| When you hear someone say 'green living' or 'go | | | | eliminating harsh ingredients that require you to 'open |
| green', are your eyes alight with curiosity? Or do you | | | | a window for ventilation'. Did you know that salt, |
| think that since you 'reduce, reuse and recycle', | | | | sugar, vinegar and lemon juice, among other common |
| you're living green? If you're like most people today, | | | | household finds, double as cleaning products? There |
| you do the standard 'green' things, almost entirely | | | | are many recipes online for homemade, organic |
| unaware that there's a greener, cleaner world of | | | | cleaning solutions as well as commercially available |
| options available to you. The truth is, opportunities to | | | | products for everything from cleaning the windows |
| live better, cleaner and healthier abound. Cleaning | | | | to cleaning clothes. |
| green, eating organic, being kind to the environment, | | | | What does it mean to be kind to the environment? |
| urban gardening and incorporating organic ingredients | | | | When you are being kind to people or pets, how do |
| into your everyday life are all aspects that you can | | | | you behave? Offering a shoulder to cry on, an ear |
| adopt in whole or in part. Even if you only chose to | | | | for listening, an uplifting hug and advice are all acts of |
| adopt one aspect of living greener, such as cleaning | | | | kindness to those you love or care about. You reach |
| green, you're a leap ahead of where you were | | | | for things that are out of reach for someone else or |
| before. Let's discuss some aspects of organic living. | | | | you stoop when someone cannot bend. You cuddle |
| The biggest myth about eating organic is that, if | | | | and feed your pets because you love them; these, |
| you're eating organic, your diet consists of sprouts, | | | | too, are acts of kindness. Since you cannot hug the |
| roots and berries, in that order. The fact of the | | | | earth or give it advice, how do you show the |
| matter is there are different levels of eating organic, | | | | environment kindness? Eating organic, pesticide-free |
| so your diet can contain a wide variety of foods, all | | | | foods and foods, planting trees, driving |
| of which will be healthy and good for you, without | | | | environmentally friendly cars or riding bikes or walking |
| sacrificing taste. For example, if you eat organic fruits | | | | and simply recycling, which keeps plastics, paper and |
| and vegetables, you're not ingesting pesticides and | | | | cans out of landfills, are just a few things you can do |
| herbicides which commercial farms use on regular | | | | to be kind to the environment. |
| produce found in your grocery store, so you're | | | | These are just three of the many different aspects |
| already eating healthier having changed one thing. | | | | of organic, green living that the average person can |
| Most people who eat organic enjoy free-pressed | | | | adopt without doing anything terribly life-altering. |
| juice, almond and other nut butters, home-made | | | | There are many websites that allow you to explore |
| wheat bread and chocolate, too! | | | | urban gardening, alternative energy, creative uses for |
| Cleaning green is another practical aspect of organic | | | | various products to keep them out of landfills and |
| living. So, what does 'cleaning green' mean? In a | | | | many other so-called green topics that enrich your |
| nutshell, you're using natural ingredients to clean, thus | | | | life and the world around you at the same time. |