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Hello again everyone. In this article I am going to be talking about some issues that is facing our environment today. In the next few upcoming articles I will talk about ways we can help. Sign up for the Anthony Shelton Online e-blast and get email notices of updates and when they are on the site and blog.

I am not sure if all of us know about the problem our environment is enduring. Global warming; rain forests being destroyed; water resources being polluted; smog; ozone depletion; and over population. These are just a few of the problems our environment is facing as you sit here and read this blog. There is many ways you can help our environment in your daily life with a few small changes. I will talk about that in a little bit. First I want to talk more about the problems in the environment before I get into how we can help the environment.

Some of the problems our environment is facing is things that if we all work together we can help to prevent. Let’s start with rain forest depletion; we are killing the rain forest. I mean we as humans. We are cutting down rainforest everyday due to over population. The World Wildlife Fund says every minute 25 to 50 acres of natural rainforest is cut or burned to the ground. But luckily our rain forests have received media attention and there are organizations working to save them.

Another problem our environment is facing is our water resources being polluted. That is another issue that we as people have something to do with. We have people dumping chemicals and toxins into our natural water supplies every day. There are other pollutants that we can help prevent as well. Most families have little furry friends, our dogs and cats. We know they need to handle nature’s duty, but what about when they are finished. The bacteria, and all that (not so) pretty stuff eventually breaks down into the ground and where does it end up…in our water resources. Eventually it all piles up. Ok, I know some people pick up after their little friends with “doggie bags” but what are they made of? Plastic. Plastic takes roughly 120 years to decompose and we are all ready facing land filed shortage from all the trash we throw away every day. We can recycle and help that issue. But you can buy little all natural “doggie bags” that are made 100% of corn but feel just like plastic and can decompose in about a month. See the difference? It really does help.

While we are talking about our water resources, let’s mention they are limited. We only have so much water on earth and if we pollute it and use it carelessly we will run out. The rain only comes but so much and not enough to water all of the people in the world if we run it dry. Let’s not get on Acid Rain. We can use various methods to help conserve water. I have some website’s listed below for you to find ways to conserve water. Some simple ones is, don’t run the water while you shave turn it off and then on when you need it. Don’t take long 30-45 minutes showers every day or fill up that 40 gallon bathtub, trust me I know it feels nice, but wouldn’t it be nice for our children’s grand-children to be able to experience one as well. Not if we keep using all the water. There is even ways to store the used bath water and rain water to irrigate your lawn instead of using the water hose and leaving it running. Think of how much water that is being used when we have ways to help stop that and conserve our water resources.

These are just a few issues that our environment is facing. We can all do little things to help save it. I will paste some website’s below to find more information. Leave a comment and let me know what you think about saving our environment and some ways that you are helping! Look back in the next few days for the top 10 tips and Why to Go Green article. I will post information on the Top 10 “Go Green” tips that you can use to help our environment! I look forward to hearing from you!

Until next time,

Peace, Health, and Wealth.

Anthony Shelton