Bloggers Unite - Blog Action Day

My friend Joanne from The Laid Back Buddhist asked me to participate in a very important cause on her post, Power of One. I didn’t know about Bog Action Day previously. Thanks Joanne for letting myself and several others know about this! This Year’s theme is the environment.

Don’t Complain About Politics

I see people, organizations and politicians complaining about how the ozone layer is being destroyed. First of all, complaining won’t help. Impeaching George Bush will not help the environment. Instead of complaining, do something yourself. I believe solving 80% of the world’s problems can be done on a personal level!

Get Realistic About Really Helping the Environment

If you want to help the environment, here are some things you can personally do to help. I am not talking about aesthetics, I’m talking about much deeper reasons. Cleaning up garbage on the side of the highway may make it prettier but that same garbage will still have to be burned, recycled or buried in a horrid land fill.

Revellian’s Environment Tips 2007

  • Cut down on buying or using anything that comes in a plastic, throwaway container. If you drink sodas, for example, use recyclable aluminum cans instead. Plastics take hundreds of years to break down. Landfills all over the world are filled with disposable plastic. Did you know that drinking or eating anything in a plastic container is filling your body with polymeric plasticides. These are toxins that have been linked with several types of cancer, including breast cancer!
  • Participate in recycling anything you can. Recycling programs are available in most cities throughout America and many other countries. Please take the time to make sure you do your part. If your area recycles plastic, make sure any plastic you dispose of goes to the proper places, not your regular garbage can.
  • Drive less, take public transportation or walk! Spend time outdoors and walk somewhere! Nature is beautiful and spending some time outside will help you appreciate it more!
  • Use natural gas instead of electric appliances (if available). Electric plants put off tons of pollutants. Natural gas burns cleanly.
  • Grow yourself a beautiful organic garden! Nothing is more delicious than fresh fruits and vegetables grown in your own backyard. If you live in a situation where you can do something like this, then do it! Gardening is fun and rewarding. You can learn how to grow a garden from free on line articles!
  • Read on line books instead of buying paper ones. This is one great thing about the web! There are tons of places to get great, free literature! One of my favourites is ManyBooks.net.

These are my tips for all of you to use in your daily lives! Go to BlogActionDay.org and read what they are about. There’s lots of great resources for benefiting the world that anyone can be a part of. Read some enviromental or “green” blogs. There are lots of great sites out there we can all learn from. Thanks for reading, now go do your part to help our environment!

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