Hi, Potatoes!! Welcome to the last, final, and ultimate month of 2020!! (At last! ????)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So far we\u2019ve covered Conserving and Cleaning up, this month we focus on the last of the three C\u2019s \u2014 Chiming In! These are ways to spread the word and influence people all around you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Educate yourself! Look into things that interest you about the environment like plastic waste, air pollution, and sustainable living \u2014 that way you\u2019ll have something you\u2019re passionate about that you can always focus on and be ready to help others learn more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Get involved with your local government. Search for your local boards and commissions; you don\u2019t have to become a member, and just going to a meeting and expressing your opinions and ideas is a great way to get more involved. You could make a really positive impact, whether it be environment-related or not<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Talk to your friends! Be supportive and respectful, and if they don\u2019t listen, do not pester them about it. Your influence may change their minds if your words don\u2019t. And remember, whenever you\u2019re talking about lifestyle changes that you\u2019ve made make sure to talk about it from a selfish<\/em> perspective rather them a selfless<\/em> perspective (for example, if you are talking about how you switched to a plant-based diet, instead of talking about all of the environmental benefits, talk about how you made the choice so you could live a more healthy and balanced life). This will make them more receptive and understanding because they won\u2019t feel like you are judging them for their life choices. We also want to remind you that if you just change your habits and live your life, you will naturally influence people around you to ask questions and be more aware of how their actions affect the environment<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Write to your local government about an environmental policy that could be improved, write to companies about what they can do for the environment, attend protests, and sign petitions advocating for eco-friendly changes that you would like to see. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Organize petitions and group projects<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Be a potato! If people think you\u2019re the coolest potato in the world, they\u2019ll imitate your environmental habits!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Good luck chiming in this month, and thank you all for sticking with us for an entire year of Potato Squad!! We really appreciate all of your support!! ????<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have a wonderful holiday season, and be a potato!!! \u2744\ufe0f????<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi, Potatoes!! Welcome to the last, final, and ultimate month of 2020!! (At last! ????) So far we\u2019ve covered Conserving and Cleaning up, this month we focus on the last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255,"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions\/255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}