O Dia da Terra de uma nova forma

Uma das lições de aprendizagem mais valiosas deste período difícil é o facto de sermos capazes de mudar. A mudança pode ser difícil; requer sacrifício, uma mudança de valores e reflexão. Na 1 Hotels, aspiramos a ser uma plataforma para desencadear conversas e transformar o mundo à nossa volta.

Faz hoje 50 anos, a 22 de abril de 1970, que se celebrou o primeiro Dia da Terra, que lançou o movimento ambiental moderno. Este movimento reuniu 20 milhões de americanos para lutar por causas como a poluição e a extinção da vida selvagem. No final desse ano, os EUA criaram a Agência de Proteção Ambiental e aprovaram as Leis do Ar Limpo, da Água Limpa e das Espécies Ameaçadas de Extinção. Em 2016, a ONU escolheu o Dia da Terra para assinar o Acordo Climático Paris . Reconhecido como o maior evento cívico do planeta, o Dia da Terra é atualmente celebrado em mais de 193 países.

Este ano, apesar de não podermos celebrar pessoalmente, somos mais do que capazes de fazer pequenas mudanças a partir de casa para enfrentar a nossa crise climática. Pedimos-lhe que reserve algum tempo para se aquietar e refletir sobre a forma como podemos abraçar a sustentabilidade para sempre, a fim de avançarmos com amor e intenção, para salvaguardar o nosso ambiente para as gerações 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.

Um brinde a mais 50 anos de progresso do Dia da Terra!