Tips: Easy Ways to Show Love Languages to Mother Earth

Are you familiar with the concept of love languages? If you haven’t heard it before, you may learn about this concept here. Valentine's Day – which is just around the corner – might be a great moment to express affection using one of these preferred languages to our special someone. Love languages, as defined by Dr. Gary Chapman in his book "The Five Love Languages," encompass the distinct ways individuals express and interpret love. These languages include physical touch, words of affirmation, acts of service, receiving gifts, and quality time. While people commonly employ these five love languages to demonstrate love and affection to family, partner, friends, and others, we can also extend these expressions of love to showcase care for our Mother Earth and the environment that surrounds us. Here, we share our top tips for expressing love to our beloved planet through the five love languages!

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Are you familiar with the concept of love languages? If you haven’t heard it before, you may learn about this concept here. Valentine’s Day, Anniversary Day, or other momentous day like Birthday – might be a great moment to express affection using one of these preferred languages to our special someone.  

Love languages, as defined by Dr. Gary Chapman in his book “The Five Love Languages,” encompass the distinct ways individuals express and interpret love. These languages include physical touch, words of affirmation, acts of service, receiving gifts, and quality time. 

While people commonly employ these five love languages to demonstrate love and affection to family, partner, friends, and others, we can also extend these expressions of love to showcase care for our Mother Earth and the environment that surrounds us.  

Here, we share our top tips for expressing love to our beloved planet through the five love languages! 

Physical touch  

For people who express love through physical touch, gestures like hugs, kisses, or holding hands make them feel safe and comfortable. While we can’t physically touch the planet in the same way, there are alternative ways to connect. Here are some ways to use this love language and engage with the Earth: 

1. Gardening or planting trees and plants at home 

2. Engage in environmental events, such as tree-planting events. You and your community can conduct a tree-planting event with Trees4Trees. Contact us to plan your event! 

3. Feel the texture of soil, water, or plants by running your hands through them when you are in nature  

4. Immersing ourselves in bodies of water, whether for swimming or canoeing 

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Words of affirmation  

Praise, appreciation, and other verbal compliments are part of the words of affirmation love language. These affirming words encourage those around you to actively engage in caring for our Earth. Here are ways to apply the words of affirmation love language to our planet: 

1. Sharing eco-friendly tips on your social media  

2. Recommend sustainable reads, movies, or documentaries to your friends  

3. Engage in discussions about sustainable living habits with friends and family 

Quality time  

Enjoying quality time with our Earth can be one of the most delightful ways to do it. It’s also a highly visible way to demonstrate our love for the environment. This involves being fully present, engaged, and attentive while spending time in nature to deepen our connection. Utilize the quality time love language to express love for the planet by: 

1. Spending hours on outdoor activities, such as hiking trails, seeking scenic views, exercise, or birdwatching.  

2. Having a zero-waste picnic with friends or family  

3. Journaling or reading outdoors in the garden or amidst greenery. 

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Receiving gifts  

The joy of receiving gifts is something that resonates with everyone. Expressing love through a gift goes beyond the tangible item; it encompasses the time, thought, and effort invested. While we can’t directly buy a gift to bring happiness to the planet as we do for our friends or family, we can consider these thoughtful gifts for our Mother Earth: 

1. Reduce the waste we generate that ends up in landfills and oceans. It will be a truly meaningful gift to Mother Earth! 

2. Instill a love for nature and the environment in our children and grandchildren. 

3. Donating to eco-organizations or green movements to support causes such as tree-planting, endangered species protection, or climate action. You can also give a gift of planted trees to your loved ones with us. Learn more here how to get involved. 

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Acts of Service  

Indeed, actions speak louder than words. While acts of service towards other people make them feel loved and appreciated, extending acts of service to our planet contributes to the well-being of the environment, ensuring its safety and protection. These actions can have both direct and indirect impacts. Consider the following ways to apply this love language to the planet: 

1. Clean the streets and pick up litter in your neighborhood. 

2. Compost all your food waste and other organic waste 

3. Embrace eco-friendly and sustainable changes in your life, such as starting to reuse, recycle items or using organic materials 

4. Volunteering to conservation group or environmental community, such as cleanup or tree-planting community 

Love is a language universally spoken, and each person has their preferred love languages and strengths in expressing themselves comfortably. So, which love language have you recently shown to the planet? Remember to share more love languages this Valentine’s Day to make it even more meaningful. 

Read more: 10 Eco Friendly Activity Ideas to Enjoy with Loved Ones

Tips for Being an Eco-friendlier Woman

Tips for Being an Eco-friendlier Woman
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The world celebrates International Women’s Day every March 8th. The day is an opportunity to recognize the contributions of women to society and call for greater gender equality in all areas of life. As a woman who wants to celebrate this momentous day by contributing to the earth through eco-friendly ways in daily life, you can try these tips to become an eco-friendlier woman.  

You can also celebrate the day with woman you love most in your life by considering these things as gifts.  

Get rid of single-use makeup wipes and switch with reusable wipes 

Using single-use makeup cotton wipes or facial cleansing wipes can be wasteful. Instead, switching to reusable cloth wipes can be a simple way to be more eco-friendly in your beauty routine. These cloth wipes can be washed and reused multiple times, resulting in less waste. 

Tips for Being an Eco-friendlier Woman
Reusable cloth wipes can be a way to be more eco-friendly in a beauty routine. Photo: Pexels/Karolina Grabowska

Upcycle, secondhand, and eco-friendly material clothes 

The trend of fashion is very dynamic making the clothing models, variation, and types change vastly. It is easy to buy up-to-date clothes from shops which do not consider the environment of clothing production, but we should consider it because the process involves a huge amount of energy consumption, water, and natural resources. 

Tips for Being an Eco-friendlier Woman
Secondhand clothes, slow fashion, clothes swap, or upcycle clothes are ways to do more sustainable in fashion. Photo: Pexels/cottonbro studio

Instead of buying new clothes every time the fashion trend is changing, we can do a more sustainable way to get clothes and keep fashionable, such as: 

  • Upcycle items we already own 
  • Buy secondhand clothing 
  • Organize a clothes swap or attend it to swap your clothes with others 
  • Choose slow fashion (with a good quality, durable, and long-lasting model) so you can wear it for a long time  
  • Buy clothes with eco-friendly materials like natural dyed clothes or made from degradable material like cotton or silk.  

Earth-friendly bath and skin care products 

There are so many varieties of bath and skin care products made from natural these days. They are free preservatives and free chemicals so safer for the body and for the earth. It usually comes with wonderful-smelling soap, shampoo, and conditioner bars or nature-based skin care from various plants and fruit ingredients, like aloe vera, calendula, rose, and many more. Natural and earth-friendly bath and skin care products sure can pamper your skin and body after a tiring day.   

Recycle and reduce packaging of beauty products 

Another thing to consider before buying beauty products is whether they come with minimal or no packaging. Reducing packaging waste, especially from products that are a part of a woman’s daily routine, can be a significant contribution towards reducing our overall waste. Choosing beauty product brands that offer refillable packages or have programs in place to recycle their packaging is the best way to reduce waste. Alternatively, you can recycle the packaging into useful items or send it to recycling centers. 

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Switch to eco-friendly kitchenware  

There are lots of eco-friendly kitchenware, cutlery, and other tableware offered nowadays. Usually, they are made from organic materials that are safe for environments like bamboo for cutlery or spatula, coconut fiber or loofah for dishwasher, responsible wood for glass or plates, or pot from pottery or durable material, so it can be used for a long time. Using eco-friendly kitchenware that is harmless to the environment is a great option to live more sustainably starting from the kitchen.     

Reusable shopping bags and produce bags 

Plastic waste is a serious problem we face these days. Going to the grocery store often means using a bunch of plastic bags and plastic produce sacks and then throwing them away shortly after. Bringing reusable shopping bags and produce bags every time going shopping is a great action to make a green contribution for the earth.  

Plant trees, support women  

Planting trees is a sustainable way to protect the earth. Moreover, it indirectly contributes to cleaning the air and water, which is beneficial for our skin and body. You can celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day by planting trees with Trees4Trees. By doing so, you will also be helping to empower women in our community. Let’s support women for a better and greener future! Plant tree with us through this LINK  

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Celebrate the International Women’s Day by planting with Trees4Trees. Photo: Trees4Trees/Kemas Duga Muis.