새로운 방식의 지구의 날

이 힘든 시기를 통해 얻은 가장 소중한 교훈 중 하나는 우리가 변화할 수 있다는 것입니다. 변화는 희생과 가치관의 변화, 성찰이 필요하기 때문에 어려울 수 있습니다. 1 Hotels 대화를 촉발하고 우리 주변의 세상을 변화시키는 플랫폼이 되고자 합니다.

50년 전 오늘, 1970년 4월 22일, 현대 환경 운동의 시발점이 된 제1회 지구의 날을 기념했습니다. 이 날을 계기로 2천만 명의 미국인이 환경오염과 야생동물 멸종 등의 문제에 맞서 싸우기 위해 모였습니다. 그해 말, 미국은 환경보호청을 설립하고 깨끗한 공기, 깨끗한 물, 멸종 위기종 법안을 통과시켰습니다. 2016년 유엔은 지구의 날을 Paris 기후 협정에 서명하는 날로 정했습니다. 지구상에서 가장 큰 시민 행사로 인정받는 지구의 날은 현재 193개국 이상에서 기념하고 있습니다.

올해는 직접 축하할 수는 없지만, 기후 위기에 대응하기 위해 가정에서부터 작은 변화를 실천할 수 있습니다. 미래 세대를 위해 우리의 환경을 보호하기 위해 사랑과 의도를 가지고 앞으로 나아가기 위해 가만히 시간을 내어 지속 가능성을 어떻게 받아들일 수 있을지 생각해 보시기 바랍니다.

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.

지구의 날의 또 다른 50년의 발전을 기원합니다!