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Tips to live
better and "greener"
People, its not only a good idea anymore, it
is about living responsibly.
Nature gave us the gift of life. We improved it with intelligence
(or so we like to think). With intelligence come some great
responsibilities: understanding our environment, the value of life,
and preserving both.
Our planet is starting to be sick due to over
population of humans and overuse of resources. We can choose to help
reduce the problem and preserve the environment out of respect for
mother nature and for the future generations of humans.
- If you have the luxury to own a house
with a yard, compost your organic wastes. Yard trimmings,
organic kitchen wastes, BBQ ashes etc... No need to make a
science out of it, just pile it up in a corner of your yard and
nature will take care of decomposing it.
Garbage that is not contaminated with
degradable (biological) waste can be more easily recycled and
sorted, and doesn't produce methane gases (a significant
greenhouse gas contributor) when stored in a landfill.
- Recycle aluminum cans and most beverage
cans. The technology exists now to effectively sort and convert
them into raw materials. Of course the Australians and Russian
are upset because we buy less of their aluminums ores, but
really who cares, as long as the six pack is cheaper at 7/11,
and fewer green house gasses are released into the atmosphere.
- Eat less meat:
A plant-based diet generally requires less land, energy, and
other resources. Crop-based food requires an average of 0.78
global hectares per ton of food, compared to 2.1 global hectares
required to produce one ton of animal-based food.
- Reduce the
amount that you drive: walk,
cycle, carpool, or use public transportation instead.
You will also save gas money!
- Avoid purchasing disposable items with lots of packaging.
Re-use items when possible, and always
recycle items that are recyclable.
- Plant native and drought-tolerant plants
in dry regions to reduce water use.
- Share magazines and catalogs
by donating them to hospitals, clinics and
doctors’ offices or by creating an informal program in which you
rotate magazines and catalogs among your neighbors.
- Reuse and recycle packing materials.
You can recycle materials like packing
“peanuts”, boxes, shredded paper.
Reduce Junk Mail (and save
trees and headaches):
Tired
of the 20 pounds of unsolicited mail in your box every day? There is
a way to reduce it. A few large distributors are responsible for
most of it, and you have the right to be removed from their lists.
Follow this link:
www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs4-junk.htm
Most Important Advice:
Seek
the truth for yourself. Don't trust information handed out to you.
This applies to everything from politics and business to religion
and even science and education. It is my experience that quite
often, what you are being told has in fact nothing to do
with the truth, but are mere to justifications of other peoples interest, actions,
or inactions.
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