Earth Day

Happy Earth Day everyone! It's where we live, it provides us with food, water, air, and many other things that we as humans need to survive. In honor of Earth Day, I will list some small changes you can make in your life to make our earth stronger, healthier and happier so that we, in turn, can also be stronger, healthier and happier.

Simple concepts to make a big difference on our earth.

1) Carpool to work or when going out with friends - (which A.L. and I did this morning. Thanks A.L.) - a nice way to start the day is to head off to work with someone whose company you enjoy.

2) Recycle - and if you don't know the benefits of this, well, you are just WAY behind the times! Get with the program, 'everyone' does it. Will peer pressure work with any of you? lol.

3) Turn off lights when they're not in use. This is a big one for me. For as long as I can remember, I have never left a light on in a room not in use. It's always just seemed weird to me when people have every light on in their house but they're sitting in one room watching t.v. People can be so......ODD! Then again, I dress in the dark if I can when there is natural light in our condo and because of this, I have been known to show up at work with a shirt on backwards or inside out. hehe.

4) Why have water running if you're not using it?! SHUT IT OFF! I know some people have the habit of needing the water to be running while brushing their teeth but honestly, think of how much water that wastes?! Another trick I use is that when I'm doing dishes, I only fill the sink up half full, sometimes less and I don't shove ALL the dishes in at once. One way to save yourself from having - you know what, Keith and I are probably the only people left in Canada without a dishwasher so scratch all of that! lol. I think you get my point. :)

5) Don't LITTER! It's just wrong!!! I mean, it's one thing if you're hiking and leave an apple core behind but I don't want to be driving somewhere and someones fast food cup hits my vehicle, lands in the street, only to sit there for the next million years. Okay, maybe I'm a little too dramatic but it's just plain WRONG! I don't go into another person's home and throw my garbage around their house so they shouldn't be out throwing their crap all over our 'bigger' home. Right? RIGHT!

All that being said, let's take care of our earth and be here for a good time AND a long time!!!