Recycling and Charitable Living...

My family and I are new to the recycling lifestyle, but already it's amazing how much more aware we are of our wasteful society.

I've started the trash pick-up habit on my way to and from stores and in my office parking lot. No hiking recently, so that's still to come. (once the snow melts).

We don't have recycling pick up in our community yet, so we take our paper, cardboard, and plastic into Brigham City each week and drop it all off at the central recycling site there. We save our aluminum and cash it in each summer for our annual donation to the American Cancer Society.

I am AMAZED at the difference that recycling makes in our weekly 'trash' amount. Our trash can is barely 1/3 full now, when in past times it had always been a smashing and squishing process just to get the lid to close.

I have a cousin that is doing her part at more than just recycling. She and her two girls have committed to performing a 'charitable deed' each day this year is keeping track of them on her blog. I check it each day to see what the deed of the day was. I think it's very impressive and inspiring. You can see her blog and follow her charitable deeds here: CharitableDeeds.blogspot.com

Lets all keep it up! One by One, we can all make a big difference in our crazy world....