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Let’s make sustainable living a resolution for the new decade
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By: Sanjana Suryawanshi
limate change, commonly known as global warming has been debated in the political, scientific and business community since the late 1990s with scientist heralding the end of world due pollution and over use of natural resources. However, global warming or “Global Climate Change Movement” as we now call it has been thrust at the forefront of the public sphere since mid 2019 with well-known activists such as Greta accelerating the conversations across the globe. Australia has staged its own impressive climate change protests across its major cities. Sydney saw its iconic Hyde Park filled to the brim with protestors, both old and young asking our national leaders to make a conscious effort to address the climate crisis that we now face. With the terrible bush fires that welcomed the new decade in Australia followed by wild storms, hails and flooding within the first two months of the New Year, the reality of climate change has been cemented not only in this country but across the globe. While this has put pressure on our political leaders to step up and take action, it has left many a young person feeling helpless as there seems to be no way forward. It seems as if manufactures continue to produce at an ever increasing speed, we as a society continue to consume those said goods just as quickly while our farmers, youth and the
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planet suffers. With the lack of initiative from the government and multinational corporations from around the world, it does make one wonder if there is a sustainable future or if we are all just heading down a path towards destruction. So to challenge the feeling of helplessness, I along with a few friends decided to see if we can reduce our carbon footprint and the pollution we create as a human being. Since I spent a majority of time at work, I rallied together a few
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work friends, all from the ages of 25-35 (because really it is our future and we were the only people concerned) to do a sustainability month together. Our aim was simple – try and opt for sustainable choices in our day to day lives. However, the question was how would we measure success? So we decided to capture the daily rubbish we created as individuals. Here’s a shot of the daily rubbish I created that was non-recyclable or non-compostable. This was a snap shot of my 8 hour work day.
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