I'll blame the late Earth Day entry on the Mommy Brain that I'm really struggling with lately.
As for Earth Day - I had wanted to encourage everyone to do something better for the enviornment. Just one small thing can really make a very big impact. Did you know it takes 1# of plastic 500 years to biodegrade in a landfill? 500 years!!! Think of all the bottled water and drinks in plastic bottles yourself and everyone you know are consuming right now. I walk around the office and see pop bottles thrown away all the time. COME ON PEOPLE!!! 1) that's 5 cents! and 2) RECYCLE RECYCLE RECYCLE!!!
The one small change you could make is to reuse your plastic water bottles (especially if there isn't a recycling program in your area). They are good for many uses. People worry about reusing them because of all the hype the see on the internet. You'll die of something else long before you have to worry about your plactic water bottle killing you. Have you had a cell phone to your ear lately? Stood in front of the microwave anytime? Gone outside w/o sunscreen on recently? Those things all have a bad hype but you still do them all the time.
Or newspapers...could you compost them? Line your garden with them to keep weeds out? Recycle them?
Or gas, could you make less trips to the store? Car pool with a coworker or neighbor? Get a FlexFuel vehicle next time? Walk more?
THIS IS THE ONLY EARTH WE HAVE - SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO FOR IT????
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