5 Things You Can Do in 5 Minutes to Help the Planet

1 - Switch your default search engine to Ecosia

Ecosia is a search engine based in Berlin, Germany, that donates 80% or more of its profits to non profit organizations that focus on reforestation.It considers itself a social business, is CO 2-negative, claims to support full financial transparency and protect the privacy of its users. Ecosia is also B Lab-Certified.

2 - Take a shower with a bucket...it’s sexy

Fill the bucket while you’re waiting for the water to warm up, and use the water you catch for watering plants, flushing the toilet or cleaning.

3 - Un-plug the electronics you're not using when your not using them...duh

To save electicity and money around there are some really simple electronics to unplug when they are not in use: small kitchen appliances, chargers, entertainment system, computers and powerstrips

4 - Just be DONE with the plastic bags and water bottles already. Like DONE DONE.

Commit from this moment onward to only use Reusable or Paper bags. Approximately 500 billion plastic bags are used worldwide each year. More than one million plastic bags are used every minute. For more gross facts about plastic click here.

5 - Don’t  Eat Meat Today

Go ahead… take the day off. For the amount of methane, C02, trees and water it takes to get that hunk of meat on your plate… damn it's just not worth it. Get the facts.

Got a few more minutes?  Here's  30 more simple things you can do to help our planet today.