Image above & research via good.is magazine.
While we tend to focus on solutions like transportation and energy use when dealing with climate change, the reality is that our everyday material consumption contributes just as much to greenhouse gasses.
It would be preposterous to think we could counteract climate change without considering the massive ecological implications of the things you and I consume.
Through unstash we’re tackling the problem of unnecessary purchasing of consumer goods – particularly the many items that are infrequently used and easily shareable.
For example the average drill is used between 12-13 minutes over the course of it’s entire life time, and yet there is a multitude of them in every single neighborhood. The operation costs and and it’s related efficiencies are often negligable compared to the embodied carbon footprint of most consumer goods.
Every time an item is shared rather than newly purchased, we can reduce green house gas emissions from every stage of the materials lifecycle – from extraction, to production and manufacturing, to distribution.
It’s important to explore more efficient means of transportation and renewable energy usage and policies to revert climate change – but let’s not forget to provide simple tools for ordinary citizens to live more sustainable lifestyles as well.
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