Hello fundraising family, my name is Kristy and my name is Eric.
Hello. It's a pleasure to see you. We are talking today about
environmental sustainability.
We all know it's crucial to our planet but what can you do to join this tidying up movement?
So first,
let's take a look at some of the facts about
sustainability and what humans do to our environment right now.
As of right now, Americans themselves put out 81lbs of clothing as trash every year.
I don't think I own 81lbs of clothes myself, actually. Wow.
It's a lot. It's per person. Oh my god. Each year Americans throw away
300 million pairs of shoes. Three. It's one more than two.
And shoes themselves can take 30 to 50 years to decompose completely in a landfill.
That's a long time and they smell bad.
It's harmful for the environment. Because their shoes and their trash and they're toxic. It's a double whammy.
But the good news is around the world 70% of the global population
uses repurposed clothing and shoes so there is some hope.
So if you're one of the growing numbers of Americans that are worried about environmental sustainability,
what are some things that you can do this summer
to change the world? Well one, instead of just going out there and taking a long plane ride to somewhere
you really don't care about, you can actually look into an eco vacation.
It's a growing industry in America because so many people are worried about the environmental sustainability of our country.
I'm gonna say it four times this whole video. So what can you do?
You can take a trip instead of by plane. Take a car trip to the Appalachian Trail.
You can go see the Antelope Canyon. You can do all kinds of fun things. something that's local or something
that's fun instead of taking a plane and burning off all the dinosaur fuels.
There's only so many dinosaurs. Number two,
practice green grilling. Like you can you can grill like green beans, you can grill green pepper, like my fiancé's vegan. We grill
eggplant, which is purple, but still it's like green
grilling. No. that's not green grilling. So then what's green grilling? Green grilling
is when you utilize things like natural gas instead of using petroleum-based lighter fluids.
Grilled green peppers is really good. Yeah we will. Okay?
It'll be it'll be double the green grilling. It's delicious
What is a summer without a cookout on the fourth of July?
that's true. Oh also speaking of summertime, something else
you can do especially here in Florida or where it's hot, when you leave the house don't forget to turn your AC either off
or just down. It helps to reduce your carbon footprint. It helps with environmental stability.
Sustainability. Ah dang it
He meant sustainability. what did I say?
Stability, stability, sustainability (repeated).
Number four or three because you know kind of butted in. Number seven. Number whatever. Twelve.
Is
to repurpose your clothing and shoes. There are multiple ways you can do this
but the number one is to host a shoe drive fundraiser with Funds2Orgs. With Funds2Orgs.
There's nothing behind me to point at. The signs not there. I know.
It's on my hat. Funds2Orgs.
With Funds2Orgs you as an individual, or an organization,
church,
nonprofit can raise funds just by collecting shoes from your community and Funds2Orgs will cut you a check for all the gently worn, used
and new shoes
you collect. Yeah and you can turn that 81lbs of trash everybody throws away every year and clothing and
repurpose them into something for somebody else to use. And another thing you can do is go to Head2Toe Recycling and
when you're cleaning out your closets and you're tidying up you can fill those bags and make a donation to a
non-profit of your choice. Yeah you're not only helping your environmental sustainability,
you're also helping people all around the world to get clothes that they might not have had.
It's a win-win. It's a win-win. They can walk a mile in your shoes
literally literally.
So no matter what you do this summer to help the environment, every single one of us needs to play our part
because they're saying by 2066 this world will be poisoned. We need to change that. We can only do it together.
There is no planet B. That's true. Thank you guys for watching. Thank you again for watching. My name is Kristy and
my name is Eric. Makes sure you click all those buttons to follow us. Bye. we'll see you guys next time.
And then oh my god, okay
At the ye-yeah back. So if you order the growing people if you want to grow again