Try these tips to reduce your impact on the environment
Theresa M. Szczurek //October 7, 2016//
Try these tips to reduce your impact on the environment
Theresa M. Szczurek //October 7, 2016//
What's your impact on the environment? One element of that impact is the amount of garbage you send to the landfill. Here's a practical example of successfully pursuing a passionate purpose to minimize garbage.
The end result for a family of 2.5 people has been only one 32-gallon bin of garbage generated for an entire year. WOW! I'm proud to say this family is mine. From August 5, 2015, until July 18, 2016, we put out no trash.
We have a red-top trash bin provided by the waste management firm that indicates we're charged only when the bin is put out. What was in that trash bin after 12 months? I'll tell you later.
Four Steps to Success
FIND PASSION. Passion is found in the intersection of values with talents and gifts. What are your values? We value sustainability and saving the environment. Our talents include organizational skills, follow through, enthusiasm, willingness to try, commitment, and knowledge of how to reduce.
CONNECT WITH PURPOSE. Passion alone is aimless. It needs to be aligned with a meaningful purpose. Our passionate purpose is to minimize the impact on the environment by decreasing our trash output and influencing others to do the same.
PURSUE PASSIONATE PURPOSE. Here's the way to do it.
ASSESS PROGRESS. How is it going? What should be continued or changed? We like our small footprint with regard to trash. Now what's next?
Consider taking on a passionate purpose to help the environment. One way is to reduce, reuse, recycle, compost and minimize your trash.
What was in our red-top trash bin after 12 months? It was mostly cellophane and cereal box liners with a few styrofoam cups. Garbage not in and garbage not out!