Paper comes from trees. Using unnecessary amounts of paper means that more trees will be cut. You can lower your usage of paper by sending documents by email instead of printing them, using digital notebooks instead of the physical ones, and taking the used paper to designated areas for recycling. 

You can make modifications to your home to allow more of the natural light during the daytime. You can also replace the incandescent light bulbs with LED and energy saving bulbs. The latter lasts longer and uses a fraction of the energy used by the regular bulbs. These bulbs are also brighter, therefore it will lessen the number of bulbs you would need to light up a room. 

Conserve water by using less water and cutting back on bottled water purchases. You can install a low-flow showerhead to cut down on the amount of water that you use when bathing. You can also invest in efficient water closets that use less water. The gray water from the kitchen can also be used for irrigating your yard rather than being drained to the sewer line. You can also collect rainwater for household use. 

 Trees provide us with fruits, timbers, oxygen and make our landscape beautiful. By planting more trees, we can arrest global warming, bring in more rainfall and make the world a beautiful place to live. As a general rule, always plant two trees after you have cut down one. You can also join the local environmental groups and plant more trees in the neighborhood.

 Most of the everyday chemicals like oil, paint, and detergents contain ingredients that are hazardous to the environment. These chemicals are either washed away to the water bodies or seep into the ground and pollute the soil. You can help prevent both scenarios by using biodegradable substances such as detergents, paints, and herbicides. This not only protects your body but also ensures that the ecosystem is not polluted.

If we take on a conservation mindset, we can preserve the environment, its energy resources and ecosystem to protect and preserve the future for the next generation. We are only given one earth and it is our responsibility to take care of it. 

Far from what many people believe, healthy eating is not about following a strict dietary routine, depriving yourself of the favorite foods and becoming unrealistically thin. Rather, it is about giving the body the right nutrition, in the right portions and feeling great about your eating. Here is a guideline to creating tasty, varied and a nutritious diet that is good for your health. 

For you to succeed in living and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, you have to change your diet one step at a time. A drastic change stresses your body and becomes very hard to maintain. Learn to first cut back on the unhealthy foods and begin to add healthy gradually. Once you become used to the new diet, you can make more changes. So what are some steps to ease into living and eating healthy.

Eat in moderation

 Moderation means that you give the body only the amount of food that it needs. Do not overindulge just because it is there. Eat to the point where you simply feel satisfied not full. Moderation helps to maintain your weight and keeps the body from over stressing itself. The body needs vitamin, carbohydrates, fiber, fat, minerals, and proteins to stay healthy. You have to eliminate some foods that cause you to overeat and begin eating in moderation with sufficient and healthy portions.

 Cut back on your sugar intake

A lot of food that we take have added sugar. This sugar is responsible for the rapid increase in weight, diabetes and many other lifestyle diseases. Slowly reduce sugar intake over time to get your taste accustom to less sugar.  Moreover, go for whole foods such as whole bread, unpolished cereals, and fresh vegetables.You should also cut down or back on the intake of sweetened snacks such as cakes, candy, and chocolate. Instead, go for naturally sweet food such as fruits, peanut butter, and low sugar pastries.

 Eat lots of fruits and vegetables

Vegetables and fruits are low in calories and they have a lot of nutrients that include minerals, vitamins, fiber, and antioxidants. It is true that an apple a day can keep the doctor away.  Take in about five servings of vegetables and fruits. You can have more to fill up and suppress the cravings for unhealthy foods. Give your vegetable intake a new twist by adding vegetables to most of your meals. You can take berries with breakfast cereal, swap desserts for fruits, take vegetable salads instead of a side dish, and have a snack that includes vegetables.
 

 Eat more proteins and healthy fats

Proteins give us energy and help us build the muscles. Examples of good proteins are fish, chicken, and legumes. Moreover, include soy nuts and dairy products in your meals. You need essential fats to stay healthy. These fats contain that contain monounsaturated fats can come from nuts, seeds, and avocados. You should also take polyunsaturated fats from fatty fish such as salmon or flaxseed and walnuts. Cut back on shortenings, margarine, and fried foods.

Eating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle is a life long journey. Diet is not just about what you eat. It's a mindset also that involves making the right choices and making them one step at a time. How about beginning your organic and healthy eating journey today.

The last few years have been some of the hottest years on earth. The world is also experiencing floods, prolonged droughts and the ice at the poles is melting at an incredible speed. It is required that we all put an effort to ensure that we have fewer greenhouse gas emissions so we can cut back on our the carbon footprint. If everyone does his or her own part, we can cut minimize the effects of global warming and reduce the effects and speed of climate change. What can big corporations and you and I do?

Eliminate fossil fuels

A huge part of emissions comes from the fossil fuel industry such as coal and oil. While the reliance on fossils fuels cannot be stopped immediately, governments around the world should encourage the use of cleaner power sources that include biodiesel, solar, wind, and hydroelectricity. People should also be encouraged to try the invent and use of electric cars rather than the gasoline run engines.

 Cutting down on unnecessary travel 

 A gallon of gasoline is said to produce about twenty pounds of carbon dioxide. We can cut the number of gasoline gallons spent in a day by living closer to our areas of work, using mass transit means, carpooling, walking and cycling. There are also telecommuting jobs that can be done at home. Business meetings can also be made over video teleconferencing facilities instead of in office face to face meetings.

Reforestation

 The rise in the carbon emissions in the atmosphere is partly due to the cutting down of forests across the globe. One of the most effective ways to sequester carbon emissions out of the air is to plant more trees. Every person should plant a tree in available spaces at least once a year. Wetlands and forests should be prized and maintained by governments around the world for the great value they provide for the entire ecosystem. 

Top polluters should pay for it

Carbon taxes are one of the ways to make it expensive to pollute the environment. It will also make green solutions in various sectors more affordable. According to the Kyoto protocol, the less polluting governments can sell carbon credits to highly polluting countries in a move meant to encourage the reduction of the countries carbon footprint.

 Recycle more

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle because it matters!

Waste products especially from oil by-products, is a potent source of greenhouse gases. Any materials that has the ability to be recycled should not end up in landfills but be reused to recycle. Recycling results in less energy being used than it would be to produce materials such as aluminum, iron and other minerals from the original sources.

There are so many ways each and everyone of us can make exerted efforts to combat climate change.

We just have to make a commitment and begin taking the right steps towards valuing the earth and making it a greener place to cherish.

When your tea bags die do you dump them into your trash? How callous! Tea bags are great as they allow you to have a calming hot beverage at any time without turning your sink into a mess of sieves and soggy tea leaves. However, did you know that you can use your tea bag more than once? Indeed, there are many uses for used tea bags so don’t be too hasty in rushing to toss your used one in the trash while you can actually use it in a host of other interesting ways. To start you off, here are 7 uses for used tea bags.

Have you been wondering how you can use natural methods of fighting the onset of age. Then here is one; a used tea bag! Tea has plenty of antioxidants and these are great in fighting toxin and free radicals. Beat the symptoms of aging that may creep on you by placing the used teabag on the skin around your mouth, eyes and other areas prone to premature aging. But beware and do not use steaming hot tea bags! Let them cool a little for more comfort and effectiveness. When placed on your eyelids, they do a great job of reducing puffiness.

By using your used tea bags in your garden you can nourish it properly. Put it in a bucket of water and use the resulting tea to water for your precious plants and especially rose bushes if you have them. You can also open them up and sprinkle the damp tea leaves on the soil directly or mix it with compost to use as manure for your garden.

Do you have planters around your home? Have you noticed how hard it is to find perfect rocks to plug them? Ditch the attempt to find perfect rocks and use used tea bags instead! The tea bags plug the holes while also allowing you to drain excess water.

By adding used tea bags to warm water and soaking your feet, you can reap their antioxidant properties and nourish your skin while simultaneously softening calluses. Bonus tip: Use fragrant used tea bags to keep your feet smelling amazing.

Whenever you get a razor burn or unfortunately encounter a poison ivy that leaves you with a rash, placing used tea bag on the affected area helps reduce the pain and sooth the area.

A weak tea solution made from used tea bags is great in cleaning and polishing wood surfaces. Keep them in a jar and after use pull them out for your next table polishing.

Adding a little bit of your favorite essential oil to a used tea bag then hanging it will leave your home or office smelling fresh and wonderful. The aroma amplifies the effects of your tea oil to the enclosed space and can linger for long periods of time.

So when you are done with your tea bags just remember you can repurpose and reuse them for so many things. Don't throw it away.  Be creative and live sustainably today.

There are over seven billion people that live on the earth, billions of animals, beautiful landscapes, minerals and water resources.  However, over the years man has destroyed land, atmosphere and changed the harmonious balance that the world once enjoyed. 

All is not lost as we can bring back the glory that the earth once had by taking a number of steps. Here is how you can take part in making it the ideal paradise to live in. 

One of the biggest problems that causes animosity and lack of understanding is the rise in personality or individuality. We live in a day when people are often only thinking of themselves and less of the others. If we all took a serve others approach instead of a selfie approach, we would have fewer conflicts, fewer problems and we would cooperate in solving our problems.

Get some time off your busy schedule and help mentor somebody to help them realize his or her full potential.  You can also donate your cash and other belongings to the needy. If each of us held someone’s hand to help him or her reach her destiny, we would eventually fight poverty diseases and all other problems that come with them. 

Conservation is a combination of different decisions towards retaining earth’s nature as it should be. Such actions and decisions include recycling more of our waste, protecting our wetlands, using biodegradable chemicals and conserving the water.  It also involves harnessing the resources that we can to cut back on non-renewable sources. We can collect rain water from our rooftops to cut back on pumped water usage or use solar water heaters rather than electricity.

The plastic menace is almost choking the world despite efforts to recycle them.  If we used less of plastics, especially the plastic bags, we would have fewer plastics to recycle and less oceanic contamination. There are other biodegradable materials such as sisal fibers and fabric bags that can be used for shopping. We can also use less paper by only printing whenever necessary. Documents can be shared over emails and other technologies without the need to print. 

Conflicts and wars are some of the things that have led to widespread destruction of property, environment and many innocent deaths. In fact, we cannot work together in rescuing our planet if we cannot agree in the first place. It is important that we as a people embrace tolerance and dialogue whenever there is a problem. This is a form of discipline and that would help to decrease wars, despair, less damage to the atmosphere and loss of human lives.

In order to make the world a better place, it will begin with each and every individual.  We live in a time where everyone has a voice through social media.  If we use those platforms in a purposeful manner, the earth will be a better place to live.

When rubbed on the teeth directly then rinsed or gargled every morning before brushing your teeth, ACV removes stains, kills bacteria in the gums add restores the whiteness of your teeth.

Since ACV is great in regulating the pH of your skin, it is therefore a great astringent as well as a toner and can be applied over the face after diluting in two parts water.

ACV is a great remedy for indigestion and taken diluted in warm water, before eating foods that are gassy can help prevent indigestion that would otherwise be inevitable. It contains pectin, a fiber that is water soluble and is hence great in treating constipation. A healthy digestive system keeps Candida from building up which helps you lose and keep weight off.

Apple cider vinegar is a great dandruff treatment as it regulates the pH of your scalp thus killing dandruff and making the scalp better at preventing the growth of dandruff. Mixing ACV with water then spraying on to your scalp and rinsing it off after some time will go a long way in helping you avoid it. Besides getting rid of dandruff, ACV adds shine to your hair when used to rinse.

Have you tried mouth wash and regular brushing to no avail? ACV is a great remedy in controlling bad breath and gargling it or drinking diluted ACV can kill the bad-breath-causing bacteria in your mouth.

ACV should be a staple in your kitchen cabinet especially if you are insulin resistant as when taken with meals helps keep your blood sugar level stable.

The product when taken regularly balances the body’s pH and stimulates circulation while aiding in the detoxification of the liver.

When poured down the drain or in the toilet and allowed to sit overnight and when used as a kitchen cleaning agent, it leaves the room and toilet smelling naturally fresh.

Taken regularly, the vinegar has enzymes that eliminate candida and hence avoiding yeast infections and thrush.

Got a case of hiccupping? A teaspoonful of ACV will remedy this and help you resume your conversation smoothly!

Every home should have a bottle of apple cider vinegar in the kitchen cabinet. It is one of the most healthy organic products on the market that provides remedies for so many physical ailments. 

Are you trying to streamline your waistline? Many people struggle with weight gain in the mid portion of the body. It can be very difficult to get off.  What can you do to lose some of that belly fat? Trimming and toning the belly area is a daunting task. Aptly referred to as “stubborn” belly fat it is one of the hardest fat to burn. To get rid of belly fat requires not just one method, but a combination of different ways to approach the challenge. In order to be successful at losing weight in the mid region on a long term basis requires applying a holistic approach. Here are five very important habits that you can employ into your daily routine to naturally and organically rid yourself of the unwanted belly fat.

Establishing a healthy diet helps you to not only lose belly fat but also stay accountable and sustain that loss. Cut out sugar and sugar-sweetened foods and drinks from your diet and instead, focus on adding fiber, protein and good fats such as foods rich in Omega-3 fatty acids into your diet.

While crunches can define the abs underneath the layer of belly fat, to burn the fat will require different types of exercises. Short bursts of exercises and strength training exercises such as planks, squats and deadlifts are more effective as they build muscle and burn more fat. This is a much better way to try to lose than focusing on cardio exercises only. The latter burns both muscle and fat which is a necessity when looking to get rid of belly fat. 30 minutes of moderate exercise at least 4 days a week and making sure you stay active during the day through working chores, playing a sport and taking walks will keep you fit and help you burn belly fat faster.

Stress is a major cause of belly fat. Getting rid of belly fat effectively requires you to minimize your stress as this causes an increase in the hormone cortisol which leads to a buildup of belly fat. Try doing yoga, meditating and making significant changes in your lifestyle to avoid being stressed out When burning fat know that stress is not your friend.  It is your foe that will and can lead to an uneasy and unhappy life.

Sleep is vitally important to your overall health.. When you are sleep deprived, you tend to get tired easily and this leads to increased production of ghrelin that will make you crave sugar and carbs causing you to gain weight which adds to your belly fat. Lack of sleep can also increase cortisol levels. The hormone cortisol causes insulin sensitivity hence building belly fat. So please make sleep a priority.

Engaging in an active, healthy, well-rounded lifestyle is the best way to stay accountable to your fitness goals. Do this by developing a consistent exercise routine, staying active, cutting calories, remaining stress-free, getting more vitamin C, adopting a sugar free diet and sleeping well. When you balance your life with these healthy, natural and practical tips you will be more rested, healthier and your belly fat will decrease.