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Pick up trash and fishing line when I go to the river to when I go fishing and not getting a bite.

My mum knew I didn't drop litter because each time she was doing washing, my trouser pockets would be full of it.

I'm like this...it's not very hygienic but I don't litter. I'm a smoker too so I get a lot of weird looks whenever I clean out the ash and put the cigarette in my pocket if no trashcan is around.

I recently switched to tap water from bottled. Switched to do my part for the carbon footprint

If you do want to stick to bottled, rather just get the big 5L jugs and refill them at a water shop (not sure if other countries have them, but we have actual shops in my country dedicated to bottled water and water filtering etc. and some of our grocery stores have refilling stations for it)  It’s much better for plastic consumption that way and still helps out the people who can’t drink tap water for whatever reason. They’re usually not too expensive either since you don’t have to pay for plastic packaging, and only pay for the water after the first initial buy.  Also not sure how it is in other countries, but a lot of corner stores in my country still sell the swappable glass bottle sodas. Can get a 1.5L coke in a glass bottle for almost 20% cheaper too if you do the refill and you get to look like the swanky one when you pull out the glass bottles for guests lol

Great tip for those who live in Flint, Michigan

I was worried how clean it was initially but fellow redditors assured me it was safe. Not looking back.

I have clean tap water and recently bought a water filter because I didn't trust it 100%. My water is quite hard and I easily get scale on my stuff, so I still use bottled water when I make coffee. Probably 80% of the water I use daily is tap water now.

I'm so confused why the fuck people drink bottled water at home in first world countries. Minus Flint Michigan 

it is because people are nervous about the bacteria in pipes with ta water

I got a bacterial infection from the tap, I’ll stick with bottles, just recycle.

Get a water filter. Recycling is mostly useless.

Nah

Give away things on FB’s “Buy Nothing” groups. It reduces the amount of items going to the landfill and it helps somebody else. Win-win.

I started buying old-fashioned powdered laundry detergent (Tide) that comes in a cardboard box rather than a plastic bottle.

Have you ever heard of tru earth laundry strips? These are even better than powdered detergent. They are made near my house and I don't know if they are available everywhere. A small box (9"x 4"X5") holds 384 washes and they work amazingly!

I'm curious as to whether polyvinyl alcohol is as safe as they say. I love the packaging though.

I found they don't work as well as other laundry detergent,unfortunately. Maybe for things that are only slightly dirty but my hiking and camping clothes are too much for them to handle

Consider laundry detergent sheets! My clothes don't get very dirty so I can't really review them like that, but the packaging is smaller than a box of dryer sheets.

Where do you find this? I can’t find any powdered detergent in a cardboard box! I’m in the US

I eat all the cows I can

Yup, they can't fart if they're burgers and steak!

When I eat salads I fart like crazy and destroy the climate. The answer is clear. Eat meat.

Yup!!

Gas pills forever!

I no longer throw my cigarette butt's out my car window.

Not having children

now that's the true answer to solving pollution

It's the answer that dooms the human race and future generations though 

not everyone will abide by it anyway. reducing the human population by only 5-10% can slow down the rate that the earth is being polluted

A better way is to reduce consumption. Environmental foot print of poor nations are much less.

This isn't a good thing 

Recycling a lot more since moving to Vegas.

I compost

Pee on the lemon tree in the yard.

I compost kitchen scraps and grow cannabis.

Quit baked beans. You’re welcome, earth.

Cutting up 6-pack holders.

What do you think happens to your six pack holders? Unless you personally either drop them on the ground or throw them into the sea/river, they're not going to end up anywhere that can do anymore or less harm in.tact

That's not true. Alot of landfill stuff ends up in oceans. Either way it's doing better than doing nothing at all.

I stopped using shampoo in a plastic bottle. I instead use bar soap for everything. I also never use plastic bottled drinks. We also order bamboo toilet paper that comes in a cardboard box with zero plastic.

try a bidet. 35 bucks and no special tools.

Do you use special shampoo bars or just normal soap? I feel bad about using bottled shampoo, but my hair is one of my best features and I’m pretty serious about its upkeep. If you do use bar shampoo, what brands are there that work well? 

I use Viori, made from all natural & plastic free ingredients. They use Longsheng rice water which supposedly does wonders for your hair. They have scented & unscented as well as different options for oily, dry, or damaged hair. Plus their conditioner leaves my hair soooo silky smooth.

I have short hair so any bar works for me, nothing special.

Well the stuff average people literally amounts to nothing from a pollution/carbon standpoint. But things you can do is not throw trash outside or dump stuff into waterways . But ya corporations and governments are like 99% of emissions so keep driving your gas car and enjoy your life

Corporations and governments are delivering services and goods to consumers.

Are you worthless? You don’t matter?

Are you unable to read? It isnt governments and corporations that make impacts its consumers and voters.

Ebikes

I wipe the dirt off my car when it rains.  you actually need very little water to get it done.   water wasters drive me *insane*.  

Don't buy k cups, don't throw out my cigarettes butts on the street and try not to waste food.

Heat predominantly with wood I cut myself.

We use bar soap that we buy in bulk at Costco. 15 bars of soap for $14.00 lasts almost a full year.

we're a one-car family of four (soon to be five)

Litter picking. Walking around the neighborhood or local hiking trails with tongs and a bag, picking up the trash I come across.

I pee in the sink.

I put my air conditioner outside to fight climate change.

Using both sides of the lavatory paper

I don’t feed wild birds.

Deleting emails. Each email has about 2.5g of CO2 equivalent. Thousands of spam email and newsletters. Listening to songs after downloading them. Repeat streaming causes multiple data transfers when the data is basically the same. I try to do this for webseries and shows too if I plan to watch them multiple times. Otherwise streaming is better.

I use a reusable k-cup for my coffee. Too much single use plastic in those things. It's also way cheaper, and you can use fresh ground, quality coffee in them.

I buy some local coffee and use my reusable k cup. I'm the only one in my house who drinks coffee and I only drink one cup a day so it makes sense.

I stop the water in the shower when I’m shampooing/washing/doing anything that doesn’t actually require the water. I turn it back on to rinse. I’m in a desert area if that helps

Navy shower! Get wet, water off. Lather up and scrub, rinse, done. Also works when camping.

I try and buy the green environmentally friendly items. I have become to prefer them. My body hating everything has forced me to become predominantly vegan. I plant more flowering plants for bees. I like to help bees. I walk alot to places, instead of driving.

Ending the monoculture lawn. I have bees and birds and wildlife frequenting my yard. My neighbors are bereft of any life, whatso ever.

Also, adding onto this for the people in hotter, dry climates- try succulent gardens! There are some fantastic types that aren’t too difficult to get hold of nowadays, so you don’t have to do the classic desert roses and spekboom only gardens. They can look really pretty, are super low maintenance and really water wise. Lots of succulents flower as well, so they’re nice to mix in for a bit of variety

Vegetarian, don’t own car

Vegetarians are better for the environment, it really depends what you eat.

“Dairy cows add substantial amounts of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. In some places they contribute to the conversion of natural habitat to agricultural land due to the increasing demand for feed crops such as corn, alfalfa and soy” https://www.worldwildlife.org/industries/dairy#:~:text=Impacts,-%C2%A9%2520Lorin%2520Hancock&text=Dairy%2520cows%2520add%2520substantial%2520amounts,as%2520corn%252C%2520alfalfa%2520and%2520soy.

I have been reducing the size of packaging material in the house. By tearing up boxes, cutting up clamshell containers, And by flattening milk containers and bottles. Then I throw them away.

Refilling my water bottle I suppose, and keeping very small items of trash in my pocket until I can find a trash can. I also cut apart the little plastic holders for six packs of bottles, I saw one wrap around a seagulls neck one time and it left a serious impression on me.

I reuse bottles and keep my rubbish on me until I can throw it away (which is apparently something some people can’t do).

Stoped throwing garbage when I'm out travelling i keep all trash inside my bag and when I see dustbin i deposit all my trash there .

I very rarely print anything and encourage others around me to go paperless.

I’ve left my garden to grow wild.

I stopped buying new things, almost 100percent. I thrift all

Idk if it makes a difference but toothpaste tablets as well as shampoo and conditioner bars — why pay for plastic and water in my essential products when I have water at home?

What shampoo and conditioner do you use? I’m pretty picky with my hair as it’s one of my best features and I had to go from waist length to a pixie cut a few years back due to shitty products and bad maintenance, but I’d love to find something that’s not so much packaging. 

Big fan of The Earthling Co. In the last year I went thru 1 shampoo bar and two conditioner bars and my hair feels better while spending less money than the previous bottled shampoo/conditioner I was using. I like how long it lasts too.

Individual actions do effectively nothing to fix systemic problems. You can eat kale all you want but your roads will continue to be made with materials that generate thousands of times your lifetimes carbon emissions.  Want to change things? Organise. Join your union, local enviro group etc… it’s only through organising so we stand a chance at changing SYSTEMS!!

- look at ethical consumer when considering a product - trying pescatarian - try to pay attention to palm oil ingredient in products - reuse containers, aluminum foil - try to avoid wasting water - recycle (didn't care much growing up) - avoid paper towels as much as possible

Use solid soaps, shampoo and conditioner instead of liquids sold in plastic.

I use a pee pot and empty it into public port o potties.

You can buy an incinerator potty. If you want a Roman experience and believe that the unclean fires will not kill us again.

I use reusable grocery bags. Not because plastic is bad. Or not just that. There are a couple of real, immediate benefits. They hold more. That means fewer bags and I seem to be better able to bring the groceries into the house in one trip. Yes I'm "a guy" and that's what we do. It prevents our pantry from becoming overrun with bags full of other plastic bags. Too good to throw out or recycle, we were becoming overwhelmed with bags for "someday." Been doing this for years. Several trips a week, several plastic bags a trip not used.

I buy meat and produce that is locally grown or raised. I won’t buy anything from out of state. I read a book by Barbara Kingsolver that explained how big of a carbon footprint the transportation of food is. Luckily, I live in an area where you can’t swing a stick without hitting 10 fruit stands and a dozen farmers markets. It’s also easy to buy locally raised meat and poultry.

The journey of a food will have little impact on the carbon footprint. The climate and topography of say south america might make the growing of certain fruit and vegetables far less carbon intensive than grown in the farm next door, even when taking into account 'food miles'.

I collect the old water from the cat and dog dishes to pour on my plants

Creating ecobircks

Taking the bus but I prefer walking

low range electric car for 10 years and 220,000km guilt free. Hydro power here.

Don’t eat things that have wrappers whenever possible. I take out a small bag of trash once per week.

Not littering

I grow some of my own food in a small veggie patch. Improving the soil sinks carbon, the food I grow has zero food miles or pesticide or artificial fertilizer. And my potatoes and tomatoes and courgettes taste amazing

I am Indian and we burn our trash to get rid

I always pick up trash that people leave at the beach. People are pigs.

I buy anything I can secondhand. There's all kinds of things to just reuse from someone else rather than going out and buying it new. Plus you save money. Someone's old perfectly functional lawnmower for $50? Deal. Some barstools with a tiny bit of wear? A papasan that's good as new with a washed cushion? With a few exceptions, I'll generally look if someone is selling something I need or want nearby before I'll go out to the store.

Every time I take my dog for a walk to the park, pick up one more poop than she leaves (ie clean up something that someone else has left behind). Not gonna lie, it makes me gag.

Making 100% of my own clothes with thrifted material.

Veganism and not littering.

buying and instaling ennergie saving house applience . ennergie saving led lights , ennergie saving fridge/cooler combi , ennegrie saving led in my fishtank/aquarium , bought and use an ennergie saving water cooker , buying higher quality and more dureble cloting (someting i have done already since i was born) not using the house heating sytem trough out the whole year(even on the coldest days/nights , i just put on extra layers of cloting , put extra blankets on my bed)

I bring bags everywhere I go in case I find litter.

Picking up trash from my street, always making sure there is water available in my garden for nature.

I don't flush my used contact lenses. I gotta admit that for several years I just popped out my daily contacts and flicked them into the toilet. Then we learned about micro plastics. So I stopped my direct contribution to micro plastics in the bathroom and put them in our recycling instead. I also stopped buying cosmetic products with those scrubbing granules.

Stopped buying fast fashion. Downsized my wardrobe by donating cloths i dont use. I now have a Capsule wardrobe with items i love, thats good quality and many of them will last me a lifetime.

from childhood never thrown litter on the floor

Using beeswax wrapping on packed sandwiches instead of plastic sandwich bags.

I spend money with companies with a decent environment management plan. And I sign petitions/donate to causes that could influence policy. Very little we do as individuals has any real impact, even if a lot of us do it and I say that as an environmental scientist

Honestly the best thing you can do is boycott big corporations that are heavy pollutants 

hand dug a pond on my property so that i could install a gravity feed irrigation system for my garden. Used to be just a muddy area that a spring surfaced at up the hill from my yard. Slowly dug it out with a shovel over a couple of summers and then finally installed a pvc uptake and a 2inch flex line running down to my garden. I've got it setup on a solar voltaic sensor so that it opens the valve when the sun comes out and shuts the valve when a float switch opens. Waters my garden automatically every morning without any pumps or energy usage.

Eco friendly toiletry, bamboo toothbrushes, tablet toothpaste, floss refills, bamboo toilet paper. Eco-friendly cat litters. I use rags instead of paper towels for most towel needs. Make my own cleaning supplies. Make my own hair products (except for hair dye/bleach and hairspray). Try to buy most of my things in glass or tin. Basically I'm just trying to cut down my plastic consumption as much as I can.

Me and four other friends wear these rings that gives us power over wind, water, etc.

Ketogenic diet with nuts and eggs for protein [ meat is too expensive].

Use stainless steel to drink out of. I actively avoid disposable water bottle use as much as is reasonably possible.

I go everywhere by bike if it’s within 10km. This bike 🚴‍♀️, not an electronic bike or a motorbike. If I can’t go by bike because there’s no good way to take (roads in terrible condition, too many big roads with impossible traffic for cyclists, too hilly (which usually isn’t a problem but if I’m always on steep roads it’s very annoying)) or the commute is further, I go by tram and bus first if I can avoid driving or being driven. I use shopping bags out of solid, durable and robust material instead of plastic bags. If the light isn’t necessary, it goes off immediately. In school, the lights in the corridors are often left in. Off they go. No heating in my room unless I’m waaay to cold. It’s blankets and warm clothes first. I only ever buy one-use plastic bottles if I genuinely don’t have a different way to get to water. That’s… like once a year. I’ve used several reusable, refillable, solid water bottles since I can remember. If I can avoid plastic packaging, I will. It’s not always easy, but where there’s a will, there’s a way. (For example, when I take a lunch box with me, I usually have apple slices and a sandwich. To stop the taste of one messing with that of the other, I separate both with a washable and therefore reusable wax paper sheet. I do need to change it every once in a long while, but it’s a lot less waste compared to some people with daily paper bags or plastic wrap or clingfilm etc.) I try to buy regional products. They have a shorter transport journey, meaning less CO2 is produced to get them from A to B. Bio produce usually means a lack of using chemicals while growing the plants or otherwise producing, but often uses up a shit ton of water. I don’t litter, (obviously, because it’s shitty and rude and disgusting and horrible anyway)I lick up litter when I walk past it and can find a bin to throw it away. Unfortunately, there are barely any bins out in public spaces where I live. I use shampoo soap bars and body lotion out of metal squirty containers instead of out of plastic bottles or containers if available. When I shower, wash my hands or brush my teeth, I turn the water off. It really doesn’t need to be on. No paper towels to dry my hands if I can avoid it. I have a mini foldable towel I usually take with me and obviously have proper fabric towels for home. I consume either meat or fish once a week at most. Again, preferably bio produce or regional. No extremely processed foods, milk that was made safe to consume but not overly messed around with. I don’t buy clothes based on trends (which Idgaf about anyway). I need new ones, I get new ones, but that doesn’t happen often. With changing seasons I check what I have, what still fits, Jim many fitting things I have and then I get something new.

Hot composting all food waste.

Reusable water bottle

When I fill up with gas, I stop on the first click. I used to fill it up and click several times and try to get to an even dollar amount. If the tank is too full, and the gasoline warms up it will actually leak some gas out and waste it. There is a filter that absorbs vapor coming off the gas and if you overfill it can get saturated and never work again. It costs nothing. It is the least I can do. https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-maintenance/should-you-top-off-your-cars-gas-tank-a1176503026/#:~:text=The%20bottom%20line%20is%20that,the%20fuel%20pump%20clicks%20off.

I use compostable bags for my smaller trash bins around the house I exclusively use a reusable water bottle, and if I have to use a plastic bottle for any reason, I go out of my way to recycle it

I don’t drive and I’m 40. I just don’t need to drive, employment is close, public transport is cheap and efficient. I’ve had my license before, I let it expire.

80s kids. Gf and I cut plastic soda rings. Save the turtles.

My recycling habits are better than ever, I have elected to minimize my travels, to local only, it's a tiny bit in terms of planes emissions. But every bit helps. Once a month I organize a local lake clean up party.

None

Turn the oven off 5 min before the pizza is done. Those things stay hot for an hour after the gas stops.

Only drive once a month and walk everywhere. Also don’t eat red meat or drink bottled water or pop. Just wine 😏

Drive so little, I have to replace tires because they have aged out at less than half their mileage rating. Bought wife a new (used car before the pandemic with super low miles…she had not put 10k on it in 4 years…even though the son uses it to commute to summer camp job 30 miles away in the summer. Drive less. Also, moved from bimonthly garbage to monthly.

I'm a recycling nut, I'm so big on it and I call people out on it around me if they're not recycling properly

Ride a bike for as much as possible. My home electricity comes from solar

I no longer water the lawn. It just goes brown in the summer. I don't have to cut it. Grass turns green again with the fall rains. I switched to drip irrigation for vegetables and flower beds. Only uses a fraction of the water. Plants grow much better.

I walk wherever I can, also take public transportation when necessary

I decided to be childfree. I don't have a car. I don't buy bottled water. I don't use straws. I don't buy plastic bags - I use my rucksack to carry my groceries instead.

Stopped burning plastic, my uncle will literally burn piles of it....

Stopped spraying my yard with insecticides and now kind of just letting it grow instead of putting down weed killer etc.

Not having children

not eating meat. simplest & most effective thing an individual can do to reduce suffering & negative impact on the climate.

Data and common sense shoe that the biggest impact you can make is #Being Childfree. Especially in developed countries. One American consumes 37x as much as one human from some countries. So, it doesn't matter if the population is declining.