Take the Tissue Challenge! Tissues are very convenient, but also very detrimental to our environment. Unless your tissue box says something like “no bleaching” or “100% recycled paper”, the material that you put on your nose’s delicate skin has been bleached and is made from wood pulp from virgin forests.

 

The best way to reduce climate pollution and global warming is to stop deforestation. 

According to the New York Times, deforestation causes nearly 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, the equivalent of the world's entire transport sector. Indonesia and Brazil are, respectively, the world's third- and fourth-largest emitting nations. In Brazil, deforestation is responsible for 70 percent of emissions.

Find out more about deforestation at nytimes.com