Thanks to social media and greater social awareness, caring for the climate is in. Altering your diet and lifestyle to protect the environment has gained more attention, but what if you can’t say goodbye to meat? Understandably, this is the case for most people. In our opinion, it’s just not realistic to expect everyone to switch to an entirely plant-based diet. Cutting out meat entirely isn’t the only way to reduce your plates' environmental footprint. There are many things you can do to reduce your impact without putting down your fork and knife. Here are some tips and tricks from the Twenty5Degrees family to you! 

One acre of mangrove alone can sequester 1,450 pounds of carbon per year. 

Yeah, you read that correctly. These terrestrial ecosystems absorb and store carbon, removing it from the atmosphere and storing it within the plant. The mangroves use the carbon dioxide for their leaves, rootsand branches and once they die, they fall to the seafloor and store the carbon for thousands of years. This buried carbon is referred to as “blue carbon” because it is stored underwater. Researchers state that worldwide, mangroves can sequester more than 28 million tons of carbon EVERY YEAR. Now that’s a ton of carbon…

Normally, a one-fish day is nothing noteworthy, but when that one fish looks like nothing you’ve ever seen before in your life—as much for its over-the-top odd looks, as for its scarcity—that day creates an indelible memory