Green Living - Introduction
Green living involves minimizing our impact on the earth by making conscious choices when it comes to the products that we use and buy (or don’t buy). Realizing that the more good that we do helps to cancel out the negative effects that our modern way of living has on the planet and all her inhabitants.It is impossible to view a beautiful meadow or seashore without noticing the plastic bags and other debris that have collected there. We must move beyond the "convenience" lifestyle and think about how we are effecting our environment and our precious resources. Think about what happens to the plastic cup you are drinking from or the styrofoam plate you are eating from after you are done using them. Most likely, they will end up in a landfill, where they will sit for hundreds of years, if not longer. Is this the lasting impression you would like to leave on the world?
When we use items that are reuseable, such as a glass or stainless steel water bottle, we are not contributing to the continual clearing of forests and chemical use to make these products. All of the earth's inhabitants, including humanity, the earth, the sea and the sky will benefit from less chemical assaults. Even though disposable products might seem harmless to use just once, the overall effect of their production and disposal is destructive and disrespectful to the earth and our health. Reducing waste, recycling and the conscious use of reuseable products are all compassionate acts towards the earth.