Make peace with the earth. SJ Dodgson MJoTA 2014 v8n2 p0923
We declared war on the earth the minute we learned how to start a fire, how to burn wood and oxygen into ash and that stayed on the ground and carbon dioxide that floated in the air.
We can declare peace by accepting that we do not own the earth, we are merely stewards passing through, and our duty is to cut down use of resources, and cut down waste.
1. Walk, ride a bicycle, use public transport.
2. Do not buy or accept plastic water. Drink tap water in the United States and Europe. Recycle plastic.
3. Bring buckets into the shower and use the run-off to flush the toilets and water plants.
4. Collect rinse water from washing machine and use it, with collected rainwater, to hydrate trees, bushes, flowers, and vegetables outside.
5. Buy only food you can finish. Have a small fridge that goes under the table so you don't have the possibility of loading it with food you will throw out.
6. Avoid processed food. Eat bread, make it yourself if you can. Avoid buying anything that comes in a paper or plastic box.
7. Eat less canned and fresh fish. Overfishing and trash has decimated the fish populations, and the world's coral reefs and turned the oceans into trash dumps.
