In our search to help the planet and acquire new habits and customs to have a more sustainable and responsible life, social networks are great allies. There we can find influencers who have traveled the same path -or at least are doing it- and share their experience with us, advise and guide us.
These are four Mexican influencers who use their social networks for various projects, but with one goal: save the planet. They do this through creative initiatives, tutorials, first-person advice, and examples. They are tutors of what “has to be done” so that water is valued, the soil is cared for and plastic is banished from everyday life.
1. Gabriela Baeza Zamora (@proyectocerobasura)
Mexican environmental activist, speaker and expert in sustainable development, recognized for popularizing the zero waste movement in Latin America through the documentary short film El reto.
In his account, he recounts what it is like to carry out a zero waste initiative. Gabriela tells how she prefers to opt for different alternatives to be more ecological and how she changed her way of consumption. She also invites those who want to save the planet to join the challenge of not generating waste.
2. Chantal Chalita (@chantalchalita)
She is an environmental engineer, and creator of Green Me, a space dedicated to people who seek to lead a sustainable lifestyle by making small changes to their routine.
In her Instagram account there is a variety of information: healthy eating, eco-tourism and sustainable fashion are mentioned. She provides many tips and ideas to change the way you consume and the habits that are not sustainable. She also writes about circular economy, natural cosmetics and shares recipes to prepare our own personal hygiene products.
In June of this year, he gave a TED talk where he talked about how to be a flawed but active environmentalist.
3. Joselyn Amaya (@joselynsindesperdicios)
Motivate to lead a life zero waste cSharing ideas to avoid generating garbage in a very simple way. For those looking to reduce their environmental footprint, he recommends starting by rejecting the single-use plastics they deal with on a daily basis. It also suggests analyzing what waste we generate every day and looking for an alternative.
Practically all of his advice and tips are on how to travel, go out, eat, shop without generating waste. He also shares good ways to go to the market and not come home with plastic.
4. Live without Garbage (@vivesinbasura)
This account is an inspiration to live a simpler and healthier life. It is a community dedicated to giving tips and inspiring people to reduce their consumption of plastic and single-use packaging. They try to transmit the ideals on which they are based to build the world that they would like to leave to their children. They maintain that with a small action every day a lot can be done.
You can see that there are many tips found on the networks, and that there are many who are willing to raise awareness and spread the word about how urgent it is that we change our habits. Follow them, put them into practice and infect others, it is in each one.