PLease sample the following simple practices. Apply what you can today, apply more tomorrow! All are very user friendly, easy, tried and true methods of living more harmoniously within the universe. As you learn you grow, and you will increasingly take responsibility for your existence in this world, in turn elevating your level of consciousness! You will feel good, and the universe will thank you!


*CARE! *THINK intelligent thoughts.* QUESTION the status quo.*Live with less.* GENERATE LESS trash.* Clear your space.*Don't eat animals.*Make intelligent choices when purchasing, supporting eco friendly companies.* Read the ingredients list* CHOOSE less packaging.* Drive less often.*
Hang dry clothes, eliminating the need for owning/using a dryer.* Wash clothes in warm or cool water, not hot. 80-85 percent of the energy consumed to wash clothes comes from heating the water.* TURN off the water when brushing teeth, save 4 gallons. that's almost 3,000 gallons a year, if you brush your teeth twice a day.*SMILE often.*
THINK three times before making a purchase, asking the question do I really need this?*HUG.*
Don't use dishwashers, use your hands, it's easy!.*
Don't eat animals.*
Don't kill.
No, not even spiders, ants, and mosquitos!* Avoid plastic.* THINK.*
QUESTION the need for soap when washing dishes. We think, if this has been a vegan meal, and wasn't an oily food, We can wash the dishes in hot water right after a meal, and won't need dishsoap.*
Double or triple up paper grocery bags and reuse them indefinitely.* Don't use styrofoam.* Don't use plastic bubble wrap or styrofoam "peanuts" when pkg. boxes. Reuse newspaper, junk mail,...etc. instead.*
Buy in bulk.*LOVE.*
Reduce.* Reuse.* Recycle.* CHOOSE not to use pesticides or herbicides.*Live without air conditioners.*Purchase clothes from thrift stores, garage sales, and flea markets.*Rescue furniture, household items,...etc. from tree lawns on trash day, if needed.*CREATE "free boxes" at work, school, and communuty centers.*
COMPOST.* Freeze compostable materials, find a friend with a compost pile, and add the frozen compost to friends' compost when visiting, if unable to compost at home.*
Buy Organic.*
GROW your own Organic food.* Let the grass grow longer, save fuel, time, energy, and $$$, cut your grass half as often.*
Shovel the snow instead of using a snowblower or plow, it's good for the body and good for the environment*
Don't use salt to melt the snow or ice, it's harmful to the soil, the plants, the water, you.* Water is precious, water is life, respect the water. You are water, think about it.* San Francisco has taken the lead and banned plastic shopping bags, focus on this becoming a nat'l trend!!!
most of all, CARE!*!*!
Love EARTH, she is none other than yourself!*!*!