| Ten Little Things You Can Do To Save Ma Nature |
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| Ririan | |||
| Wednesday, 25 June 2008 | |||
 You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”- Mahatma Gandhi  Going green is all the rage, but not everyone is taking the plunge. Why not? For starters, you may think that it takes a lot of effort or a lot of money to go green. This just isn’t the case. Here are ten very easy ways that you can help save the planet.1. Drink water from the tap Fill up your body, not the landfill. In South Africa, 85 000 tonnes of PET bottles are produced every year, while only around 7 000 tonnes are recycled. Drink straight tap water, or boil and filter it if you have any concerns. Don’t just worry about your body, worry about the planet it lives in too. 2. Reduce food miles Do this by buying locally produced food. Supermarket produce travels as far as 10 000km, so it’s less fresh and requires more fuel to transport. Visit your local Farmer’s Market, it’s a fun morning out! 3. Buy Fair-Trade coffee Or any other java brewed from beans certified as grown on sustainable farms. These farms work to protect the world’s pharmacy, the Brazilian rainforest, for medicinal plants awaiting discovery. 4. Use Maps 5. Drink beer from bottles. It takes about twice as much energy to make an aluminium can as it does to produce a glass bottle of equal size. And no matter what kinds of cans they develop, bottled beer always tastes better. 6. Exercise in the A.M. You’ll eliminate the extra shower after a midday or evening workout, saving water and time. Plus, air-pollution levels are lowest in the early morning, so you’ll fill your lungs with oxygen, not ozone. 7. Use a shampoo-conditioner combo If 10 percent of us skipped the separate conditioner, the plastic saved would cover twenty-one football fields. The shorter shower also helps your skin retain more moisture. 8. Dispose of disposable razors Ninety-nine cents buys you a scraped face and a hunk of metal and plastic that can’t be recycled and isn’t biodegradable. Better: Refillable razors. Best: Safety razors - you get a great shave and recyclable blades. 9. Be water-wise Always check that you have turned taps off properly: a dripping tap loses about two drops a second, which over a hundred litres a week. Fit water-saving devices to toilet cisterns and water-saving taps. And if you have a dishwasher, use it sparingly: half-loaded machines use more than half the water of a full load. 10. Bike it Fifty percent of the planets air pollution comes from cars. Most journeys are still less than 4km. There is no more important issue that we have to face together. It’s amazing that we have yet to understand the severity of the oil world and pollution situation. Give it up. Get a bike. You never need to feel helpless. There is always something you can do. There are so many other people ready, doing, activating, speaking, writing, imagining, organizing, praying and working towards a green and healthy future.
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