How to Take Care of Your Mother: Earth

Earth Day is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's natural environment. Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. While this first Earth Day was focused on the United States, an organization launched by Denis Hayes, who was the original national coordinator in 1970, took it international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations. Earth Day is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network,and is celebrated in more than 175 countries every year. Numerous communities celebrate Earth Week, an entire week of activities focused on environmental issues. In 2009, the United Nations designated April 22 International Mother Earth Day.

TIPS FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU!

In today's world everyone is talking about green living. While the emissions from cows do more harm to the environment than all of the people, cars, and factories on earth, we still need to do our part to protect the environment. We need to do everything that we can to insure the best future of our planet for generations to come.

Change your incandescent light bulbs with more energy efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs. If every home in America replaced just one light bulb with the compact fluorescent light bulb, enough energy would be saved to light more than 3 million homes for a year! Imagine what would happen if we all replaced the five most used light bulbs in our homes with the compact fluorescent light bulbs. While these bulbs do cost more than standard incandescent light bulbs, the energy savings, and reduced impact on the environment are well worth the extra money. Plus, they last longer than standard light bulbs, which in the long run will actually make them cheaper to use. Also, look for the new LED light bulbs. At the moment they are quite expensive, but they are even more energy efficient than the compact fluorescent light bulbs.

Turn off the water. Water is a precious necessity of life, and shouldn't be wasted. 

Read more: How to Take Care of Your Mother: Earth | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_4888332_care-of-mother-earth.html#ixzz1K8w6Y61i