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As most of you know today is Blog Action Day! This is the day bloggers take action and write a post about the environment. It’s easy for me to preach the virtues of recycling, or not littering. Recycling is easy because the city gives me a big blue bin that I can throw cardboard, papers, glass, aluminum, and plastic in, and I haven’t littered since I’ve seen that Indian crying in the seventies.

I have a picture of a water fowl with a plastic six pack loop cutting into it’s neck, burned into my mind. Therefore if I ever have those plastic loops I always cut them before throwing them away. I know the storm drain flows straight into the river, so I would never pour chemicals down it.

So for blog action day I need to start 2 environmentally sound habits, that I’m not already doing. I challenge you to do the same. These 2 habits are going to sound simple to you and yet if everybody did them it would have a huge impact on the environment. Plus for me these 2 simple habits will take some effort to make a part of my routine.

First thing, plastic water bottles. I love having a big bottle of Crystal Geyser with me at all times. We all know these plastic bottles are bad for the environment, even the recycled ones use up a lot of energy and resources. I have a PUR filter on my tap, so from now on I’m going to use filtered tap water in a Nalgene bottle instead. I know it sounds simple but this habit will take some effort for me to get used to doing it.

Habit 2 put some reusable grocery bags in my car, and reuse them. I know it sounds simple but this will take some effort on my part. I’m not only posting about blog action day. I’m taking 2 small but environmentally friendly actions. What are you doing?

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