Earth Day is Every Day!

Earth Day comes once a year, but caring for the Earth is an every day responsibility! The Earth does not belong to us. We belong to the Earth! Take care of her. Recycle. Go solar. Start a compost. Grow a garden. Pick up trash on a beach. Volunteer to an environmental cause. Raise awareness. Boycott all GMO foods. Purchase only organic foods and sustainable seafood. Ride your bike to school or work. There are so many ways to live a more sustainable life style. Find a way that is best for you.

As Monsanto and pharmaceutical companies continue to infiltrate our lives in America by making people and keeping people sick, it is important to turn to a holistic and natural way of life. Turn to the Earth. She will always be there for us if we are there for her.

We are living in fragile times. We have to fight for mother Earth. This is an Environmental Revolution! Happy Earth Day!

Curbside Recycling is BACK New Orleans!

Unfortunately, my birthday was the day after the BP oil rig explosion. Even though I was soon to be devastated by the news of the worst environmental disaster in American history, especially since I had just moved to Louisiana from one of the most environmentally conscious cities in the United States, I was elated that day because I received a recycle bin. It felt like a birthday gift from the city! Curbside recycling had finally come back to New Orleans! It had been since Hurricane Katrina in 2005 that Curbside Recycling had been taken away from NOLA residents. Five years is too long for any city to be without proper recycling abilities. Yes, there was another local business that offered recycling while Curbside was on the city's budget and priority list hiatus, but only for an inconvenient price which did not include recycle bins or a weekly pickup schedule. Twice a month and no bins for the same price as my monthly electrical bill?? Being that I had recently given up my San Francisco status to become a New Orleanian, I could not understand why such a highly touristed American city would go so long without bringing free recycling back.., but I would rather not go on and on with my personal opinion and rant about why it took so long and how necessary it was to be able to recycle for free after this city had been so severely devastated by Mother Nature, so I will focus on the present solution and provide references and links so that New Orleans residents can easily sign up to receive their free bins and get back to making this beautiful gem of a city environmentally conscious. Philanthropy Now!! Not tomorrow!

CLICK HERE => TO SIGN UP FOR RECYCLE BINS IN NEW ORLEANS

CLICK HERE => FOR RECYCLING PICKUP SCHEDULE

CLICK HERE => FOR COLLECTION SCHEDULE MAP

To learn about Waste and Recycling Facts ::CLICK HERE::

Thank you for your time & Please help spread the word*

Help Raise The Awareness To "Rise Above Plastics"

as found on RiseAbovePlastics.org

"Each year over 500 billion plastic bags are consumed worldwide - only a tiny fraction of which are ever recycled.

What makes these bags such an environmental nightmare?

For starters these bags are made of thin sheets of high density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic. This material makes the bags exceptionally light and exceptionally strong. While these attributes are ideal in terms of this being a distributable product, it also means that these bags can easily be carried off in the wind or flushed down storm drains - in some cases for hundreds of miles. It also means that the bags do not biodegrade - or breakdown into organic compounds within the environment. Instead, these bags go through a process called photodegradation; which means that they break down under the sun's ultraviolet light into smaller and smaller pieces of plastic. These small pieces of plastic remain in the environment, where they pose a threat to animals and birds that often mistake them for food.

While the majority of these bags are given out for free, they are not without their costs."....

"The best way to reduce your plastic footprint is to practice the three 'R's' -Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.

When and wherever possible, people should work to reduce the amount of plastic - especially single use of plastic - that they use. This can be as simple as bringing out own re-usable grocery bag with you to the market instead of using those milky white plastic bags that most markets typically use."

Here are 6 easy ways to help reduce your "Plastic Footprint and help keep Plastics out of our Marine Environment":

brought to me and you by RiseAbovePlastic.org

1. Stop using bottled water. I mean really.. in most cases it is not safer or healthier than the water coming out of you tap.. and costs 3 times as much as gasoline and about 1000 times as much as tap water.

2. End the "paper or plastic?" debate once and for all by bringing your own re-usable grocery bags with you whenever you go to the store.

3. Use a refillable dispenser for your hand soap and dishwashing liquid - then buy your soap or detergent in bulk.

4. Stop using plastic sandwich bags. Buy a re-usable sandwich box instead.

5. Bring your own "to-go" mug with you to the coffee shop- it's a great way to reduce the number of paper cups and plastic lids given out.

6. Go digital! No need for plastic CD's and jewel cases when you buy your music and videos online." (also go Paperless online when paying bills)

TO READ MORE about the detrimental effect of PLASTIC !!CLICK HERE!!

TO TAKE ACTION and take a Pledge against Plastic !!::CLICK HERE::!!

THANK YOU! ~*