5 MORE things you can do to save the Earth!

I am sure somewhere down the road, at one time or another, you have picked up a book or magazine, or glanced at an email, or a website, with the title "Ten things you can do to save the earth". I myself have seen many of them. Most of the things on these lists are all fairly simple tasks, which I have attempted at one point or another, there are some that even work for me on a daily basis, like the good 'ole jar of water, in the toilet tank trick, to save water every time you flush.

There are even books out there that teach us "50" or "101" or "500" things you can do to save the earth. I have read them all, and I have noticed, when the numbers start to get that high their tasks seem to lose their "Simplicity". Many become things that are usually looked over by all of us on a day to day basis, or not even attempted at all, ever. You are probably not going to find alot of people who are willing to "Write to computer chip manufacturers and urge them to stop using CFC-113 as a solvent. (#59).

The shorter top ten list obviously seem more doable, simpler, reasonable, when it comes to our modern day life's. But the top ten list are unfortunately all the same. There might be a slight variation for one list to the other, but for the most part they are all the same. This led me to think, there has got to be several more "SIMPLE" things we can do to save the earth. I have come up with a few of my own, and revised the top ten list to "The top FIFTEEN things you can do to save the earth".

Here are my additional 5

1) Bananas, do you really need to put them into a plastic bag to take them to the checkout counter, where they probably will be put into another plastic bag to transport them, two, four, six miles to your home? Bananas already come wrapped in their own natural bag of sorts, which can be safely discarded, even composted. And it's not just bananas, what about water melon's, grapefruits, mango's, orange's, etc.

2) Pick up someone else's trash, that's right I said it. No one else will, and least not in today's world. How many time's have you heard "I'm not picking that up", or "I didn't put that there"? I think Nike's catch phrase has a much better ring; "Just do it". Consider it your good deed for the day, and trust me, this will become a good deed you can easily repeat day after day.

3) Buy Method, and Seventh Generation products! Support and use earth friendly products, rather than the established, well know names or companies. And be loyal, it now seems that most of the big name companies have jumped on the green bandwagon, and have started producing there own versions, of what they feel is safe for our environment. Why give them your money, when you can support small businesses, who truly care.

4) Join a local clean up, it's very gratifying, and leaves you with a great sense of accomplishment. Take it a step further and organize your own, with friends, neighbors, or coworkers.

5) Teach your children well. As a new father to our son Lucas, who is now 25 months old, and smarter than I could have ever imagined, being green, and respecting the earth, will be at the top of the list, next to respecting your elders, please, and thank you.

Maybe you can even think of some new "simple" ones of your own. Owww, I got one more, send this to ten more friends. :)