- Improves your health
- Saves you money
- And can be beneficial
both socially and spiritually
The Environment
and Your Health
It is not a coincidence that what is good for the
planet is also good for your health. We are reliant upon the earth to provide
us with our most basic and vital needs. Those are fresh air, clean water, and
wholesome food. We cannot be healthy if our air is full of toxins and
photochemical smog; our water is full of non-treatable toxins and our soil
lacks the minerals that plants need to make our food nutritionally balanced.
Choosing to lessen your environmental impacts will improve your health and the
health of the rest of the planet as well.
Going green and
saving money
Another interesting thing about minimizing our
environmental impacts is that this will also save money. By reducing the
amounts of water, electricity, and chemicals we use, we put money back into our
pockets. We can then use it for other things or save it for a rainy day. No one
likes to spend money needlessly on bills.
Many of the chemicals we use to clean our homes can be
replaced with far safer and cheaper alternatives in the kitchen pantry.
Insulate your home properly and you will drastically decrease your heating and
cooling costs. Many things can be done at little or no cost to you and so you
will start saving straight away, other things require spending some money but
you will save in the long term.
Social and
spiritual benefits
Developing a sustainable lifestyle can also have
social and even spiritual benefits. Instead of slouching in front of the
television, ignoring all around you, you may play a game of cards or even
converse with your family. In an effort to minimize your environmental impacts
you may find that you start to appreciate the small things in life. When you
walk to the shops instead of driving you may start to appreciate the glorious
colors nature provides in spring. If you go for a stroll after dinner instead
of playing a computer game your health will improve but you may also admire a
sunset for the first time in years. Instead of using electricity to listen to
music you may find great pleasure in learning to play an instrument yourself
and making your own music.
Looking for ways to minimize your impacts can shake
you out of ways of habitual thinking and acting. You could find that life takes
on new meaning, you could feel healthier and fitter than you have in years and
with new interests to keep you mentally stimulated as well. You will also feel
more at peace, more connected to the earth and more in touch with the present
moment.
Doing your bit
To make a difference in the world is a choice. You can
be part of the problem or part of the solution. You do not have to drastically change
your life or go and live in a cave. It is about making simple everyday choices.
Choosing to buy the simply wrapped product instead of the over packaged one.
Walking to the shops instead of driving. Turning out the lights when you leave
the room. Insulating the house and filling in the gaps. All these things help
to keep the air cleaner, conserve our precious resources, and keep you and the
planet healthy.
It is easy to say that I am just one person what I do
will not make any difference. But you are not alone and you are not the only
one. The best way to make a difference in the world is to lead by example. If
you will take responsibility for your environmental impacts know that others
will as well. And if we learn from the hundredth monkey syndrome then we know
that we just need to reach a critical mass and then everyone will start to take
responsibility for their environmental impacts. But we need some leaders and
doers to get the ball rolling and to start the momentum to build the critical
mass we need.
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It explains why you need to reduce you impacts, shows
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You will learn about assessing and reducing your
- Energy
- Water
- Waste
- Chemicals
- And how to develop an
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