One easy thing to do or to abstain from for a better environment

[Loppan Torkel]

Nothing new, but something to remember when ordering sushi or shellfish in general -
tiger prawns are easily avoidable and should be avoided.


Link to video.


Do you know other things that morally should be avoided and easily could?

 

[bombshoo]

I tend to try to avoid most of the unsustainable fish and shellfish, whether that be because of overfishing or environmentally destructive and unhealthy farming practices. I would like to be like this with more things besides seafood, but for some reason it's a lot easier to keep tabs on fish than other food products.

Probably the easiest things to do that most people don't are simply conserving electricity and water. I'm pretty guilty of wasting these, though I'm trying to be better lately.

 

[peter grimes]

Only eat meat that's locally grown and slaughtered.

Very rarely eat meat at a restaurant.

 

[Murky]

Don't eat Fast Food from McDonalds.

 

[El_Machinae]

Notice which lights at work are controlled by which switches, and then notice which ones don't need to be on.

There're 2 light-switches at my work that would be left on 24/7, but I turn them off even during regular work hours (they're not necessary). I save nearly $200/year in electricity just by turning them off

 

[Maniacal]

Don't eat Fast Food from McDonalds.

Done and done, I don't like getting diarrhea anyway.

I try not to drive unless it is longer than a 20 or so minute walk to wherever I am going, saves gas and it isn't very good to only run your car for like 5 minutes.

 

[Quackers]

Gonna go for instead of dumping your old furniture in the forest, just unload it at the dump. Seriously.

 

[Arwon]

Jeez. Do you people even still have a forest on that tiny island of yours? c

On topic: Palm Oil.

 

[amadeus]

Don't pay your taxes.

 

[Bestbank Tiger]

Don't eat Fast Food from McDonalds.

That is a VERY easy sacrifice to make

 

[Shaihulud]

Yup! Tiger prawns are asian and destroys the enviroment. That video is very bad with the way it makes assumptions.

 

[aelf]

What point did the video make that can't be made about all of industrial farming?

 

[Aleksey_aka_al]

Do you know other things that morally should be avoided and easily could?

Cars.

 

[Leonel]

I'm sorry, but when I hear someone with an English accent espousing the virtues of environmentalism, I just turn off. Have it in a Russian or a redneck accent, I'll listen and pay attention, but it's just that one accent that turns my head off. I think it's a product of my English Schools Foundation upbringing.

 

[El_Machinae]

Spend 10 minutes learning how the local plastic-recycling system works. What they accept, and what the destination is of the various plastics. That way you can have more wisdom when buying things in packaging.

Oh, and let your backyard grow wild (don't select for specific plants), even though you'll still want to mow. The more plant diversity you can generate, the more biodiversity you can help protect. The more biodiversity in your backyard, the more likely some essential native species is getting a bit of refuge there.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I turn the thermostat down to 65 or lower and wear a sweater.

 

[TheLastOne36]

I've stopped eating all Fish other than those grown in Aquaculture. As bombshoo said, it strangely isn't that difficult to stop eating Fish...

Another thing you can do is stop drinking bottled water.

Bottled Water is 100% the same thing as tap water(it even says so on the bottle...), if anything, it's worse, because Bottled Water companies don't have as much restrictions in their product as the government does with their tap water. So basically you are paying a dollar fifty for an environmentally hazardous plastic bottle filled with tap water.

The whole idea that tap water is dirtier than Bottled Water is an extravagantly successful marketing campaign and 100% false...

 

[Murky]

^^ That depends on your tap water source. I have to filter my tap water to able to stand the taste.

 

[El_Machinae]

Don't put cream in your coffee. There's a lot of calories/energy spent getting cream into your coffee, and dollars-to-donuts we don't need the extra food calories either. A similar concept is to just not drink soda pop.

In fact, losing weight (or not gaining weight) is a huge contribution. Increasing obesity has caused our fuel efficiency to be ~2.5 mpg than it could have been, because we're not only heavier but we need bigger cars.

 

[Murky]

Don't pay your taxes.

I guess an 8x10 jail cell would have a rather low carbon footprint.