quarta-feira, 28 de junho de 2017

How can I be sustainable in my daily life?

Did you know that it is with the simple gestures that each one makes, is a great start to make our planet more sustainable?

In case, you are thinking of becoming a sustainable person, know, that you will need to follow our tips. But relax. They are very simple, and sure, that, you, have an opportunity to follow them and realize it every day. Look how nice it is ?!


First tip: save some water!
For those who do not know, save water and something very important. So shut down like taps when they are not being used, turn off the shower to lather the body, repair plumbing with problems to prevent dripping and leaking, reuse water from laundry to wash the yard, collect rainwater to see how Plants and, if you're the people who sing and think about life down, let's go for the moment, okay? During the bath, pay attention to what you are doing, do it as fast as possible!


Second Tip: Respect the Earth and do not pollute!
Give preference to organic products, which are healthy and do not attack the soil with pesticides. Consume less transgenic foods. Genetically modified foods from evil to the environment and to our health. Examples of transgenic foods are ready-made pasta, snack foods, and other corn foods (cornmeal, oil, polenta.)

Avoid plastic bags and the use of chemicals in house cleaning; Choose biodegradable cleaning products, which decompose in nature.


Third Tip: Do not contribute to an extinction of wild fauna and flora!
Do not buy wild, this is an illegal trade and contributions to the extinction of many species!
Try to stop consuming food or buy products derived from endangered species and plant trees.


Fourth Tip: Save energy!
Saving energy is good for you ... Good for nature!

And, that's why you're erasing like room lights that are not being used and using fluorescent or LED's.
Unplug the appliances after use and there is television and radio connected if someone is using it!
Enjoy the sunlight and open like doors and windows; It's more enjoyable and good for your health!


Fifth Tip: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle!
Reduce the consumption of packaged products and choose products with returnable packaging, not forgetting the use of tissue bags.
Go at least once a week to the market and buy what you need. That is, for this, you need to list as things that are really necessary!

Separate your garbage for selective collection and try to transform, with your imagination, old things into new ones!


Sixth Tip: Use Sustainable Transportation!
When possible, leave the car in the garage and take a walk, in addition to avoiding a emission of polluting gases, it is good for health.
Prefer cars that use ethanol or electric power, if possible, use collective transportation, and a car less polluting the air we breathe!
Riding friends or hitchhiking can be fun and sustainable, you know?
Cycling, too, spends calories and saves nature!


Seventh Tip: Use rechargeable batteries!
As rechargeable batteries they save your money and reduce the production of waste.


Eighth Tip: Never, never, under any circumstances, throw garbage on the street

Ninth Tip: Think a thousand times before buying something
Stop buying things on impulse, even if they are on a "super promotion". When you see an "opportunity," take a deep breath, take a walk, and reflect whether you really need it, or if it's more of an unused, unused object in your home, and then likely junk.


Tenth Tip: Protect our environment!

We are responsible for where we live and we must work and care to keep it healthy. Denounce practices that attack the environment!

quarta-feira, 7 de junho de 2017

Who are we? What are we doing here?

Hello, visitors! 

You must be asking what we are doing here, isn't? Wait a second. We will explain everything... 

First of all, we want you to know that we are students from Notre Dame and this year we will have a project who will develop about natural actions. I'm Heloísa Marvulle and together with my group I will clarify your mind about this subject!    

Sustainability is a characteristic or condition of a process or a system that's permits your stay, in a certain level, for a certain period. Lately this concept has confusing a lot the heads of peoples, because it became a principle, According to which the use of natural resources to meet present needs can not harm the satisfaction of the needs of future generations, and which needed the long-term sustainability link, an indefinite "long-term". So here, we are with the main goal of getting you to understand the real meaning of sustainability.

Sustainability is more complex than we think ... It involves a social issue, an energy issue and an environmental issue.

The principle of sustainability applies to a single enterprise, a small community and even the entire planet. In order for a human enterprise to be considered sustainable, it must be:


  • Ecologically correct
  • Economically viable
  • Socially fair
  • Culturally diverse

Sustainability... Make your part!

Remember, fashion is to recycle and, all of that, is a Socio-Environmental responsibility! We need to take care and improve the planet we live in! Are you willing to make the change?




Conclusion

Now, we are finishing our last post, and with this Blog, we realized the diverse points of sustainability, that many times are not present...