What You Can Do To Keep Our Planet Healthy

Don't take water for granted. The average American wastes 150 gallons of water per day. An average person in a developing nation will struggle to find five gallons a day. Consider donating to charitywater.org.

What You Can Do To Keep Our Planet Healthy

The resources on our planet are not infinite. As our population continues to grow, more and more resources are used. Today is Earth Day. It is our wake up call to realize more effort is needed, by all of us, to keep our planet healthy. It's easy to think that what you do every day, does not really make that much difference, because you don't notice the results. But when thousands, millions, of other people are doing the same thing, the impact is huge. Make a commitment today to keep our planet healthy.

Some simple things you can do now:
Unplug your cell phone charger.
File your taxes electronically.
Choose goods made from green materials.
Recycle your cell phone.
Buy local foods.
Kick the plastic bag habit. Use tote bags.
Take shorter showers.
Turn off the faucet while you brush your teeth.
Recycle.
Rent a green car when you travel.
Unplug appliances not in use.
For more things you can do, visit www.earthday.net

Take the footprint quiz and see the impact you are having on our planet. You will be amazed.
www.earthdayfootprint.net

What You Can Do To Keep Our Planet Healthy

Unplug those cell phone chargers. We often leave cell phone chargers plugged into the wall after we're done charging our cell phones. If 10% of the world's cell phone users unplugged their chargers, it would save enough energy each year to power tens of thousands of homes.

What You Can Do To Keep Our Planet Healthy

File your taxes electronically. Each tax season, the IRS issues nearly 8 billion paper forms which is the equivalent of nearly 300,000 trees. E-filing significantly reduces the amount of paper used. The IRS has set a goal to have 80% of returns e-filed by 2012.

What You Can Do To Keep Our Planet Healthy

Every object you own has an environmental impact. To lessen the footprint of your material life, choose goods made from green materials.
Recycle your cell phone. Americans throw out more than 125 million cell phones each year, resulting in more than 65,000 tons of waste. Many charities now collect old cell phones, refurbish them and send them to people in need.
Buy local foods. Buying local foods means supporting the local economy and reducing the greenhouse gas emissions required to get food from its origin to your plate.