Feeling a little "green" today?
Check out this great article about How to Go Green and Why to Go Green. It will lift your spirits, your health, and help you celebrate the holiday in a healthy way.
Top Ten Reasons to Go Green:
1. Real food is fuel for the body -- and the planet.
2. The average woman absorbs more than 4 pounds of cosmetics during her lifetime. Guys, you?re not off the hook.
3. Making stuff takes lots (and lots and lots) of energy.
4. Clean, renewable power is already available to everyone.
5. Better transportation means less global warming.
6. Nature Recycles Everything. So Should People.
7. Your clothing choices impact more than just your appearance.
8. Water is not a renewable resource.
9. Greener goods are more humane.
10. There's nothing corny 'bout peace, love, and understanding.
Here are a few highlighted statistics:
36: the number of U.S. states that are anticipating local, regional or statewide water shortages by 2013.
3: the number of hours a television set can run on the energy saved from recycling just one aluminum can.
4 pounds, 6 ounces: the amount of cosmetics that can be absorbed through the skin of a woman who wears makeup every day, over the period of one year.
64 million tons: the amount of material prevented from going to landfill or incineration thanks to recycling and composting in 1999
This article will likely inspire you to make at least a few small changes in your daily living. It will help the planet but will also help your personal health through cleaner options for cosmetics, detergents, etc. as well as an emotional aspect of feeling like you're doing something good.
Shamrocks Up!
