Activity 5.1 – Eight Things to do to Save the Planet
Restoration 1. Create a forest in your backyard! (Sharma) 2. Restore your soil with local biomass and microorganisms. (Sharma) Economic 3. Start your own garden and grow food wherever you can! (Doiron) Personal Consumption 4. Stop using single use plastics. (Fee) 5. Refill water bottles. (Fee) 6. Use metal straws. (Fee) 7. Use shampoo bars instead of buying shampoo bottles. (Fee) Perception 8. Stop flushing trash down toilets. (Fee) Reference: Doiron, R. (2011). My subversive (garden) plot [video]. TEDxDirigo. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/roger_doiron_my_subversive_garden_plot Fee, N. (2017). Why plastic pollution is personal [video]. TEDxBristol. Retrieved from Why Plastic Pollution is Personal | Natalie Fee | TEDxBristol Sharma, S. (2016). How to grow a forest in your backyard [video]. TED@BCG. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/shubhendu_sharma_how_to_grow_a_forest
