Make Today Your B-EarthDay

Positive change can only come about when we use what we learn. Use these easy tips to change your life today and make today your B-earthday!

Reuse! If you drink more than one beverage today (as you should), reuse the container. Be it a glass or plastic bottle, cup, styrofoam cup or even an aluminum can. Try refilling it with water, flavor it if you need to, and see how much better you feel by not adding to your city's landfill.

Recycle! Many materials that we commonly throw away are recyclable. One almost universally recyclable material is paper. Most cities have paper recycling drop off locations. Here in OK, we have big green and yellow dumpsters in convenient public spots that take newspaper, magazines and plain old office paper. Look around! I bet you can spot a place to put that paper besides the waste basket.

Reduce! I know a lot of you eat on the go (I do too!). In today's busy world, who has time to sit down for lunch? Instead of just tossing that fast food (or gum, candy, even cigarette butt) wrapper on the ground, put it in a bag and wait until you get gas next - almost all gas stations have trash cans right by the pump. Many fast food places also provide trash cans in their drive-through lanes.

Save a little energy! At home, when you leave a room, turn the light off. If your house has sufficient natural lighting, just leave them off during the day. Try a compact fluorescent lightbulb instead of the old incandescent - we switched all our lightbulbs to CF three years ago and haven't changed one yet!

These are just a few of the things you can do to help reduce your impact on the environment and help make our planet a healthier place to live. Check back often to see what other little gem's we have to offer!