Living Green

One major step to living green would be to stop the junk mail you receive. Most of what you find in catalogs could be found online anyway. By not receiving junk mail and catalogs that get stacked up and maybe never get read, we could help to preserve water, oil, and trees. Landfills would also not be as full. To find out how, go to campaignearth.org. Recycling is another method you can use to stop our overflowing landfills.

Throughout the world, we need to help preserve our forests. Conservation International and Starbucks are joining together to help consumers join in the preservation of land, water and forests beginning in Mexico and Indonesia. This is one step toward addressing the earth's biggest issue of climate change. Simple actions can help to make big changes such as preserving tropical forests. The amount of CO2 emissions from the burning of forests to make room for more farming are more than all the cars, trucks and trains in the world.

Also, you should "go green" at home and at work. By going green, you should consider the products you purchase at the grocery store. You should buy non-toxic green cleaners and recycled materials such as mops, brooms, containers, and even dust clothes. Another way to help the environment is to wait to go to the store until you have a few errands instead of jumping in the car every time you think of one thing to do. If going to work, you could carpool or if the boss is agreeable, you could work from home a couple of times a week. Businesses can help as well by allowing those things or making carpooling more convenient by changing work hours by compressing work hours and making your hours more flexible. Just by reducing the number of cars that go to your work place everyday, you will be helping the environment.