Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Why Not Recycle? It's Child's Play!

I want to tell you about a recent experience I had... My five year old daughter insisted that we decorate boxes to recycle. She had a grand idea that we could decorate them with little arrows and write the names of each item that we needed to recycle. She had obviously watched a show about it as she knew we should recycle paper, plastics, glass and metals. She was relentless in her pursuit of the perfect boxes and getting them decorated. And so I thought…”why not?” Here she is, actually doing more then just decorating boxes with arrows…she’s preserving her future. And shouldn't we all? How hard is it to take that first step? And aren’t I always the one talking about how taking small steps can make big things happen? This was just another perfect example of how each of us can do just that. So we got some boxes, and with a little help, adorned them with arrows, pictures of their intended content and words to match. We are now doing a very small part to preserve our environment and taking another step forward in our new quest to live green.

What are you going to do to ensure that our world will still be here for future generations?