Welcome to Choosesustainable.org, a blog about individual climate action.
What can we do to reduce our environmental footprint? Sometime we only focus on emissions, but the climate crisis goes beyond that. It involves deforestation and loss of biodiversity as well as plastic pollution of oceans and destruction of natural resources. I think there are many actions we can take every day to mitigate our impact on the environment, but we need to think about the global repercussions of our choices and start acting.
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Are you planning to start a native pollinator garden? Fall is planting time for native seeds. I provide FREE NATIVE PLANT SEEDS. Please contact me for species and availability and get a free gift!
Free native garden bookmarks hand painted on reused paper, contact me for availability!
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Reduce textile waste and save money…Don’t throw away fraying towels.
Check out these free upcycled items and ideas.
join my meetup groups and participate in the virtual discussions or in-person events.
Upcoming Events:
Chicago Northwest Suburbs Sustainability Meetup: Saturday May 17, 2025, 09:00 AM Central Time, Native plants sale-In person event.
Featured post of the week: It’s violets time!
Action of the week: Please call on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect monarch butterflies
Click here to go to the Defenders action page
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Check the posts in the categories. We talk about how to be more sustainable in our home, garden, food, fashion, shopping, and more. We also share vegetarian recipes to help us free ourselves from meat dependence.
Stop deforestation! Do you know that meat is one of the biggest drivers of deforestation?
Agriculture is the biggest cause of deforestation and loss of biodiversity. We need to change our eating habit to save the planet. Most of the agricultural devastation is linked to the meat industry and monocultures of foreign species, such as palm oil. All these products end up in our homes.
Don’t be a passive agent of destruction!
Watch this informative YouTube webinar by Joseph Poore: Reducing the Environmental Impact from Food
Unsure of what to make for dinner? Try this delicious and super quick recipe
Download the app
On the right side there is a link to YouChoose, a free Android App (no ads). It can be downloaded from Google Play with the provided link or it can be found on Google Play Store under YouChoose. The App was developed by myself in my free time and provides information and suggestions on how to be more sustainable. It has a list of products and several links that are useful to have as reference when outside shopping.
Contribute
I am looking for help and collaborators for the blog. Help me out with this site with ideas, vegetarian recipes, links, and posts where we share successes and failures. Suggestions and collaborations to improve the YouChoose app are always welcome. Read more about the YouChoose App here. If you find it useful please share it with others. Send your contributions at:
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