El Día de la Tierra de otra forma

Una de las lecciones más valiosas de estos tiempos difíciles es que somos capaces de cambiar. El cambio puede ser duro; requiere sacrificio, un cambio de valores y reflexión. En 1 Hotels aspiramos a ser una plataforma para suscitar conversaciones y transformar el mundo que nos rodea.

Hoy hace cincuenta años, el 22 de abril de 1970, se celebró el primer Día de la Tierra, que lanzó el movimiento ecologista moderno. Reunió a 20 millones de estadounidenses para luchar por causas como la contaminación y la extinción de la fauna. A finales de ese año, Estados Unidos creó la Agencia de Protección del Medio Ambiente y aprobó las leyes de Aire Limpio, Agua Limpia y Especies en Peligro. En 2016, la ONU eligió el Día de la Tierra para firmar el Acuerdo de Paris sobre el Clima. Reconocido como el mayor acto cívico del planeta, el Día de la Tierra se celebra actualmente en más de 193 países.

Este año, aunque no podamos celebrarlo en persona, somos más que capaces de hacer pequeños cambios desde casa para hacer frente a nuestra crisis climática. Te pedimos que te tomes un tiempo para estar quieto y reflexionar sobre cómo podemos abrazar la sostenibilidad para siempre con el fin de avanzar con amor e intención, para salvaguardar nuestro medio ambiente para las generaciones futuras.

For you, our 1 Hotels family, we’ve put together a list of easy ways to honor the Earth and celebrate at home:

1. Attend the Future Coalition’s Earth Day Live, three days of online action including teach-ins, musical performances, divestment, and more. Find out more here.
2. Support your favorite environmental organization by amplifying their message on your social media pages. Retweet, post to your Instagram story, or share with your Facebook friends. One of our favorites is the NRDC.
3. Learn something new. Read the book the sparked the environmental movement, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring.
4. Watch an environmental documentary. A few that we’ve screened are The Diamonds of Botswana, Ay Mariposa, and Picture of His Life.
5. Unwind and meditate. Staying inside can be tough. Take seven minutes to connect with nature in your mind and honor the planet. Try this guided meditation session, and sign up to enjoy a complimentary month of Unplug Meditation here. Have a yard, rooftop, or balcony? Enjoy outside and be at one with Mother Earth.
6. Reduce your food waste AND your trips to the grocery store. Shop with a list, plan meals in advance, freeze what you can before food goes bad, and eat your leftovers. Use scraps to top salads or make homemade broths, and embrace “ugly” produce that usually gets tossed out. Skip the store all together with Imperfect Foods.
7. Shop smart. Research brands before making online purchases to ensure that you’re supporting sustainable companies. Apps like Good on You do the research for you and give ethical brand ratings. Some of our sustainable favorites are S’well, Hu Kitchen, Bamford (found in our spas!), and Neu Nomads.
8. Power your home with purpose. Call your utility company and switch to green power, meaning it will be generated with clean sources like wind or solar or buys renewable energy certificates from other clean energy providers.
9. Implement a system in your home for waste and recyclables. If you haven’t yet, label separate bins to make it easy. We recycle at all 1 Hotels properties.
10. Buy in bulk to reduce packaging waste and minimize transportation pollution. You may need to do some storing prep to store your purchases - we recommend large jars for storing dry goods like nuts or trail mix.
11. Start your own organic vegetable garden inside or in your own backyard. We have an on-site organic garden at 1 Hotel West Hollywood that we use for delicious farm-to-table dishes.
12. Compost food scraps and yard waste and see your garden grow. Keep these materials out of landfills and turn them into your own plant food. We compost at 1 Hotel West Hollywood, and you can get started with this at-home composter.
13. Go plastic free. Use reusable water bottles and straws. Switch to soap bars and solid shampoo and conditioner bars to reduce bathroom waste. Store food in metal or glass containers or in reusable storage bags like Stashers. At 1 Hotels, we limit the use of single-use plastic wherever possible.
14. Try Meatless Mondays. In an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emission, try eating plant-based meals once a week. Here is a recipe from Chris Crary, Executive Chef of 1 Kitchen and 1 Hotel West Hollywood.

¡Por otros 50 años de progreso en el Día de la Tierra!