Sustainable Living - Little Changes That Have a Great Impact On Our Environment

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Thinking about protecting the environment, saving money, and sustainable living? Karen Acosta shares ideas to get you, communities, and businesses started:

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01:08 Meet Our Guest

01:21 The Class Project That Changed Everything

01:48 Sustainability meaning-- in Simple Terms

03:10 What Sustainable Living Looks Like – Easy Way to Start

04:44 Impact on Our Environment

05:52 Shifting the Mindset: Education - Food waste, food storage, home composting or composting sites.

07:44 Simple Changes To Do Now

10:49 EWG.org – Environmental Working Group – Among other things, it categorizes what type of chemicals are used in products and how harmful they are for us and the environment - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewg_info/

13:18 Community Gardens

15:15 Sustainability: Good for Businesses

16:55 Community Impact: Involve the Younger Generation

18:07 Footprint Calculator: Helps you calculate how much resources you are using, and presents a plan of action

20:28 Simple Changes for Businesses

22:26 Social Media Outreach

23:33 Let’s do it! Future generations depend on it.

EWG.org - Resources:

• Food & Water
• Farming & Agriculture
• Personal Care Products
• Household & Consumer Products
• Energy
• Family Health
• Toxic Chemicals

Karen Acosta, MS Global Sustainability http://linkedin.com/in/karenacosta

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