“Humanity is now standing at a crossroads. We must now decide which path we want to take. How do we want the future living conditions for all living species to be like?”
-Greta Thunberg, Climate Change Activist
This quote and what it embodies is the attitude I want to direct towards climate change and the effects it has on our environment. Imagine a world where there’s no nature or greenery, bleak signs of life all around, there’s a scarcity of resources happening around the world, and the atmosphere is no longer clear and safe to live and grow in, all these effects in tandem would produce a sort of unprecedented apocalyptic event never before seen. Thriving, let alone living in this type of environment would not only prove to be difficult, but depressing, as the world that once knew to be beautiful with all it’s life and mystery is now reduced to a toxic waste land. Well, I hate to say, this is not far from the reality we all face living and breathing on this planet, the earth’s days will expire if we, as a collective, don’t come together to treat it. In oceans and landfills today there are plastics, toxins, and harmful non-biodegradables that are producing greenhouse gasses, such as CO2 and methane, which are some of the causes behind climate change. These harmful effects are also a result of how we, as a society, live and construct our buildings to coexist with the local environments and resources. The call for change is now, as many of the planet’s forests, climates, and ecology are changing rapidly for the worse, altering the pattern of nature and its cycle.
I want to make a difference that emphasizes the need of a balanced home for all living life; a healthy one in which the state of the environment is at the forefront of any new social challenge. Even if the difference I end up making is minimal compared to the larger problem, I believe this concept of living green is a push in the right direction towards where we, as a collective, should be heading.
The Green Box is a comprehensive, inclusive, and user-friendly box that promotes a more sustainable and environmentally conscious lifestyle, starting in the home. The Green Box company provides a selection of boxes to choose from, depending on the skill level and comfort of the user, incorporating sustainable and eco-friendly principles and tools in the space. By doing this, I hope to encourage people to find a box that works for them; one that helps decrease their carbon footprint, but also fits the space and does what it’s designed to do for both the user and the environment.
With Green Box, I hope to inspire and encourage a difference to be made, one that can begin easily at home. The Green Box is a product that aims to protect and exist harmoniously with the environment, while teaching the people who use it practical, easy ways to achieve a more green and sustainable life; one that doesn’t harm the planet in the process.
The user guide, accessible through a qr code, will go over a variety of important topics, starting firstly with the goals and intentions the Green Box product has for improving the environment. It will also include how these ideas can start to be easily incorporated into already existing spaces. Following this introduction to the Green Box and its principles, the informational materials will be a broken down explanation of what materials are utilized in the packaging and how it can be safely used in compost. The next pages of the guide will consist of a brief overview of composting, how to use the items included, some general benefits it has on the environment and health of the user, and concluding with different sustainable, eco-friendly practices one can implement in the home. Through inclusion of this guide with the product, I want to present these already existing ideas and items about sustainability and eco-consciousness, in a digestible, easy to understand way, in order to encourage more first time users to switch over to this lifestyle.
Within the Green Box is an assortment of different items and tools that aid in decreasing the carbon footprint of the user, providing the chance to learn more about the ways one can be sustainable and environmentally conscious within existing spaces. In order to showcase how versatile and adaptive these concepts of being and living green can be, the different tools and methods incorporated into the product span across various areas in the home. Additionally, the intention with this grouping of goods selected for the Green Box is to highlight how durable and long-lasting these products, ideas, and benefits are in the battle against climate change, and ultimately influencing how we, as a society, coexist with the environment and it’s natural resources. In the end, the Green Box includes easy, simple to use and install tools that fit in any space around the home; aimed at keeping the environment and its resources safe, whilst being effortlessly a part of the user’s everyday routine.
