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Hello friends
There has been a lot of attention brought to the amount of plastic in our environment as part of Plastic Free July this month. I’ve had a few people tell me how scared they feel when they think of how polluted the planet is becoming and what a danger it is to life as we know it. They want to make a difference but become overwhelmed thinking of where to even start!
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
- Arthur Ashe
Making a difference doesn't have to be hard. Just start with one thing, and go from there!
As mothers, one of the best things we can do for the environment is teach our children to enjoy, appreciate and care for the natural world around them.⠀In this way, you can rest assured they will make good choices for the planet in the future, when they are in charge. So start by spending time outside with your family, enjoying the beauty and wonder of mother nature.
As mothers, every little thing we do to leave a greener footprint makes a difference. Your children watch you make small changes, and grow up to take these differences for granted - they become the new normal. In this way, the small seeds you sow now, grow into mighty oaks of change in the future. So start by refusing single use plastics and make that the new normal in your family.
As mothers, we have the power to use our everyday spending to bring about change. Simply choose to spend your money with businesses already making a difference. As you change your spending habits, other businesses change their environmental habits to try and win back your business. In this way, small actions have big impacts. So start by supporting a small, local business making a difference in the world next time you need to buy something (instead of a large one that's not).
Like Shiou-Ling who started her business making beeswax wraps to help her kids understand the impact that plastic waste has on the Earth. “They are the sole reason I put so much time and energy into my work. I’m very passionate about educating the community on how to reduce household waste, and I want to show everyone how easy it is to make small changes, like using beeswax wraps, that will greatly benefit the future. Our children need to inherit a healthy world”.
Or Robyn and Liza. When they discovered a chip packet, plastic knife and plastic straw in the stomach of the fish they were going to eat for dinner, they knew something had to change. These Green Foot Mamas are now the faces behind Your Straw - a social enterprise raising awareness about waste and pollution issues whilst offering a sustainable alternative - natural bamboo straws.⠀
You can find Shiou-Ling’s beeswax wraps, and Robyn and Liza’s bamboo straws in the online store, along with some other single-use plastic alternatives from local mum-run businesses making a difference in the world.
Or start with our free gift with purchase. Say no to single use plastics with a Your Straw Personal Set containing two re-usable bamboo straws and a straw cleaner in a calico bag, free with all orders until the end of July.
To all the Green Foot Mamas out there making the world a better place through your choices and actions, thank you 🙏. This is how we change the world.
Lisa.
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