On this Earth Day, I would encourage any and all of you to take a step back and consider your habits and practices and think about how you could make changes to improve our climate and living situation.
Here in Montana, our wide open spaces allow us to live with less litter, less people etc. We don’t necessarily see the impact of our daily activities as much as if we lived someplace with more people. However, even here there are things we can do. Recycling–especially electronics such as computers and cell phones–will keep more toxic items out of our landfills and will also extend the lives of our landfills.
Using less water to irrigate lawns, flowers, gardens and crops can also help our planet. Using drip irrigation in our yards and gardens, watering lawns less and not mowing them as often, converting from flood irrigation to sprinkler in crops all saves water.
Reduce the trash load by buying items with less or better packaging.
Even using fewer additives in our cleaning supplies around the house can help by reducing the chemicals that we breathe every day.
S.A.V.E. has a great website for resources on things we can all do to keep our world green and clean!
Small changes can make a big difference! Reduce, Re-Use, Recycle!
