What can businesses and communities do to help the environment?

Steps for Businesses

- Interconenctivity - Volatility is tied to economy
- Social Fabric results in sustainability
- Public and private sectors as a Team
- Invest assets resulting in sustainable solutions cardboard
- Biodegradable, socail commitment by all medium organizations
- Prioritize Green economy and socail commitment
- Financial organzations aligning with ethical financial practices, as Offer more extensive, enticing services to customers for services and products in place of buying new
- Take advantage of natural lighting, windows, geographic features to serve a function within the factory
- Give special consideration to resource extraction processes and procurement, suppliers
- Do business with sustainable producers and other local suppliers
- Engage in more sustainable production processes and shipping methods
- Give waste byproducts a second life as a new product or resource input by increasing major investments in renewables
- Conduct research to determine how to reuse inputs that otherwise might go to a landfill
- Find ways to use heat, gas generated by manufacturing processes/convert it to energy
- Develop, invest in more energy efficient, time efficient machinery
- Take advantage of green technology grants to perform sustainable development R&D
Steps for Communities

- Turn off lights when you leave the room
- Don’t forget to recycle!
- Repurpose old towels and t-shirts and cut them into small cleaning cloths
- Reuse scrap paper; print on two sides
- Instead of using disposable bags opt for reusable bags
- Buy an inexpensive reusable water bottle, instead of using plastic disposable bottles
- Pay your bills online instead of via mail to save paper
- Avoid fast fashion as much as you can
- Use public transportation
- Read books like Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Food Rules, and The Backyard Homestead and be inspired
- Plant a simple backyard garden. It’s good to remember where our food originates, and it doesn’t have to be huge or complicated
- Drive the speed limit, and combine as many errands as you can in one trip
- Support your local economy and shop at your farmer’s market


Shifting our lifestyle and consumer choices is one way we can help address particular problems; getting politically active with our voices and votes can also help push for more systemic, widespread change. And one of the most effective ways to help realize a more sustainable future is to also support environmental nonprofits.
