How can you reduce your carbon footprint?

By now, you’ve probably heard the scary statistics.

Planet Earth needs our help. We humans are ingenious in many ways, but our way of living at the moment, isn’t sustainable if we’re planning to stay on this planet in the future. Earth is getting ever warmer and we’re about to erase our biodiversity.

We know it’s frightening to read about the state of our environment, and it’s hard to know if there’s any way a single person can do anything useful to reverse the trend. The truth is that it’s down to every single one of us to do our bit, so that we collectively can achieve change.

Here are five great changes to your own habits that would really help out. Maybe you’re already following some of this advice, in which case you’re helping out to make our planet more sustainable.

1. Consume locally produced food

Transportation of goods accounts for 14 percent of global greenhouse emissions, and a big chunk of global transportation is that which moves food-products from one side of the earth to another. To help reduce your share of emissions, a good start is to not only think about where and how you travel, but to also think about the things you consume every day, and if you’re consuming food that has been produced in your vicinity.

3. Stop your consumption of fast fashion products