Everyday Environmental Impacts of Your Daily Routine
Everyday Environmental Impacts of Your Daily Routine How are your everyday habits affecting the planet? Imagine that you’re just waking up for the day. It’s true that for everybody, the first thing you do for the day is to step out of your bed and get ready for your day. Have you ever thought about how each and every action after that first step generally requires products and processes that affect the environment? Of course, we all know that using a gasoline powered vehicle will cause emissions that harm the environment; but what about something as simple as your breakfast? How can that affect the environment both at home and around the world? Let’s look closer at the minutiae of everyday life, going beyond the water we use, the cars we drive and the power we consume. Morning Toothpaste We’ve come a long way from using charcoal and oyster shells with mint and salt to clean our teeth. While our ancient predecessors used these locally sourced products to clean their teeth and gum...