January 3, 2021 (IANSlife) Actor and environmentalist Dia Mirza says her new year resolution for 2020 is to grow veggies. "It’s been a dream and I look forward to creating a kitchen garden and growing food," she told IANSlife.
Outlining five, simple new year resolutions for sustainable living, the UNEP Goodwill Ambassador and UN Secretary-General's Advocate for SDG suggests greener choices that can collectively lead to a healthier planet.
As the new year arrives, Dia says, "Just one positive resolution can have a far-reaching impact on the well-being of mother earth but five can be potentially transformative."
The five easy steps she suggests for sustainable living in 2021 are:
The actor has been at the forefront of conversations about climate change. Along with discussing the urgent need to cut carbon emissions, consuming natural resources mindfully and finding solutions at micro and macro levels to preserve the environment, Dia diligently follows a greener, earth-centric lifestyle that includes segregating and composting waste, making the kitchen plastic free, upcycling old furniture, carrying a metal water bottle to shoots, using biodegradable toiletries and hygiene products and creating green pockets wherever possible.
"In 2021, let us resolve to become better citizens of our planet with our choices. We all have a part to play in helping the earth heal. And it is not very difficult to make a small change today that will collectively and positively impact our future in the only home that we have ever known," concludes Dia.
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