Northwestern University Earth Month 2020

Thank you to Sustain NU for putting together this challenge!

THRRRRIFTING is the best and makes me so incredibly happy. I love all the weird clothes in thrift and consignment stores--it's really how I express myself. I don't like to follow the crowd, so I really don't shop at department stores or malls. I also like to wear hand-me-downs because I have some awesome older friends that give me clothes:))

I can taste food more! I can enjoy the smell and look of it, as well as the knowledge of where it came from, how it came to be on my plate. It's really an amazing, joyous experience that I get to have every single day. I am so grateful to the universe for giving me good food!

I've started biking for exercise, and it's really amazing. I live in a beautiful place where I can ride out country roads and see all the marvelous hills and farmland and cows. Sometimes I ride with friends, which is a great way to connect with them and with nature and with my body all at once. 

There's so many wonderful things to perceive! All my senses come alive--not only sight, but smell, and hearing, and even feeling fun plants or the wind. 

The California wildfires were and are a huge factor in the health of my community. The first major time they hit in 2017, my school was cancelled for a week due to the poor air quality, and many of my friends were evacuated. The sun was red and I couldn't breathe. As someone with asthma, these fires, worsened by climate change, affect me and my...

Turn off lights, take shorter showers, drive electric vehicles, fly less, eat less meat, etc.  ~and~ Restore our sense of awe & humility Widening our paradigm from individual to encompass all life Remembering our meaning as stewards of the Earth

Heating, rooftop solar panels, smaller solar panels to power devices, and enjoying the sun as it makes us happier, which in turn aids sustainability!

Richer countries colonize land. They pay for forests to be deforested to expand farmland for agricultural production to feed the capitalistic system and our greedy carnivorous society. Not only is most meat production unjust for animals, but it is also a huge contributor to greenhouse gas emissions because of land burned and logged for the...

Energy is a gift--it's such a miracle. To think we've come so far as to create electricity and stuff that powers cars and planes and boats and trains! It's incredible. Now, we have to be humble about it. Our current energy is not clean--not sustainable. Therefore, in order to sustain the Earth so that humans and millions of other species...