How to Make Green a New Family Value

6 Tips that You can Implement into Your New Green Lifestyle

Did you know that by going Green your family will grow closer? That's right by watching your family consumption your family will grow closer. One of the gifts of going Green is that it can actually change the way we interact with our families. Try this: For the next family birthday, don't just buy more stuff. Instead,spend the day together. Take a trip to the museum or nature preserve. Go for a long walk, bike ride, or hike together. Cook a healthy Fit food meal together. Visit a local farm. Create traditions together. Maybe every fall you pick apples; every Sunday night you take a long evening walk to recap on the following week together; every spring you take a bike trip. You see these things are FREE and can make all the difference in your kids, families, and values in life. You will soon see how good you feel too guaranteed! This rippling effect will shape our lives forever, and your kids too! This is important because the way you mold and shape your kids will effect the way they raise their kids and families as well. Today, decide to make Green a family value. Make GREEN the NEW way!

Here are 6 Ways to start Your Green family values

• Green Your Baby
• Green Your Pets
• Get Outdoors
• Green Your Holidays
• Take a Volunteer Vacation
• Green the Whole Family

These are some of the ways you can start to get back to the Natural ways of life and how to really see a difference in you, your family, and all those around you. It is up to us to be aware of what is really going on in this world to take a stand and fight for what is right and it is my duty to share my knowledge with the world and our community by telling you the WHOLE Health and Fitness truth! Step by step we can make the change together. I believe this is a trend that will grow stronger and is not going away any time soon. How are you going to participate? Have a healthy day!

By, Natalie Pyles

Health, Fitness & Weight loss Expert, Author, & NSA Speaker

How To Find Your Green Fitness Factor Part 1

7 Unhidden Truths about Fitness and How going Green can Impact your Health, Wealth, and Environment for Life

First things first you need to know you can make a difference and a great impact on this world just by taking baby steps and doing one Green Fitness oriented thing a day. I did not say 20 things a day but 1 a day. Little by little, step by step, inch by inch everything is a sinch! Your foot print will be left for the next generation to come Guaranteed! Let's get started:

Know your Impact

200 of the leading climate scientists: 2007 Bali climate Declaration by Scientists posted at the web site of the Climate Change Research Centre at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. www.climate.unsw.edu.au/bali/.

Find your Litter Factor

Coffe cup facts: Web site of Green Moutain Coffee roasters and International Paper. www.ecofriendlycup.com/.
Fast Company article: charles Fishman , "Message in a Bottle," July/August 2007
100,000 cars for a year: Web site of Earth policy Institute, "Bottled Water: Pouring Resources Down the Drain," by Emily Arnold and Janet Larsen, February 2, 2006. www.earth-policy.org/Updates/2006/Updates51.htm.
96 percent of bottles are single servings, which have lower recycling rate: Container Recycling Institute, Washington, D.C. "Water, Water Everywhere: The Growth of Non-Carbonated Beverages in the United States , " by Jennifer Gitlitz and Pat Franklin, February, 2007. www. container-recycling.org/assets/pdfs/reports/2007-waterwater.pdf
9 out of 10 plastic water bottles are simply thrown away: CNN.com, Rachel Oliver, All About Plastic, " September 16, 2007.
San Francisco ban: San Francisco Chronicle, Cecilia M. Vega, " Mayor to Cut Off Flow of City Money for Bottled Water, " June 22, 2007.
EcoShape bottle: New York Times, Claudia H. Deutsch, "A spotlight on the Green Side of Bottled Water, "November 3, 2007.
FIJI Water: New York Times, Claudia H. Deutsch , "For Fiji Water, a big list of Green Goals, "November 7, 2007.
Save $ 500 in a year by breaking a bottle-a-day habit: Based on $1.39 for a 20-fl.oz. bottle of Auquafina, buying one bottle a day for a year.

This is your first lesson on how to go Green not only in your Health and Fitness lifestyle but, all areas of your life. I feel with this knowledge I have today I can not hide from it and not share it with you and the rest of the world. We can each make a difference every step of the way and need to aware of what is happening around us slowly but surely and we need to take action and not ignore this. Join me in part 2 of the next article of How to find your Green Fitness Factor. Have a healthy, happy, and wealthy day!

By, Natalie Pyles

Health, Fitness and Weight-loss Expert, Author, NSA Speaker

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