Posts tagged Water usage
Flowers
Flowers

Many mothers will receive a beautiful bouquet of flowers this coming Sunday. But have you ever considered the journey and the footprint of the flowers you buy for her? Over 80% of the flowers sold at grocery stores, florist shops and online are grown thousands of miles away, mostly in Colombia, Ecuador, Thailand, Africa or Israel. So there is a lot of environmental impact on transport from farm to port and then the fuel consumed via refrigerated trucking of flowers from port to florist. 

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My Green Goodie InfoArlette DiederiksFlowers, Mother´s day, Carbon footprint, CO2 emissions, flowerpetal, Roses, Ethical flowers, Fairtrade, Packaging, Agrochemicals, Aldicarb, Mathyl parathion, Water usage, Kenya, Florverde, Colombia, Minimum wage, poor conditions, Locally grown flowers, Herb garden, Organic flowersComment
Meat
Meat

That steak on our plate for dinner has a much bigger impact on our planet than most of us realize. The environmental impact of livestock farming, in particular raising cows, is huge. It contributes to land and water degradation, species extinction, acid rain, ocean dead zones, coral reef degeneration and deforestation. 

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My Green Goodie InfoArlette DiederiksMeat, Livestock, Steak, Livestock farming, Cattle, Land degradation, Water degradation, Deforestation, Species extinction, Ocean Dead Zones, Water usage, Pollution, Global Greenhouse Gasses, Global Greenhouse Gases, Methane, Nitrous Oxide, CO2, Manure, Land use, Antibiotics, Diseases, Heart disease, Meatless Monday, Vegan, Flexitarian, Vegetarian, CowspiracyComment