How can I help better our Environment?

One of the easiest things with the biggest impact that ordinary citizens can do to help our environment and reduce global warming is to buy organic. Don't just buy Nature's Path organic products, but make as many of your food and clothing purchases as possible organic.

Why will this change the world?

For every acre of land that is converted from non-organic to organic:

5.4 pounds/year/acre of the active ingredient in pesticides are prevented from polluting our land, seeping into water, and endangering wildlife and the farm workers safety.
408.55 pounds/year/acre of synthetic fertilizers (produced with fossil fuel) are no longer needed as organic relies on nature's own fertilization methods.

In 2006 alone, Nature's Path, with your help prevented approximately 166,000 pounds of pesticides, and 12,453,000 pounds of synthetic fossil fuel fertilizer from being used.

Nature's Path together with our customers are saving the earth, one acre at the time!

Sources for pesticide usage:
For US: May 2001 Agricultural Chemical Usage 2000 Field Crops Summary, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
For Canada: Fact-sheet Pesticides Alberta Department of Environment, Oct 2001
Sources for Fertilizer usage:
For US: National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA, 2000
For Canada: Table 30 A of International Fertilizer Development Center's report, North America Fertilizer Situation, November 2001.

Take the One Tonne Challenge:

The Government of Canada is asking its’ citizens to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by One Tonne annually, contains practical solutions presented in a fun and informative way:
http://www.climatechange.gc.ca/onetonne/english/

Take the Nature Challenge:

The David Suzuki Foundation has researched the 10 most effective ways we can help conserve nature and improve our quality of life: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/WOL/Challenge/

Find out what your Environmental Footprint is:

This Ecological Footprint Quiz estimates how much productive land and water you need to support what you use and what you discard: http://www.myfootprint.org/

Discover the best and worst produce choices for pesticides and down-load the handy wallet guide for pesticides in produce: http://foodnews.org/

An on-line resource for consumers interested in organic food and textiles. The site contains recipes, articles, activities for children, and inspiration http://www.theorganicreport.org/

Recycle your old cell phone:

The Call2Recycle program collects used cellular phones and rechargeable batteries to benefit the environment and charitable organizations. Click on the following link for more information:
http://www.call2recycle.org/pages/us_or_canada.html

Read up on Environmental Issues:

There are several great web resources that do an excellent job of educating the public on environmental issues. The following BBC website is one of our favorites:
http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2004/planet/default.stm