WHAT YOU CAN DO TO REDEEM LIFE ON EARTH
Below are a few suggestions for bringing our lives in
line with the will of ALL LIFE, supporting and sustaining
life on earth in our Air-Trees-Water-Animals.
To
understand the power of your decisions, multiply
yourself. If you clean up a natural area or recycle bottles
and cans, multiply yourself by 5,000, or 10,000
or more. Conversely, if you make a negative
decision
multiply yourself there too. What you do affects
and inspires others. Be someone who cares. Live
for Life.
Plant-plant-plant the green. www.arborday.org Learn
to plant and nurture trees, teach others your skills. Sow seeds,
plant
a garden, grow your own food. Use organic
methods, compost food scraps, fallen leaves etc. Forgo
chemical fertilizers and pest control.
Do not cut down trees. Do not support those that do.
Conserve paper. Opt out of junk mail. Use cloth towels
instead of paper towels. Use handkerchiefs instead of paper tissue. Find alternatives to toilet paper.
Walk and/or ride a bike as much as possible. Use
public transportation instead of personal autos. Car-pool if
you must drive.
Use candles or lanterns instead of electric lights.(BE
smart-be careful-DO NOT FALL ASLEEP WITH A CANDLE BURNING! Use only in safe areas!)
*Turn off your refrigerator and or freezer when you go
to bed at night. (Your food will still be cold in the morning.
Be sure to turn it on when you get up.)
Lower the thermostat on your heating system. Use more
blankets, wear more clothes. Raise the thermostat on your cooling system. Open windows.
Take shorter showers,(get wet, turn off the water.
Soap up. Rinse quickly). Conserve water at every chance.
Catch water from roof gutters. Use low-flow
toilets, or put a brick or two into the toilet tank/closet.
Preferably use an outhouse or latrine. Learn
to re-use Grey water.
Do not buy bottled water**. Purify your own and use
refillable containers.
Refuse to use plastic bags**. When you shop, bring
your own cloth or burlap bag instead of using plastic or
paper bags. Avoid plastic sandwich bags**. Use
reuseable containers for lunches, etc. Teach
your children how and why.
Refuse to use throw away fast-food/take-out containers.
Bring your own reusable cups and containers.
Do not accept or use drinking straws**. We don't need
them!
Clean with baking soda or white vinegar if safe soaps
are not available. Use baking soda on dishes, clothes, floors,
sinks, bathrooms, (also in place of toothpaste). Do not buy
and use anti-bacterial dish detergents. http://www.thenewhomemaker.com/vinegar
Recycle everything you
possibly can.
Contact officials about current laws needed against
pollution and their enforcement.
Remove garbage and trash pollution from forests,
rivers, streams, oceans, fields.....IT'S OUR JOB! (Recycle.)