Hello guys! I don't remember if I mentioned it before but one of the main things I want to do this year aka my resolution for 2019 is to become more ''eco-friendly'' to our planet. Some things I already started to change in 2018. It's not of these things you planning to start since Monday, if you're aware of what happens in the world you want at least try not to do worst since today.
In this post I just wanted to hare with you some short information everyone should know and to give some tips how to take first steps to make this situation better.
More than 250 million tons of plastic are produced every year. Parley.tv site says to imagine how many it is you should imagine 1000 of Empire State Building side by side. In ocean are islands made of trash. Researches showed that ocean will be contained more of plastic than fish before 2050 year, and it's not far future, it's only 30 years since now, so it sounds terrible. Also new researches showed that many plastics actually give off powerful greenhouse gases as they break down, contributing to climate change.
''Over time, plastics give off more and more gas. Light (and to a lesser extent heat) are the primary catalysts for this gaseous release. This leads to an alarming feedback loop: as the climate changes, the planet gets hotter, the plastic gives off more methane, increasing the rate of climate change and the circle continues.''
By the way, yeah, if you eat fish, you eat plastic as well. Here is list of some health problems you can get from eating plastic: irritation in the eye, vision failure, breathing difficulties, respiratory problems, liver dysfunction, cancers, skin diseases, lungs problems, headache, dizziness, birth effect, reproductive, cardiovascular, genotoxic.
Around 1 million birds die every year.
Unfortunately, only 9% of plastic is recycled. Usually plastic finish his travel in Antarctica and that's why icebergs melts and many species of animals there die out.
So here, finally, some tips that actully can make you become better version of you :
A plastic ocean; Chasing coral; Before the Flood.