I created these posters for the Embassy of Luxembourg, Washington, D.C.
For the European Union Beach Clean-up Campaign 2020.
Practice caring for the earth through package-free shopping,
reducing water consumption, composting, and keeping your neighborhood clean. Remember: think Globally and act Locally.
1. Package-free shopping: Bring your reusable bags when you shop. Reduce your plastic waste! REFUSE, REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE
Reduce your carbon footprint by shopping locally: support your local farmer's markets and small businesses.
2. Reduce your Water Consumption
-Install water-efficient toilets
-Turn off the faucet flow while brushing your teeth
-No need to pre-rinse dishes before putting them into the dishwasher
-Operate the dishwasher when fully loaded
-Plant native, drought-tolerant plant species to minimize the need for water
-Install cisterns to capture rainwater
3. Composting
Benefits:
-Compost enhances water retention in soils, reduces erosion and evaporation, and reduces the amount of watering.
-Compost reduces the need for chemical fertilizers and provides free organic nutrients, nitrogen, carbon, and micronutrients while increasing yields.
-Decontaminating polluted soils binds with toxins like lead and cadmium so plants will not absorb them.
-Improves soil quality in degraded lands and soils.
-Suppresses some plant diseases, such as clubroot in cabbage.
-Growing vegetables in rich compost can improve the products' nutritional value, improve people's overall health, and address food security.
Healthy soil, healthy plants, Healthy People
Compost is locally available; there is no need for manufacturing and transporting.
"The compost becomes food, and the food becomes compost."
Think Globally, and Act locally: Keep your neighbourhood clean.
