Earth Day is April 22nd. This week, I was planning to write an epic article about making big changes to create big change!
But then I was realized that we can create big change through small but consistent positive steps every day.
I was reminded as I (and you can try these, too):
- Filled my re-usable water bottle with home-filtered water;
- packed a lunch to eat between my client appointments;
- washed and re-packed my reusable drinking straw;
- opened yesterday’s mail while standing over the recycling bin;
- added errands to Friday’s Errand List (if you plan just one trip for all of them, you can save time, money and fuel!);
- planned our weekly menu, incorporating food we already have (saving time, money and minimizing food waste);
- wiped down the bathroom counter with a concentrated cleaner we mix and dilute ourselves;
- opened the blinds and curtains during the day while the sun warms the house;
- grabbed a sweater instead of turning up the heat;
- made sure my stash of re-usable shopping bags are back in my van where I need them; and
- encouraged and assisted my clients today to reduce, re-use and recycle.
These steps aren’t even hard to make. Little steps, turned into habits, taking no time at all to complete regularly, but amounting to a big difference over time. Like so many challenges, weight loss or fitness or getting organized, progress towards a goal is made daily in small increments.
So, with Earth Day just around the corner, how can you celebrate taking care of the earth every day? Not just once a year but every day in little ways?