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I’m not going to chastise everyone for the overuse of water and put forth data like how an average American uses 114 liters a day (30 gallons) showering, or that our planet is covered with 70 percent water and we’ll never run out of it, but moving fresh sanitized water is economically unfeasible and virtually inaccessible into more than 35 percent of the world’s populated areas, or that several people in developing nations (”developing”: Tuh! That’s a misnomer.) die every second from water-born illness and disease.

I’m not going to say how ignorant people are in washing their own cars, washing dishes by hand, brushing their teeth while letting gallons of water run down the drains, cleaning their beautiful cement driveways with the hose, and not replacing their toilets with more efficient mechanisms that save 60 percent more water with each flush than older toilets.

And what about our American standard of luxury: water parks, water shows (especially the Las Vegas kind), water falls and fountains in both business parks and homes. It pains me to see a party of 5 people sit at a dining establishment and not take one sip of their 12 oz. water with ice cubes. Multiply that out!

No. All I’m going to say is, think a little more about this resource that we can not recreate or substitute. Amazingly the water you use today has been around since the creation of life on this planet. Appreciate the sound and site of a body of water whether it’s in a fountain or in your bath tub.

Be conscientious, be aware, be grateful.

Hey, did you know there’s a whirl pool in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that is almost 1500 miles wide? Not a big deal except it’s filled with tons of plastic that washes out into the ocean. It’s a sludge of rotating plastic particles entering our sea life and finding it’s way into the food chain. So don’t forget to throw all those plastic utensils, bottle caps, water bottles, blister packages and stir straws into the recycle bin. Yah, I know they don’t have a rounded triangle with a number on it but they should! Oh, and think of all that plastic you throw into the regular trash from the bathroom. Plastic that holds cosmetics, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, underarm juice, on and on and on.

Going green isn’t so special these days and most people don’t even know what they’re doing. If you’re a celeb, you’ve probably got a “natural” t-shirt line going. Your t-shirt advertised on a 50 page catalog will be delivered in 7 to 10 days via a fuel guzzling jet, ship, train and truck, wrapped in tissue and plastic, inside a cardboard box, safety-pinned with a cool tag about your “green company”, accompanied by a receipt printed on paper with carbon. Enjoy! It was probably even manufactured by a 7 year old child in a some developing nation. Consumerism, by nature, is wasteful. Click to Continue »

Check the quality of your tap water at home. You can get water testing kits from the hardware store. If the drinking water in your area does not meet with your standards (that means odor, too, because if it doesn’t smell good either you won’t drink it) use water filters. Water filters can be mounted right onto the faucet, under the sink, or to a pitcher (such as Brita®). Initially the cost can run from $20 to over a $150, plus your time for installation but you’ll make up for the expense and the cost to our environment in no time.

Beans, beans, a healthy meal; the more you eat, the faster earth heals. Besides having more fiber and no cholesterol, beans are more versatile and keep much longer and safer than beef. Working parents can make a 15 bean stoup Sunday night for dinner and have a few lunches and plenty of left over for hectic nights.

In a really large pot, saute one chopped yellow onion, 3 chopped carrots, 2 chopped stalks of celery, Click to Continue »