Senior Grace Ann Reynolds King recently completed a Student-Directed Project where she dug deep into a passion of hers: sustainability. She launched a website to document her research and help educate others on what it means to be sustainable. In the post below, Grave highlights five reasons everyone should be sustainable.
Being sustainable means living in a way that does not negatively impact the environment and natural resources around you. Why should you care about being sustainable? Here are five reasons:
1. YOU’LL SAVE MONEY
Whether this is on gas or electricity bills, switching to eco-friendly energy sources will save you money! You should even consider investing in community solar panels to benefit everyone around you and limit the cost even more.
2. YOU’LL CONTRIBUTE TO SAVING COASTAL CITIES
Did you know, it’s estimated that by 2050, a substantial number of coastal cities will be underwater? Because of this, 10% of the land is expected to be inhabitable by 2060.
3. YOU’LL BE ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS
You could reduce the number of polluting businesses by doing some simple research and supporting businesses that work towards saving the environment.
4. YOU’LL EAT HEALTHIER
The meat industry alone emits over 14% of greenhouse gases annually, and that doesn’t include dairy products. By changing your eating habits to limit (or omit) animal products, you’d be a contributing factor to the reduction of GHG emissions, and your cardiovascular system will thank you.
5. YOU’LL HELP SAVE THE PLANET
It doesn’t take much, to do your part in saving planet earth.