How can you practice extreme resource efficiency today?

Living on Mars requires perfect recycling of water, food, and energy. By tracking your own waste and energy use, you build a mindset of conservation.

Try a 'zero-waste' day where you reuse or compost everything you consume, leaving nothing for the trash bin.

What else is in this exploration

3 evidence blocks3 perspectives2 visualizations6 media resources10 rabbit holes

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Martian colonizers can grow certain cyanobacteria using local resources available on the planet.

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Astronauts traveling to and from Mars would face a minimum radiation exposure of 0.66 sieverts.

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Early Mars possessed an episodically warm surface with liquid water that carved valley networks.