Protecting the rainforest: 10 practical everyday tips to save the tropical forest
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We have collected the ten best tips for protecting the rainforest in everyday life. They are easy to implement and save valuable resources. If you take some of them to heart, you will help protect the earth's green lungs.
Protect the rainforest with a healthy diet
It may sound unusual, but your eating habits help prevent the tropical rainforest from being destroyed. Pay careful attention to what ends up on your plate.
- Eat less meat. Large areas are cleared in the rainforest so that huge herds of cattle can graze there. The feed for our domestic animals also damages the rainforest, because it comes from soy fields, for example, for which trees are cut down.
- Drink tap water. Avoid water bottles. The bottles have to be manufactured and transported. This generates a lot of CO2, which pollutes the atmosphere and the rainforest.
- Do not buy finished products. It's practical, but it damages the rainforest. There is a lot of palm oil in cooked food. And in order to grow the palm trees in large plantations, rainforest is being cut down.
- Say no to disposable products. Buy fewer or no aluminum cans, tetra packs, or plastic bags. This saves resources in production, there is less waste and less raw materials are mined in the rainforest.
- Pick up local fruit. We also have enough fruit to choose from, so it doesn't always have to be oranges or bananas. Unfortunately, a lot of rainforest is destroyed for orchards.
Household tips for protecting the rainforest
They cannot only help protect the rainforest with what they eat. Even small changes in everyday life make the difference.
- Avoid plastic. For example, use cloth bags instead of plastic bags. Or buy open rather than packaged food. The rainforest thanks you.
- Save paper. Wood is needed to make it. This often comes from the rainforest, where large areas are cleared for it. Always print paper on both sides and pass on, for example, read books and magazines.
- Do not buy tropical wood furniture. Regardless of how beautiful it is, the furniture unfortunately helps to make the green lung of the earth slowly disappear. For example, there are also beautiful pine garden furniture.
- Recycled toilet paper saves wood. Unfortunately, toilet paper cannot be recycled like other types of paper. Therefore, use toilet paper that is made from recycled material. This is how you protect trees from being felled.
- Be a role model for other people. Live our tips for protecting the rainforest and pass them on. The more people become aware that they can do something, the more effective their contribution will be.
In our next practical tip you will read how you can contribute to environmental protection with sustainable gifts.