#Trees4Earth: Plant a A Tree and Reduce Your Pet's Carbon Pawprint on Earth Day

April 22, 2016

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Pin Our Harley Poster to Share Our Tips!

A Billion Acts of Green

Woo! To date, 2,023,267,635 Acts of Green have been reached! Now, let's reach 3 Million! Share and Pin our poster with our Harley highlighting some very easy and important ways you can help reduce your pet's carbon pawprint! For even more ideas, visit the Earth Day Network's Billion Acts of Green site HERE.

#EarthDay2016 is

History-in-the-Making!

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Earth Day 2016, today, marks a historical moment as it is the United Nations Paris Climate Agreement Signing Ceremony in New York City! More than 150 world leaders are signing the #ParisAgreement for global climate change, and you can watch it, learn more about what our leaders are doing to help our environment and become a citizen signer HERE.

According to Earth Day Network:

Trees Help Combat Climate Change

How you ask? “They absorb excess and harmful CO2 from our atmosphere. In fact, in a single year, an acre of mature trees absorbs the same amount of CO2 produced by driving the average car 26,000 miles.”

Trees Help Us Breathe Clean Air
Is there anything better than stepping outside on a warm sunny day and breathing in the air? Hopefully, clean air! Explains Earth Day Network, “Trees absorb odors and pollutant gases (nitrogen oxides, ammonia, sulfur dioxide and ozone) and filter particulates out of the air by trapping them on their leaves and bark.”

Trees Help Communities
Of course they do! Not only do our pets seek out the shade and coolness of lying beneath a tree, and families and friends gather under the shade of a tree for gatherings, games, and get-togethers, Earth Day Network shares that trees also “help communities achieve long-term economic and environmental sustainability and provide food, energy and income.”

So what can we do?

Recycle that pool water!

First, hug a tree. Yep. Go right ahead. Be thankful for trees and what they do for our planet. Here we are once again sharing our tips for helping to reduce your pet's carbon pawprint and our effort toward helping global climate change.

Walk your dog whenever possible instead of going by car.

Use recycle shopping bags when going grocery shopping for your supplies and food.

Feed your pet their food in a stainless steel dish.

Make your pet's snacks whenever possible.

Recycle pet food containers and cans instead of throwing them in with the trash.

Recycle pet medication containers (check with your vet, pharmacy, and acupuncturist as many happily accept them. My acupuncturist loves them).

Clean "green" with chemical-free household supplies (we should be anyway for the health and safety of our pets).

Use biodegradable "doggy-do" bags.

Don't use the microwave to warm up their food.

Plant a tree in memory of a pet.

When emptying out a pet pool or water dish, use it to water flowers, shrubs, and trees.

Recycle old dog beds, blankets, and toys. Stitch em' up, give them a wash, and donate to shelters.

Spay or neuter pets to reduce the epidemic of homeless animals and overpopulated shelters.

Look into reducing energy by installing solar panels (we did this last year), or simply by turning off TVs, computers, lights, iPods, radios, etc. and getting outside more to play with your pets or volunteer at a shelter to play with some homeless animals. You'll save energy AND have happier furbabies!

To become part of the Earth Day movement, make a donation, and see what else you can do to help, please visit the Earth Day Network at www.earthday.org.

You can also help by sharing information about Earth Day by using the hashtags #EarthDay2016 and #Trees4Earth.

In 2020, Earth Day Network will be celebrating 50 years of their environmental movement! Let's help them achieve their goals, which should be all of our goals ~ plant a tree (or two) and reduce both yours and your pet's carbon pawprint today because protecting the Earth is protecting our home.

Together, we can do this.

My Flashback Friday photos are of Gibson and our adopted feral kitty, Binx. The above photo of my Gibson during one of our springtime strolls from a few years ago is perfect for today's Earth Day Flashback Friday! Gibson loved the feel of grass under his feet, sniffing flowers, hanging out under the shade of a tree with me, and always the first of the FiveSibes to get into the kiddie pool! On this Earth Day, and every day, it's good to stop and really feel the sun, hug our pet, and be thankful for the beautiful moments we share together on this Earth.

Flashback Fridays are brought to you by us - the FiveSibes - and our co-host, Love is being owned by a Husky, each Friday. We hope you'll find a photo or video from Memory Lane, post it, and link up to our Blog Hop each week! If you don't catch it on Friday, you can link up any time during the week! To catch our past Flashbacks, just enter "Flashback Friday" in the search box. Come join us! We'd love to see your pets' Flashback pics! Just grab our badge below:

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We're also hooking up with The Pet Parade Blog Hop hosted by Rascal & Rocco, Bionic Basil, our co-host Owned by a Husky, and Barking from the Bayou! Be sure to visit their blogs & others' too!