but from now, let’s stop, think, and make an alternative selection if need be.
And my other goal is to finally start the compost I have been talking about doing for the past 2 years. Living in rental properties has stopped me from setting one up but it’s so important and can make such a difference. So these are my new goals.
For more ideas on greening your lifestyle, check out this great A-Z list from the UNEP.
And don’t forget to check out our friends at Sustainable Table, who have a heap of resources (and a couple of great cookbooks!) on how our food choices can impact our environment.
Do you have any green-tips you’d like to share with the sorella-hood? Perhaps you only shop locally? Maybe you only buy seasonal fruit and vege? Whatever it is, we’d love to add it to our list!
~ anna
