This post introduces a new series—EarthCare: Doable Actions for a Healthier Planet
What does Compassionate/Nonviolent Communication (or NVC) have to do with the health of our planet? NVC cultivates life-serving awareness of needs like health, safety, peace, vitality, fairness, balance, and compassion; and seeks to meet these needs through peaceful and doable actions.
With this intention, NVC invites us to embrace the interconnectedness of everything, including the health and vitality of this extraordinary place we live in. There are many simple ways we can help support planetary health. Even small actions have a big effect when we consider the combined power of our community. We are sharing tips and events that can help us learn new actions we might take and remind us of ones we’d like to continue. Our focus will be to offer doable tips; even small actions make a difference!
Suggested Actions Today:
🫧 Refill your foaming hand soap dispenser with 2/3 water & 1/3 liquid soap (rather than buying new dispensers). And when your plastic soap dispenser is at the end of its life, consider a glass dispenser and bulk soap refill.
🖊️ Buy refillable pens rather than disposable pens.
🔌 Turn off your power strip when not in use—it sucks up energy even when the devices are turned off.
Already doing one of these earth-friendly actions? Yay for YOU: Celebrate yourself for helping the planet!
Do you have any tips you’d like to suggest? Email them to bryn@compassionatecenter.org.
