Episode 31 of Toasted Earth featuring Dimitry Gershenson, Co-Founder and CEO of @enduring_planet, is now available! Enduring Planet provides hassle-free growth capital to climate entrepreneurs. Tune in at https://t.co/ZyZ1TCbqP6 or your favorite podcast app! #climatefinance
My grandma and great grandma lived in the Philippines during Japanese WWII occupation. During that time my great grandma risked her life traveling in and out of Manila to bring back food. Sometimes they ate bark off trees. Afterwards, my grandma never wasted food. ⬇️
11% of total food available to consumers gets discarded at home.
Cutting that number is simple.
Eat leftovers. Plan meals to use what you have. Freeze what you won’t eat right away. ⬇️
In 2017 a solar salesperson knocked on my door.
As a fan of green energy I heard them out, went over the details with my husband and decided that, yes, we should have solar panels put on our roof, because… ⬇️
Why am I telling this story?
As a global society, we need to be investing in technologies today that will benefit the climate over the next decade and beyond. Long term decisions are scary, but the sooner we make them the sooner they’ll have an effect. ⬇️
For those who care about #ClimateChange, but think making changes in their individual life won’t make a difference, remember this…
Every action you take fuels more of that action. ⬇️
3⃣ Simple changes like switching off the lights, walking instead of driving, choosing the climate-friendly product or company, may not feel like a big difference but it all feeds into this cycle. ⬇️