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Because, champions, there’s no Planet B…
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Watch the whole series condensed into ONE.
See the 10 little things we can do for big impact.
TO DO LIST:
Download the ‘tick off ten’ stick it to your fridge.
Tick them off as you go.
Watch the series. Join the movement. Do the stuff!
Because… champions… there’s no place like home and there’s no Planet B.
Self educate to Heal Country
Land of the Kulin Nations.
Neville wants us to Heal Country.
How?
Seek out Indigenous wisdom + knowledge.
Connect to country.
Look for nature in your everyday.
Get googling – Find out who are the traditional owners of the Land you live on.
We can go further, find their local co-op and connect with them.
Or get to Museums and cultural centres to learn about Indigenous culture, history and wisdom.
Watch the series. Join the movement. Do the stuff!
Because… champions… there’s no place like home and there’s no Planet B.
Buy less. Buy Long Lasting. Buy reusable + refillable. Avoid packaging.
Taking tonnes of energy to source, create, transport, store and discard, our ‘stuff’ (from food, to clothes to coffee cups) contributes to climate change (+ pollutes our air + waters).
We visit proud Torres Straight Island woman and zero-waste hero Tish King at Merri Creek, Brunswick Victoria, Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country.
We cant recycle our way out of this mess.
We can stop creating waste in the first place.
TO DO LIST:
1/ Everywhere possible, avoid packaging.
– Purchase durable, reusable products.
– Avoid disposables, takeaway and single use packaging.
– Swap plastic for a bamboo or wooden toothbrush.
– Take containers to your local bulk foods store.
– Go where you can get loose un-packaged groceries (markets).
2/ Try a TRASH AUDIT + Choose Better:
– Look at your bin at the end of the week.
– What do you throw out?
– What are the package-free or better packaged alternatives?
ecostore plastic bottles contain a mix of Sugar Plastic – (a renewable, recyclable plastic that captures CO2 as it grows) and locally sourced recycled plastic (from New Zealand milk bottles).
ecostore packaging uses less energy and resources and reduces the amount of plastic in our environment.
Because recycling is good, but refilling is better, ecostore has over 80 refill locations around NZ and recently launched their first in-supermarket refill station in Australia.
More coming to a store near you.
3/ #Rent, #share, #choosesecondhandfirst #gocircular
Shop at Vinnies Vic (not just during Buy Nothing New Month!) Buying second hand or donating to Vinnies Vic, you’re helping build our new, ‘circular economy’ where nothing is wasted + all stuff gets a second-life.
Check your council website on how to ‘recycle right’ in your area.
Watch the series. Join the movement. Do the stuff!
Because… champions… there’s no place like home and there’s no Planet B.
CUT OUT CARBON
Leave fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas) in the ground.
We visit Anika on her family farm in Broken Hill NSW Wilyakali Country.
To help farmers who grow the food we eat, Anika wants us to Switch to a carbon neutral telco Switch super.
Call our banks (ask if they’re investing in fossil fuels).
Choose carbon neutral suppliers (like Sendle).
TO DO LIST:
1/ Choose banks + super funds that don’t invest in fossil fuels (including gas).
It’s one of the biggest ways we can reduce our carbon footprint.
Many banks have committed to getting out of coal, but what’s your bank’s stance on GAS?
Take the Bank Rank.
Call your bank and ask if they invest your money in gas (a fossil fuel Anika wants left in the ground).
2/ Switch to a carbon neutral telco.
3/ Choose carbon neutral suppliers.
Shopping online?
Choose Sendle parcel delivery.
Sendle offsets the carbon emissions caused by parcel delivery and invests in positive environmental initiatives.
NB: Humanity’s ultimate goal isn’t offsetting carbon emissions. It’s continuously reducing our carbon.
It’s gonna take us all, ya’ll.
Watch the series. Join the movement. Do the stuff!
Because… champions… there’s no place like home and there’s no Planet B.
EDUCATE GIRLS
If you do ONE THING, make THIS IT!
Supporting girls’ education through non-profit organisations like Plan International: the charity for girls’ equality, is one of the simplest, most overlooked paths to mitigating the climate crisis.
All over the world, girls are leading sustainable farming revolutions.
They’re leading growth in green industries.
They’re leading activism and political change.
From changing their families’ actions to demanding progress on the global stage, girls are at the forefront of the climate revolution.
Girls have the power to transform economies, societies and the planet. But they need education to do it.
By investing in girls’ education, we can unlock girls’ creativity, power, resilience and leadership.
Today’s girls are tomorrow’s leaders, scientists, campaigners and politicians. Educated girls will change the world!
Support Plan International today: plan.org.au
Watch the series. Join the movement. Do the stuff!
Because… champions… there’s no place like home and there’s no Planet B.
CHOOSE RENEWABLE ENERGY
Slatts drove his 100% electric Nissan LEAF through pristine Tassie to visit James and Georgia in their all-electric (no gas) home in Hobart TASMANIA on Nipaluna Country.
Tassie is 100% powered by renewable energy. Go Tassie!
An all-electric home uses electricity (no gas) for heating, cooling + cooking.
TO DO LIST:
We cant all go all-electric with our cars and or homes.
We can switch to an energy company supporting renewables.
The New Joneses are with Momentum Energy (100% owned by Hydro Tasmania, Australia’s largest renewable energy generator).
Whichever power company you pick, the energy you get is identical.
Choose one that champions renewables + help support our clean energy future.
Switch today.
Call: 1800-627-228
momentum.com.au/tnj
Throughout our journey, Slatts’ 100% electric Nissan LEAF contributed zero tailpipe emissions to our air. Our drive was smart, safe, comfy + fun.
We plotted and charged our 100% electric Nissan LEAF using JET Charge infrastructure and associated apps. So. Much. Fun.
At James + Georgia’s, their JET Charge home-charger powered us up again, a bit like charging your mobile phone.
Watch the series. Join the movement. Do the stuff!
Because… champions… there’s no place like home and there’s no Planet B.
PLANT A TREE
Support regenerative farmers
We visit Sam, a REGENERATIVE FARMER in Glen Alvie South Gippsland Farm, VIC On Bunurong and Gunaikurnai Country
Regenerative Farmers are reducing climate change by improving soil health.
Healthier soils draw more carbon out of the atmosphere.
Regenerative farmers are improving our soils by;
1/ Planting trees
2/ Grazing some cattle
3/ Eliminating fertilizers and chemicals.
TO DO LIST:
We can’t all plant 30,000 trees like Farmer Sam.
We can ALL plant ONE.
In your garden.
On your window sill.
At grandma’s.
At school.
At the office.
Wherever possible.
Plant a Tree.
Watch the series. Join the movement. Do the stuff!
Because… champions… there’s no place like home and there’s no Planet B.
Alice says EAT MORE VEG
We visit Alice in her kitchen on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Bunurong Country.
She reckons plants are good for us, our planet + come in their own packaging!
Filling our plates with local seasonal fruits and vegetables reduces the resources taken to grow, transport + store our foods.
Slatts asks Alice, “why on EARTH would i make my own delicious well priced, healthy salad in a jar and take it to work, when i can buy expensive processed takeaway wrapped in packaging headed for landfill??”
Alice makes Slatts a ‘Jalad’ (Jar Salad) a delicious plant-first lunch to take to work.
TO DO LIST:
Watch the series. Join the movement. Do the stuff!
Because… champions… there’s no place like home and there’s no Planet B.
Grow some food.
Plan ahead (to avoid packaging).
Prepare (cook from scratch).
We visit Joost at his Future Food System, FedSquare, Melbourne on the lands of the Kulin Nations.
In Joost’s future, our homes provide shelter, produce food and their own energy.
Joost wants us to grow food where we live.
He says there are a billion houses in the world – imagine if all of these had some soil on the roof and grew some stuff.
Joost wants us to turn our backyards, garden walls, (even bedrooms!) and rooftops into mini-farms.
But for now, he wants us to just grow something we can eat.
TO DO LIST:
Watch the series. Join the movement. Do the stuff!
Because… champions… there’s no place like home and there’s no Planet B.
