Hello friends! It's time for another contest.

It's May, and a lot of people have moved on from Earth Month activities, but I believe it is important to take care of our environment every day. So, I'm having an Earth Day Every Day contest! :)

Hamish enjoying the outdoors

The Challenge:

Do something to help the environment, and write a post about it (ideas below).

The Prize:

One winner will get 1500 Ecency points, and 5 HSBI. :)

Put a link to your post in the comments here before this post pays out. :)

Come on, you know you want to enter the contest and help Mother Earth!

Ideas!

-Do a #cleanplanet litter-picking walk

-Join me at the site Plastic Bank, where they pay people a decent wage and health benefits in impoverished communities to collect plastic for recycling. It helps both socially and environmentally! You can join for free and there will be a contribution in your name equivalent to 50 plastic bottles being picked up/$1.50 USD. You can also contribute money if you want, but you don't have to.

-Plant a tree or other native plants in your area!

-Plant a tree with the org One Tree Planted where $1 = one tree

-Guerilla garden in a neglected public area

-Try the app Commons, where by doing certain actions and/or making eco-friendly purchases (you don't have to do that part, it requires connecting a spending card, you can just earn points doing other actions without it if that makes you uncomfortable), you earn points that you can either put toward rewards or carbon offsets. I've been offsetting my electric bill emissions with the app just with the points I've earned, though you can buy offsets, too. I've looked into the offset programs they have and even seen a docu talking about one of the programs they contribute to with the offsets, so they look legit to me (unlike some other carbon offset programs that are giving credits for things that already happen, you have to investigate them to make sure they're good or not). You can also research different companies/brands to see how they fare environmentally-wise.

-Start composting at home, or organize composting and/or recycling at your workplace or school

-Join me on Treecard app (referral: wren-fsq) and we'll both earn a free tree and 50 stars (that's halfway to a donation to beach cleanup projects, there are other things you can spend the stars on too). Treecard is an app where your steps plant trees (I use Google fit on my phone to count my steps). You can also connect a card for more points on eco-purchases like with Commons, but you don't have to. The beach cleanup projects that your points can go to are with Plastic Bank, which is how I learned about them. If you're already stepping with #actifit, you may as well plant trees, too!

-Replace something in your home with a greener alternative. For instance, if you are prone to buying plastic water bottles, switch to a permanent reuseable bottle and a water filter if you need one. If you create a lot of trash, do a trash audit (see what your main trash items are), and find a greener alternative to the items that take up a lot of your trash.

-You can help rewilding projects all around the world with Mossy Earth (check them out on YouTube, they're awesome). Monthly contributions start at $6.75/mo USD (referral: https://mossy.earth/?referral=PHOWOQMER). I don't get anything for referring except it just shows me on my dashboard that I referred someone if I do.

-Do something to reduce the microplastics in your laundry, for instance last month I bought a Cora Ball, or there is a thing called a Guppy Friend bag, or filters you can attach to the washing machine if you own one (the Cora Ball and Guppy Friend you can just throw in the machine with your clothes, so if you rent or use a laundromat, those are for you). These are more of an investment, but I think worth it if you can swing it.

-Upcycle something and prevent trash and waste!

Hamish will judge the winner (check out my past contests where Yuan, Maggie, and even Athena the betta have judged contests), so whatever you choose, write a post about it this week and enter! :)

Thanks for reading and have a wonderful week!