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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 »

Gone are the days of the bluish grey flourescent light bulbs that flicker and buzz. Today’s flourescent lights are not only cheaper (lasting 5 to 10 times longer than incandescent lights) but are a more efficient use of energy. They are brighter and no longer cast that grey depressing light. Compact fluorescent bulbs need to be recycled so just remember to read the instructions on how and where.