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Green living is thought to coincide with global warming or Eco living. It is definitely about saving our earth and protecting our environment. I think most people today associate green living with tree huggy and protesting. What you fail to realize is green living is all of those things plus it’s a way to start feeling better about who you are and living healthy.

Besides being outdoors searching for bugs or trees or wildlife you will be exercising and spending time with your family.

My dad use to tell us during our family walks , ” If we can kick a can or a bottle on the ground we sure can bend over and pick it up.” He always said that littering would make the animals we saw at six flags great adventure in New Jersey sick.

One day one of us decided we needed to test the waters and see what would really happen if he accidentally let a piece of paper go out the truck window during one of rides home from the animal park.

Not only did we all have to pick up the dog poo in the back yard, the price you all pay when three of us were unable to take personal responsibiltyfor the incident.

Once that was complete and we have three dogs, we all grabbed a hefty trash bag and heading around the neighborhood picking up whatever litter or trash my parents can see.

Tough lessons for six, seven and nine year olds to learn but we learned and the thought of having to expand our trash detail the next time some let litter hit the ground was enough for me.

Looking back today I really never minded doing something good for my beloved green earth and I loved spending time as a family doing it.

Which brings me to my next post tomorrow when we start to talk about how exactly recycling is in our home and how home made organic mulch piles really are the neatest thing I love to do at home.

Cicada Green

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