Recycling. You may be wondering why I chose recycling as a wellness tip. Recycling is the practice of environmental wellness. Humans, as one of the species that occupy this planet, cannot live a life of wellness if the environment around us is “ill or injured” so to speak. As we keep depleting the Earth of her “non-human” living beings, we are essentially leading to our own death. We all can do our part no matter how large or small it is. If we all just take one step towards living an environmentally aware life, we will make a difference. Lets talk about trees for example. Trees provide shade making our homes cooler thus reduce our use of electricity. Trees filter the air of dust and carbon monoxide as well as other pollutants, giving us cleaner air to breathe. Trees make our water cleaner by trapping chemicals and toxins in the roots. These chemicals and toxins are then stored in the tree. In 2007 the average American threw away approximately 2500 pounds of paper. Not much, right? Not until you realize that it takes 17 trees to make one ton (2000 pounds) of paper. Translation. Population of America in 2007 301 million – 38.25 trees equal 2500 pounds of paper – 11,513,000,000 trees were used to produce the paper that was thrown away (rather than recycled) by each American in 2007. Makes you think.
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