| Ingredients: | | | | can simply post messages about your own green |
| - 1 bowl of informative resources | | | | initiatives. |
| - 2 tablespoons of willingness to change | | | | - Keep yourself with up-to-date information about |
| - 1 cup of lifestyle changes | | | | environment. I know it is not the most exciting |
| - 1/2 cup of social network | | | | thing that you would like to follow. We prefer |
| - Add information as needed | | | | following up with the movie stars and other |
| - Enjoy to the taste | | | | entertainment gossips. However, spending few |
| Directions: | | | | minutes per week in learning about environment |
| - Gather correct information to learn about the | | | | will greatly help you maintain your go green goal. |
| environment and ways to reduce your carbon | | | | - Finally, enjoy and be proud of yourself for |
| footprint. There are many information rich | | | | helping the environment. Always remember, when |
| government and non-profit organizations | | | | you help the environment, you are helping others |
| resources available online. For example, EPA.gov, | | | | and yourself. |
| lbl.gov, and unep.org. | | | | Green Fun Facts: (Source: Indiana Department of |
| - Going green can become easy if one is willing to | | | | Education) |
| make small changes in the behavior and lifestyle. | | | | While this recipe can not tell you how much |
| No one can force you to go green as it is a | | | | calories you would gain or lose by helping the |
| self-choice. You need to be environmentally | | | | environment, here are some fun green facts to |
| conscious and use the available resources | | | | cheer you up: |
| responsibly. You can start slowly by making small | | | | - People taking public transportation saved 855 |
| changes to the lifestyle and grow into it. For | | | | millions of gallons saved (equal to 45 million barrels |
| example, you can reduce the amount of time | | | | of oil) each year. This is roughly the energy |
| spent in the shower by five minutes helping | | | | needed to power a quarter of all American |
| reduce the amount of water consumption. | | | | homes annually. |
| Another simple way would be to sort and group | | | | - For every ton of paper that is recycled, the |
| your recyclable items in the trash such as | | | | following is saved: 7,000 gallons of water; 380 |
| newspaper, plastic bottles, and pop cans. | | | | gallons of oil; and enough electricity to power an |
| - Create awareness by tapping into your social | | | | average house for six months. |
| networks. Many people would like to go green if | | | | - Leaving your car at home twice a week can cut |
| they know how small things can help protect the | | | | greenhouse gas emissions over 1,500 pounds per |
| environment. You don't need to preach about | | | | year. The average adult breathes about 3,400 |
| going green. However, you can include the | | | | gallons of air a day. |
| importance of protecting the environment in your | | | | - Make sure to use the restroom before you fly. |
| conversation with family, friends, and colleagues | | | | Each airplane flush uses enough fuel to drive a car |
| whenever there is an opportunity to do so. | | | | for six miles. I hope you can use this recipe and |
| Creating awareness is even easier in the age of | | | | add your own flavors to make it more interesting. |
| Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Twitter. You | | | | |