User:Sleepyjelly20/Micro-sustainability

Plan of editing Micro-Sustainability:


 * adding pictures from OpenVerse and Wikipedia Commons
 * Main task is to add citations
 * adding content to sections: water footprint and energy consumption
 * Get rid of history section, there is no need for the section, I can repurpose the information onto another section.

Lead/Intro:
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- A person recycling a glass bottle into a bin that only accepts glass.

The emphasis of micro-sustainability is on an individual's actions, rather than organizational or institutional practices at the systemic level.

Micro-sustainability centers on individual efforts, behavior modification, education and creating attitudinal changes, which result in an environmentally conscious individual.

Examples of micro-sustainability include recycling, power saving by turning off unused lights, programming thermostats for efficient use of energy, reducing water usage, changing commuting habits to use less fossil fuels or modifying buying habits to reduce consumption and waste.

These small local level actions have immediate community benefits if undertaken on a widespread scale and if imitated, they can have a cumulative broad impact.

Examples of micro-sustainability include recycling, power saving by turning off unused lights, programming thermostats for efficient use of energy, reducing water usage, changing commuting habits to use less fossil fuels or modifying buying habits to reduce consumption and waste.

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Individual Actions:
Sustainable living is a lifestyle that attempts to conserve natural resources. Within an individual household, this can include reducing the water footprint and domestic energy consumption of the building.

Water Footprint:
'''Like the common concept of the carbon footprint, people can also have a water footprint. Water footprint helps with determining how much fresh water is used and polluted by a given person.''' With a typical American single-family home using 70 US gallons (260 L) per person per day indoors, household appliances such as toilets, showers, dishwashers, and washing machines can be upgraded to reduce water usage.

^also link the water footprint Wikipedia article to this:

Wikipedia contributors. (2022, September 12). Water footprint. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18:13, April 4, 2023, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Water_footprint&oldid=1109965227

Urban Communities
Urban communities do not necessarily mean a larger population than rural communities, but that they are more densely populated and more influenced by the effects of urbanization.

Fashion Industry
Fast fashion has become increasingly popular, as it allows consumers to keep up with and then discard these trends at a low cost.

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Macro-sustainability:
They discuss global issues including climate change, and reliance upon fossil fuel hydrocarbon based energy sources. Global organizations like the United Nations have included sustainable development goals (SDGs) to set a standard of 17 goals for countries around the world to take action on climate change and other related issues.

Governments confront these larger issues through regulation of natural resources, improved practices, providing subsidies and directly investing in new technologies and renewable energy sources.

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Macro-sustainability is a large systematic addressing of sustainability in most cases by the United Nations, governments, multi-national corporations or smaller companies.

Consumer Preferences:
As individuals become more aware of environmental problems that exist, their consumption decisions can promote green designs and ultimately affect the types of products on the market.