{"id":2571,"date":"2022-04-21T20:01:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T20:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aptdeco.com\/blog\/?p=2571"},"modified":"2022-04-21T20:01:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T20:01:29","slug":"9-ways-to-help-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptdeco.com\/blog\/9-ways-to-help-the-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Ways to Help the Environment on Earth Day (& Every Day!)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Every year, Earth Day seems to sneak up on us. Unless you\u2019re plan\u00adning ahead, it\u2019s (sad\u00adly) eas\u00adi\u00adly for\u00adgot\u00adten until the day or week of, mak\u00ading it too late to join a big beach cleanup or feel like you\u2019re doing some\u00adthing worth\u00adwhile in hon\u00ador of the hol\u00adi\u00adday. Fear not! There are plen\u00adty of sim\u00adple, yet impact\u00adful ways to help out Moth\u00ader Earth, even if you\u2019re a lit\u00adtle late to the game. Plus, these easy ideas on how to help the envi\u00adron\u00adment are not reserved just for Earth Day; you can make a dif\u00adfer\u00adence any time and feel good doing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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1. Volunteer at your local community garden or farmer\u2019s market<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty gar\u00addens have been shown to make a huge\u00adly pos\u00adi\u00adtive impact<\/a> on the health of com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adties and the envi\u00adron\u00adment. On top of increas\u00ading bio\u00addi\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, improv\u00ading air and soil qual\u00adi\u00adty, and pro\u00advid\u00ading access to fresh foods, they\u2019re also pos\u00adi\u00adtive\u00adly cor\u00adre\u00adlat\u00aded with decreased neigh\u00adbor\u00adhood crime rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get\u00adting involved is easy, as these gar\u00addens can often use some extra hands. Many cities have gov\u00adern\u00adment spon\u00adsored com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty gar\u00adden\u00ading and farmer\u2019s mar\u00adket pro\u00adgrams. A quick Google search should do the trick. Even if you can\u2019t get start\u00aded ASAP, the act of sign\u00ading up is a pos\u00adi\u00adtive step in the right direc\u00adtion. Below are pro\u00adgrams for major cities in our deliv\u00adery zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NYC\u2019s Grow Program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philly\u2019s Hor\u00adti\u00adcul\u00adtur\u00adal Society<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Fran\u00adcis\u00adco\u2019s Recre\u00adation and Parks department<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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2. Pick up trash around your neighborhood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s quite lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly as easy as walk\u00ading out\u00adside and pick\u00ading up trash. Grab a trash bag or a large reusable bag, gloves, and a pick-up stick if you want to get fan\u00adcy. Bring your head\u00adphones and throw on your favorite music or pod\u00adcast and you have your\u00adself an after\u00adnoon. We promise it won\u2019t look weird and you won\u2019t be judged. In fact, peo\u00adple might even get the idea to do their own cleanup. Bonus points if you grab friends or fam\u00adi\u00adly to join in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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3. Get educated<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You don\u2019t have to phys\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly do any\u00adthing to con\u00adtribute to a bet\u00adter envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal future if that\u2019s not your thing. Edu\u00adcat\u00ading your\u00adself and oth\u00aders is half the bat\u00adtle! The more aware\u00adness there is, the more change can be made. Just look at how Earth Day start\u00aded.<\/a> Once you edu\u00adcate your\u00adself make sure to spread the word! Word of mouth goes far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ways to get started<\/h3>\n\n\n\n