They Made Saving the Earth Sound So Easy in Grade School! Happy Earth Day!

Earth Day was created in 1970...but I would've guessed the 1980's.  Maybe that's when I first heard about it.  I was in Elementary School and we were able to take home a real life tree to plant in our yard.  Ya know...to help make more oxygen and take away the CO2.

But it never made it's way into the ground.  I guess my parents thought we had enough trees to mow around and didn't need another.

Those formative times in my life is why I'm a big believer in recycling (even though I live in the country now and burn my trash). It's also why I'm so against littering.  (even more so now that I live in the country and have to pick up Busch Light cans strewn up and down my ditches).

According to Hays Free Press / WTAE here are five easy things you can do that will help save the planet . . .

• 1.  Turn the faucet off when you're brushing your teeth, washing your face, or shaving, to save water.

• 2.  ​Speaking of water, you can help reduce the number of plastic water bottles that end up in our oceans and landfills by using reusable water bottles.

• 3.  Also, look for leaks in your house.  A leaky toilet can waste 200 gallons a day.  Yes, per DAY.  To detect a leak in your toilet, add food coloring to the tank water.  If the colored water appears in the bowl, the toilet is leaking.​

• 4.  Take reusable shopping bags with you to the grocery store, Target, or even the mall, and skip the plastic bags as often as you can.

• 5.  Walk or bike instead of driving.  It helps cut CO2 emissions AND you'll get in some exercise.