{"id":528961,"date":"2010-04-15T18:00:36","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T22:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.epa.gov\/blog\/?p=2215"},"modified":"2010-04-15T18:00:36","modified_gmt":"2010-04-15T22:00:36","slug":"pick5-goes-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/528961","title":{"rendered":"Pick5 Goes International!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m a little excited, (says something after Palau<\/a>!) Last Earth Day, EPA created Pick5 for the Environment to encourage environmental action, commitment and advocacy. Now it\u2019s GLOBAL!<\/p>\n

Ever wonder what more EPA could do internationally? Some of us here did too. An enthusiastic team at the State Department<\/a> and EPA joined together to launch our first joint environmental advocacy effort! Now let\u2019s hope for participation to rise, from all over the world.<\/p>\n

Also, thanks to all the inspiring environmental efforts out there who have some incredible websites that we couldn\u2019t help but admire when redesigning ours. We hope to inspire together!<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s Pick5 International about<\/a>? Doing your part.<\/p>\n

Excuses are easy. Long work hours, no recycling bin or reusable option handy. Greenies like me can whine and bug our friends to change, but you know – those swimming polar bears in Planet Earth did a much better job wrenching your heartstrings, and that\u2019s great! Those images remind us that every action has a consequence, usually someplace else that\u2019s easily forgotten.<\/p>\n

The effects of our actions compile where we don\u2019t see them. Plastics finding their way to far off lands, creating NEW land<\/a> or ending up in landfills: somebody sees it. That \u2018stuff\u2019 will be around for generations. The condition of the planet doesn\u2019t restart at the beginning of a child\u2019s life. When has air pollution ever stopped at a border security check point? Last time I looked into it, the air and water this planet started with, is the only batch of it we\u2019ve got.<\/p>\n

Pollution knows no bounds. Neither should environmental action. Pick5 International was created with this in mind. We understand not everyone can do the same thing to help the environment. It\u2019s about doing what fits your lifestyle, your home, your country. Leaving this planet better off than how we found it takes little steps from all of us. It\u2019s that simple. It\u2019s fun. It can save money. It can also, by the way, help save those places and species that we adore so much when we see them on TV. So let\u2019s all Pick 5 today and every day, so generations to come might have a chance to still see them for real.<\/p>\n

About the author: Jeanethe works for EPA New England in Boston doing Superfund Community Involvement, and social media outreach for EPA\u2019s Office of Web Communications in Washington D.C.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m a little excited, (says something after Palau!) Last Earth Day, EPA created Pick5 for the Environment to encourage environmental action, commitment and advocacy. Now it\u2019s GLOBAL! Ever wonder what more EPA could do internationally? Some of us here did too. An enthusiastic team at the State Department and EPA joined together to launch our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6469,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-528961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}