The earth has undergone five mass extinction events in the past 540 million years. These happen when 75% of the earth’s species vanish. The last mass extinction occurred 65 million years ago when the reign of the dinosaurs came to an end. Scientists believe we are at the verge of the sixth mass extinction. Unlike the last one which is believed to have been caused by a large meteor impact, humans will be responsible for this one. Of all the animal species that have ever lived on the earth, none have been solely responsible for a mass extinction event. That distinction will be uniquely ours.

This extinction hasn’t happened yet and many believe we can prevent it through our choices and actions. If we choose to reduce our ecological footprint, it will have a beneficial impact on the environment and is a step in the right direction toward preventing or holding off this possible extinction. It is up to us to create a better world for our children and grandchildren, not a worse world.

What can you do as an individual to help bring this about? You can start by  reducing your waste and  by switching over to products that are safe for the environment. This doesn’t mean that you have to make any personal sacrifices or reduction in living standards. It simply means replacing products you currently use with eco-friendly equivalents.

What this does mean is doing some research and changing your shopping habits. It doesn’t seem like much, but eco-friendly products can have a substantial positive impact on the environment. First, their use doesn’t directly pollute the environment. Second, their manufacture doesn’t require energy intensive factories that pollute the environment through the use of toxic chemicals or excessive consumption of coal generated power. This is possibly their biggest positive impact. While there are other things you can do, changing your buying habits is an easy first step that will have a big impact on improving the health of the earth.

Are eco-friendly products inferior to conventionally made products? Not as a general rule. A product’s quality has more to do with its manufacturer. For example, DeckMAX provides the nation’s best deck cleaning products which also happen to be safe for the environment. For more information, contact us.