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It is no doubt that our actions when it comes to going "green" have negatively affected the planet. If you are in doubt about this, the Amazon bush fires as well as other bushfires across the world is enough evidence to prove that we are slowly destroying the earth – our planet, our home. Many wildlife as well as aquatic animals are approaching extinction at an alarming rate. It all boils down to how we humans live our lives. If we don’t take care of our planet, then we would soon lose our home.
The year is coming to an end and it is important we strive to live the New Year sustainably. We must have a sustainable New Year resolution this time around. Below are some points that you might want to add to your New Year resolution to make it sustainable.
FOUR TIPS TO HELP YOU LIVE THE NEW YEAR SUSTAINABLY
1. Start a garden
Starting a garden is low maintenance, low budget, and easy to do New Year resolution. It could be in any form. You can decide to use a small area of land, or you can decide to make it big. It could even be three to four plants by your kitchen window sill where you can easily pluck the leaves and add to whatever delicacy you are preparing. Additionally, you can also decide to buy a mini plastic greenhouse to give your plants their own space.
The whole essence of having three, four, or more plants is to support the ecosystem's natural mode of operation. The plant takes in carbon dioxide which is useless to humans and produces oxygen which is life's most important gift. By starting a garden, you will automatically increase the percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere.
2. Stop using plastic bags
While plastic bags are the most used form of plastics, it is also important to ditch other forms of plastic you use. This includes plastic spoons, forks, and any other product made of plastic. When going shopping, ensure you go with your shopping bag instead of asking for the regular plastic bag. Disposable plastic amounts to be the most abundant waste in the ocean. It makes 80% of marine debris, and it has killed a high number of aquatic life. A majority of fishes have been found to consume plastic waste at least once in their lifetime.
3. Say no to Fast Fashion
We all love the fast fashion industry because they provide cheap clothing. Our insatiable appetite for cheap clothing for every season makes us blind to the negative consequences these fast fashion industries pose to the environment. After the oil industry, the fashion industry is the next most polluting industry in the world. Eastern farmers who should have invested their time in food production turn their farms into cotton plantation thus keeping their people hungry. In addition, heavy chemicals are used to control pests in the cotton farm and also in the quest to increase soil fertility. These chemicals can result in health problems for both animals, humans, and microorganisms both in the oil and in the atmosphere. There are several other negative effects of the fast fashion industry such as its support for petroleum-based toxic synthetic fabric. All these are harmful to humans, animals, the ecosystem, and the planet at large.
For a New Year resolution, we must avoid the product of fast fashion. This allows us to live 2021 more sustainable than we could possibly imagine. A better alternative to trendy fast fashion is the more sustainable mass customization. In 2021, ensure you live sustainably by creating custom designs that meet your specific needs using brands like Girotti that focus on mass customization and not mass production.
Girotti uses a simple but powerful 3D configurator that lets you put your creativity into action. This configurator lets you design your shoes how you want it. This is mass customization and it supports sustainability as opposed to mass production. Girotti is ready to help make your 2021 sustainable.
4. Choose mass customization
As already established, mass customization is a better and more sustainable alternative to mass production. Mass customization as opposed to mass production is a simple concept where goods are manufactured based on your specific want. Choosing mass customization is one way to live sustainable as you no longer use products that were manufactured in ways posing threat to the environment.
Apart from living sustainably, mass customization provides you with the power to decide how your product look. This alone is enough reason to opt for mass customization. Brands like Girotti are working tirelessly to take mass customization to the next level. Start with mass customization in 2021 and you would not regret it.
As you get ready to enter the New Year, you must look into the many sustainable New Year resolutions that would help us preserve the planet for the future generation. If we continue in our ways like encouraging fast fashion, for example, we would become nothing but a wasteland in the nearest future. Live your 2021 sustainably and ensure you support sustainable fashion – mass customization.
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