Hurray the EcoChallenge is here! I'm pretty excited to dig into learning more about all of the ways I'm able to draw carbon out of the atmosphere as a result of purposeful choices. I'll be traveling tomorrow and Friday, and will be mindful of the food choices I have to make "on the road"- I'm curious to see what I should avoid as I learn more about products that are contributing to deforestation.
I'll be posting on my Instagram @wanderwithgreta daily as well as on Facebook, to engage others in conversation about the topics and experience. Here's my first post:
"'There is a human right which is infrequently mentioned but which seems to be destined to become very important: this is the right, or the duty, of the individual to abstain from cooperating in activities which he considers wrong or pernicious.'
✨Albert Einstein✨
April has arrived and in full flow fashion it's brought with it a beautiful opportunity for engagement in purposeful action and conversation. This month I'm participating in the
#drawdownecochallenge - for 22 days I'll be sharing my efforts to draw carbon down from our atmosphere and contribute to the resilience of the planet by making individual choices that are conscious of
#globalimpact.
Over the years, thanks to my work in
#supplychains all across the world, I've seen firsthand the degradation of our environments and societies because of our
#unconsciousconsumption.
Every single thing we purchase and consume comes from somewhere, and the human race has an incredible opportunity to create things with
#purpose and awareness of the impact of this creation.
For those of us on the buying side, we have to put a little effort into understanding what actually goes into the things we buy- and what it takes to get those materials. With that knowledge, we can make far more
#consciouschoices in what we buy, and as our dear Albert Einstein reminds us, we can flex our human right to abstain from cooperating with extractive-based economies that focus solely on the profit of today or the next quarter, with no consciousness or care for impact on tomorrow or the next century.
One of my commitments (I've made 3 core ones to proactively engage) is to replace and remove products in my current diet that are known to contribute to
#deforestation.
There are a lot of of surprising foods and consumer products that contribute to deforestation that you would never suspect.
One you may have heard of is
#palmoil -which is the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet and is likely a key ingredient in nearly half of all packaged products sold in your supermarkets-including laundry detergent!
Time to take a look in the cabinets and see what surprising products contain palm oil that I may never have suspected..."
I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing how the challenges go for everyone, please feel free to post updates as you take action and learn and share!