9 Ways on How to Take Care of Our Mother Earth

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Little things you can do to help our Earth

 1.     Exercise in the Morning.

-        You will 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 will fill your lungs with oxygen, not ozone.

2.     Use a shampoo-conditioner combo

-        If 10 percent of men skipped the separate conditioner, the plastic saved would cover seven football fields. The shorter shower also helps your skin retain more moisture; especially if you like you water hot.

3.     Dispose of disposable razors

-        Buying these cheap choppers buys you a scraped face and a hunk of metal and plastic that can’t be recycled nor decomposed. Better: Refillable razors. Best: Safety razors – you kick it old school and get a great shave as well as recyclable blades.

4.     Walk to the market

-        Chances are, you are no more than a 15-minute walk to a supermarket selling produce and fresh meat. Save yourself a trip to your traditional wet market. There are enough trucks travelling thousands of kilometers to deliver the goods to someplace you can walk to.

5.     Sign up for Earth Hour

-        Go to www.earthhour.org and sign up to receive more tips on how to help save the planet. Earth Hour is a global movement that has everyone turn off their lights for one hour, all at the same time, once a year. They also challenge you to do it every day, as well as calculating your carbon footprint at http://earthhour.zerofootprint.net

6.     Get a map

-        Know when you are going and you will save on fuel and frustration. Google maps have an accurate map of places and other major areas. While you are at it, avoid left turns. Idling in traffic produces 20 times more pollution that if you hooked a few rights.

7.     Drink beer from bottles

-        It takes about twice as much energy to make an aluminum can as it does to produce a glass bottle of equal size. And no matter what kinds of cans they develop, bottles beer always tastes better.

8.     Drink water from the tap

-        Fill up your body, not the landfill. 71 million plastic water bottles are tossed daily and less than one-third are recycled worldwide. Use sturdy and reusable plastic drink bottles like Nalgene, or the corporate giveaways that come your way every December.

9.     Use compact fluorescent bulbs (CFL)

-        A CFL runs cool, uses 70 percent less energy than an incandescent bulb. And lasts 10 times longer. It also saves you up to $25 in electricity over the life of the bulb. A typical bulb can shine continuously for 14 months, or 14 years if used two hours a day. The best part? New CFL bulbs come on instantly and emit warm light that’s nearly indistinguishable from incandescent light. Next big thing: light-emitting diode lamps. They’ll last even longer.