Celebrate Earth Day by Taking Care of Yourself
April 22, 2008 by Peggy
Go ahead. Celebrate Earth Day by taking care of yourself. After all, you’re the one who’s going to bring about change. It’s your personal decisions to live a healthier life that will also help the earth.
How does taking care of yourself equal taking care of the earth? Here are a few things you may do that benefit not only you, but our earth we share.
-Adopt green cleaning products
-Eat less meat
-Walk or cycle to work if you can
-Buy or grow organic food
-Carefully choose cosmetics and personal care items
-And help curb pollution and petroleum use by taking your own bags.
It all adds up. This Earth Day, don’t stress and think about what’s wrong. Instead, just keep moving in the right direction. Your simple steps will inspire others.
Happy Earth Day. Hug your cat and a tree, but not at the same time.
Image via MorgueFile.
Good points, we have to be healthy to help others, even the planet. Also, no cat. Do you think I have to hug fishy?
Yip, you can hug your kid, dog, fish, etc.! Isn’t there a neighborhood cat you can hug? : )
Here is a great way to pamper yourself while giving to a nonprofit group and shopping GREEN at the same time!!! Go to http://www.nonprofitshoppingmall.com and pick a nonprofit group that a percent of your sale will go to. Then shop the many GREEN stores and just give yourself a gift! You deserve it!