If just 25% of U.S. families used 10 fewer plastic bags a month, we would save over 2.5 BILLION bags a year! Have you ever seen something like this? I was swimming on this beautiful clear beach in Bali. The sand was pure, there were no fish around – I was in heaven, as I am always scared about what is lurking beneath the water. Well, then I ran into this huge piece of garbage in the water,let’s just say there was some minor screaming involved. I know that I am partly responsible for all the garbage in our waterways, and that was a great reminder to me about how much damage we are doing.
The amount of dioxin in the average person’s body has declined by more than 50% since the late 1980s.
I hear so much about dioxin lately and the health problems that it causes that often times I feel like dioxin levels must be on the rise and becoming more and more of a problem. I even got an email today that made it sound like we were all going to die because of dioxin – it was a little dramatic. The great news is that levels are declining and it is just that public awareness has risen.
This has been a huge and very serious issue, that I do not want to take lightly. Even though levels are down, there is no safe level of dioxin. Yet, it is encouraging to see how far we have come since this issue was raised. I know a lot of us often feel discouraged with the state of the world, but there are things out there that are getting better. People are listening and changes are happening. [click to continue…]
Did you know that the average person in Africa uses 3 gallons of water a day. This is the same amount that the average American uses to brush their teeth. The average American uses 100 gallons of water a day. Some use 15 gallons just heating up their shower in the morning.
My words of wisdom: Believe in love, in possibility, in going after your dreams, in never stopping, in not existing but living - fully, unapologetically and wildly, believe that all is good, and always trust your gut. 
