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Week 5 | Day 7

Did you know? 🤔

There are drop-off points around Davao City where you can donate your trash to help in creating school materials like chairs or even turn your trash into cash!

Trash to Cash
- SM City Davao and SM Lanang Premier set various schedules to host the said activity. Not only you can earn money, but you can also save the environment!

Envirotech
- Envirotech Recycling Inc. collects single-use plastics and turns them into useful items like school chairs. They were able to process 2.5 million kgs of waste this year!

Week 5 | Day 6

Did you know? 🤔

You can REUSE the plastic bottles from soft drink products and etc. into piggy banks. Not only you can save money, but also save the environment!

Week 5 | Day 5

Did you know? 🤔

Plastic containers from ice cream and cookies related products can be REUSED as a medicine and/or item organizer!

Week 5 | Day 4

Did you know? 🤔

Various plastic containers/bottles can be REUSED as pots for the plants. In this way, you can make a mini garden!

Week 5 | Day 3

Did you know? 🤔

The plastic containers from food deliveries/takeouts can be REUSED as food storage!

Week 5 | Day 2

Did you know? 🤔

The plastic bags from groceries, food deliveries, etc. can be REUSED as trash bags!

Week 5 | Day 1

PLASTICS are everywhere...but, do you know how to recycle and/or reuse them?

"What's the importance?" you might ask. Let's get to know more as to why recycling and reusing plastics are significant to our environment.

Week 4 | Day 7

Today is the last posting of water conservation. We hope that you are now more informed citizens from issues, possible results of water shortage, and ways to conserve water.

Be Accountable. Take an action, NOW! Before it's too late...

Week 4 | Day 6

We are down into our second to the last day. You have read all the issues about water conservation. You have been informed with ways to alleviate the scarcity of safe water. We hope that you have realized the essence of water. Why is there a need for an action, NOW?

Week 4 | Day 5

Change comes from smallest yet impactful doings. You might not try these practices at home but you can start now! Here are some ways you can apply that will greatly help in conserving water.

Week 4 | Day 4

Home is where meaningful habits begin.

Our little ways that shaped our individuality and character as human made a huge impact to the world. These are the most significant practices we habitably adapt in our home to conserve water. Why not try the following practices?

Week 4 | Day 3

Knowledge kindles power.

It is very relevant to be informed about how we can conserve water in our little means—impactful individual efforts towards collective approach. Day 3 will deliver the Principle of Water Conservation. Please check this out!

Week 4 | Day 2

Do your habits and conscious actions contribute to the continuous wasting of water?

You better find it out on the information below for a more responsible individual to towards a better world.

Week 4 | Day 1

How does the Mother Earth doing?

Let's start a week being informed with the current situation of the environment, affecting different aspects in the earth's system. Take time reading these water conservation issues. So, we can assess our actions that contribute to these dilemmas.

Week 3: Day 7| This is my reflection on the last day of my 1-week activity. Thank you!

Week 3: Day 6
Aloe there! I'm here to encourage you today and everyday to plant plants! Take time to learn what type of plants you want and if you can really tend them. If you were looking for a sign, here it is.

Week 3: Day 5
Hello again! not many of you know the importance of plants in your life so know I will be educating you a little on how plants contribute not for environment but also in our lives. It's only a little bit of information but this information can help you understand more how it's important and make you want to have a motivation to help plants!

Week 3: Day 1
I am sure that you will be excited to what you will be learning this week. Especially to all our plant-tita's out there! Since we will be discussing about plants and how to take care of your plants. Additionally, don't forget that we will be making our very own watering can using recycled materials ! So don't forget to like and share our post for this week!

Week 2: Day 7| This is my reflection on the last day of my 1-week activity. Thank you!

- Janice Saluague

Week 2: Day 4 | Here are the materials you will need for making a Recycled Paper Vase!

Week 2: Day 3| Recycle Papers

* I wanna say sorry for the mispelled word in the uploaded photo, it should be Recycle not Recyle. *

Before we do our activity with the use of paper we will first talk about everything you need to know when you recycle papers.

According to Sukalich (2016), in 2011, the United States recycled 66.8% of its paper consumption. More paper is collected for recycling than plastic, aluminum, and glass combined, and every ton of paper recycled saves more than 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space. It is because 87 percent of us have access to curbside or drop-off recycling for paper, it's a material we're used to recycling.

Furthermore, in 2011, 76 percent of paper mills utilized some recovered material, indicating that the paper you throw away is making its way into a variety of new goods. The process of converting old paper into new paper may appear to be complicated, but it is actually rather simple. If you’re feeling ambitious, you could even try to recreate this process yourself using everything from old wrapping paper to junk mail.

Paper recycling, on the other hand, allows us to conserve both energy and materials on a large scale. According to the EPA, recycling one ton of paper saves 17 trees, 7,000 gallons of water, and 463 gallons of oil. Continue reading to learn more about how the process works and how to recycle paper properly.

For more information, visit the site https://earth911.com/business-policy/paper-recycling-details-basics/

Week 2: Day 2 | Why do we need to recycle?

Here is the list that I consider the best way people can benefit when they recycle.

For more details check this link:
https://friendsoftheearth.uk/sustainable-living/7-benefits-recycling

Week 2: Day 1| Experiences before this COVID-19 came.

Looking back to the times, I was able to participate in different environmental engagement. I was able to see how could this make a small change in the world that we live today. It wasn't easy that with this COVID-19, it unable us to do some activities like this, but rather it allows us to reminisce those times and do some changes in our own homes. We are reminded that even without these organizational, school and program activities doesn't mean we could not make a change, that we could not do something for our environment it is about learning from those experience and doing it in the way we could.

Let's do something that could change how we see the environment that we have. ❤️

Sustainable and ethical fashion is making a name for itself, and the movement is taking shape in the Philippines.

Enfluence has compiled a list of shops that sell clothing made from repurposed, reclaimed, or recycled fabric, and all of which weave, sew and create clothing with a purpose. Instead of reaching for that fast fashion shirt, consider these alternatives. 👗👚🌿

Here are some good tips to make your clothes last longer. 🌿🌏

Skrrt skrrt! Upcycle your old jeans into a denim skirt. ♻️

Find a pair of jeans that fit you well.
They can be old and covered with holes, but make sure that they fit you in the waist and hips. 👖🌿

Upcycling an old t-shirt into a tote bag is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

One of the most useful little sacks you can have is this simple, easy-to-make bag. It stretches to hold a large load, crushes to fit in a small space, and is ideal for groceries and craft projects and just about anything else you might need to transport.

Things you’ll need:
Old T-shirt (ideally oversized)
Scissors
Sewing Machine
Thread

Hi friends! Have you been productive this week so far?

Here are some ideas that you might be interested in doing to get started with Upcycling! 💚🌏🌳

Fast Fashion: The Monsters Inside Your Wardrobe

Fashion has a massive effect on people and the environment, and fast fashion owns a significant and growing contributor to the problem. It is growing fast, fast enough to pollute and tear down mother nature.

Fast fashion is defined as low-cost, trendy apparel that takes inspiration from the catwalk or celebrity culture and quickly transforms it into items at high-street stores to meet consumer demand. Enticing as it may seem, it has severe consequences for our health, the environment, and the lives of garment workers.

Clothing production requires considerable energy and resources, while it depends on toxic fabric dyes and other chemicals that contaminate freshwater. It has an enormous environmental footprint for both its production and disposal. Overall, the industry produces a tenth of the world's carbon emissions and should alarm us.

Fast fashion has already done its damage, and it is time to be sustainable. One way to combat the enormous amounts of waste generated by these fabrics is to invest in clothes made from recycled plastic; shopping in eco-friendly brands and not subscribing to the fast fashion trend can hugely make a difference.

We can still be fashionable in the best way possible by being ethical and sustainable. Bear in mind that fashion shouldn't cause the earth.

Toss or Take: Upcycling your Old Clothes

Are you a fan of fashion? Have you constantly been changing your wardrobe to fit the trends? And a way to get rid of your old garments is by throwing them away.

An alarming fact about throwing a piece of clothing can cause a massive negative impact on the environment. Clothes release toxic gas when they decompose in landfills. The environmental damage is increasing as millions of people keep on throwing a piece of clothing. Feeling guilty? Don't worry. I am here with you, buddy.

There are solutions and alternatives to mitigate these problems. The first step lies in building awareness and willingness to change. If you want something new in your wardrobe by not necessarily tossing all your old clothes in the trash bin. We introduce to you: Upcycling.

Also known as creative reuse, which is the process of transforming by-products, waste materials, useless, or unwanted products into new products perceived to be of more excellent quality, such as artistic environmental value. This method essentially helps you achieve two of the 3 'R's of recycling: REDUCE and REUSE. It helps you reduce what is going to landfill and reuses the product you were going to throw away, giving it a second life without the need for "degrading" it.

Rewearing your clothes is the most conscious decision you can make to promote a better sustainable lifestyle. Most importantly, it will be a beneficial contribution to our environment. Upcycling increases a positive impact on the environment. It saves natural resources and reduces greenhouse gas emissions in the process.

Be productive this season and upcycle your old clothes!

The Mother Earth has been continuously deteriorating. It needs you, now!

Do you want to know more exciting and creative ways on how to recycle your excess papers, plastics, and old clothes?

Do you want to be informed regarding conservation and preservation life hacks?

Still don't know what you can innovate in your own homes?

EnFluence is composed of environmental advocates from Ateneo de Davao University. It advocates for protection and conservation of our home, the Earth.

We are welcoming and inviting everyone to be part of our movement; it is in need of our collaborative effort. Shown on the picture are issues and concerns that call everyone's accountability. Through our initiative and your respond, we can slowly address each of these concerns for greener, cleaner, and safer environment.