I'm sure we all have friends or family who keep the tap running the whole time while they put toothpaste on their toothbrush and the few minutes as they brush their teeth. Polite requests or shaming them doesn't seem to work. Perhaps seeing something from a third party might be more effective? Any tips?

I'm looking for a Google Drive alternative that is sustainable, any leads?

Same with emails!

Companies often promote electrification as a climate commitment. But the transition also depends on whether drivers can realistically afford EVs and access the incentives offered to them.

Uber advertises a $4,000 Go Electric incentive for eligible drivers. I applied and was denied. After more than five contacts with support, my cases were closed without a clear explanation.

I'm not claiming that one denied application proves greenwashing. But it raises a legitimate question: how transparent and accessible are these programs in practice?

If a company wants drivers to switch to electric vehicles, shouldn't eligibility decisions be clear, consistent, and open to meaningful review?

Have other drivers experienced similar problems with EV incentives?

(it is a local issue but it's very general, it's applicable in most urban cities)

In my city, waste is dumped in a ground and goes through no treatment, absolutely nothing.

the place stinks, it's overfilled, and the trash is on the road.

they ask us to segregate the waste but both types of waste are dumped in the same ground so that's no use.

I can't look at it, it's so disgusting to see, i really want to make proposals to the municipal corporation but i need EYE OPENING ideas, i understand if this post isn't appropriate for this subreddit, but please contribute and share how your city manages waste?

i live in the city right next to the capital city of my country and it's fairly urban. what change can be brought?

I'm a casual golfer, and I think the sport is tons of fun. Though, as one who tries to live sustainably, studies sustainability, and will eventually have a career related to sustainability, I have this guilt whenever I play. I know that golf courses are awful for the environment; they're ecological dead zones, use absurd amounts of water, and use tons of chemicals. Is there anything that can be done about this, or should I just quit the sport?

There is a harsh environmental reality that globally, most homes are built with zero insulation. The most common building type on the planet is concrete frame with brick or concrete block infill walls. It's estimated that 99% of these homes are completely uninsulated.

I've lived in a poor place and built several homes there. I know how concrete frame homes work, and also the types of building materials that are available. If one wants to install continuous exterior insulation, rigid foam board would be your best option, but it doesn't work well, with thermal bridging and thermal bypass limiting the effectiveness of the material. And rigid foam board is relatively expensive and unavailable in many places.

I've been working to develop solutions to this problem, using monolithic pour lightweight insulating concrete (LWIC). It's an imperfect solution in a lot of ways but could be effective and create a safer and healthier living environment for a lot of people. It's a natural fit for most developing countries as they already build concrete frame homes. Cement is cheap and they are genuises at building with it.

Here's the biggest problem: cement generates a shit ton of embodied carbon, and LWIC uses a shit ton of cement. That's bad.

Here's the upside: My design avoids a shit ton of operational carbon, by something called "carbon avoidance."

Here's my question: As I am starting to look for grant money, how do orgs tabulate the carbon figure? I know a lot of emphasis is put on embodied carbon but can this be balanced out by the carbon avoided by insulating these structures if the data supports that assertion?

Like what are all the things to do , from solar panels , heat pumps , too little things like changing to a more environmentally friendly products or growing more trees in your garden , idk other stuff

I'm trying to start listening to only purchased music and stop using streaming unless for things like live videos in order to create better listening habits and support musicians monetarily. I'm really distressed by plastic and stuff though, and all these CD cases, cassette shells, records are making me think if this is actually as positive as I think it is. It seems strange to me that musicians I think are very aware and stuff make all these plastic products. Like, with CD, you can literally just go the paper sleeve route and not make a plastic case that is super prone to damage anyway. Plastic use is well known to be really bad and all and the one thing we can do is not make more of it ! What is the most sustainable way to enjoy physical music? Other than buying used because that's just reusing really, obviously that's fine. Would it be better to get into buying/downloading digital files?

I was thinking about diy cassette and CD making too but now I dunno

I don't know much of anything about sustainability, I'm going to start learning more

no matter how much i try and cut down on buying plastic (if theres a non plastic option i go for it like a bamboo toothbrush ect ect) but i always seem to be filling up bags of plastic every week, its mainly from food but i cant get away from that with the supermarket ONLY using plastic coverings, what do i do?!

Hii so far I've been trying two platfors to buy offsets, I had wren and coffset, both with good results, but I'd love to hear your thoughts.

My opinion so far

Wren is been in the market for many years already, and I liked you have many alternatives to buy credits, giftcards, year upfront, business etc. The certificate sounds legit if you trust them (htey look serious by the way)

Coffset, has a similiar apporach and it's pretty new, its focused on calculation and compensation afterwards, the certificates are also great and if you dig deeper you see the retirements are legit public registries like puro earth godstandards etc.

I've tried a bit more before like Klima(i believe wren bought it) and yayzy (little bit scammy)

Idk, what other things you take into consideration, for me is basically traceability and types of offsets better than price. Oh, also both have cool dashboards.

I’ve been doing this for about four years, but only recently measured it properly.

The concept is simple: instead of leaving the shower running, I put the shower head in a 10-litre bucket, fill it to a comfortable temperature (including the warm-up water), then turn the shower off. I use a 1-litre jug to pour the water over myself in stages.

My routine:

1 – I use a little water to dampen my hair.
2 – I shampoo, then use about 1 litre to rinse.
3 – Conditioner goes in.
4 – While that sits, I soap the rest of me.
5 – I use the remaining water for a thorough rinse from the top down.

That’s it: a 10-litre bucket bath, with most of the water saved for the final rinse.

What did I save?

I recently tested the flow rate of my eco shower head at around 9.7 L per minute.

My previous typical shower was about five minutes, or around 48.5 litres. The bucket bath uses 10 litres.

That saves about 38.5 litres each time — roughly 79%.

It quickly scales. I shower daily, so that’s around 14,050 litres of water saved a year, reducing the amount of hot water I’m paying to heat and my water bill is finally stable.

Will it work for you?

Check your own flow rate per minute and total shower length first — you might be surprised by what you’re using. If it’s less than 10 litres, please share!

Quick caveat: 10 litres isn’t a limit, it’s just what works for me. You might need 15 or 20 litres. But if your current shower uses 40, 60, 80 or 100+ litres, there could still be a huge saving in both water and cost.

My motivation is this: drought pressure, increasingly dry summers, and water bills creeping up. This method means I can use far less water without feeling like I’m really giving anything up.

I know bucket baths are not a new idea — I’m not claiming to have invented it. I just wanted to share how well it’s worked for me once I found a method and measured the difference.

Has anyone done a study or give an estimate of the amount of water remaining in disposable plastic bottles that aren’t recycled but sent to a landfill. I always dispose my plastic bottles with the caps off. Of course I try to avoid buying them but sometimes you just do

I had solar panels, but I was usually out when they were producing the most. Then I'd get home, cook dinner and run the dishwasher just as the solar was dropping off. I bought a Jackery SolarVault 3 Pro to save some of that daytime power for later.

The battery covered some of the evening use, but I also started wondering why I always ran the dishwasher straight after dinner. It had a delay timer I'd barely used. I started loading it as usual and setting it to run around lunchtime the next day.

I realised I'd been pressing start most nights without really checking how full it was, too. I started waiting for a full load before setting the timer, so it ran less often. Some evenings all I did was put the plates in and close the door.

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