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