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Healthy Living

Mission:

To play an active role in keeping our planet and family healthy. There are many ways we can go green and think about using the Earth's natural resources more wisely.

Why: To Educate and Promote Whole Health

Glee can help families make small changes in the way the consume our natural resources and when we all make small changes, that's big!

Goals:

  • Practice Whole Health from Foods to Fuels.
  • Optimizing use of the sun—use the sun as much as possible for heat and power.
  • Improving Choices for Consumers
  • Using the land responsibly—use the land on which we work play and build for the most comfort with the smallest resource use.
  • Wisely using the Earth's natural resources—be smart about using as few of the Earth's resources as you can and in the least damaging way.

Successes: Glee members spoke to over 500 families in 4 events about different aspects of whole health.

What You Can Do:

DO a GREEN CHECK of YOUR HOME.

  1. Could you add or remove window shades to keep your home warmer in winter or cooler in summer? Find ways to save energy and water. Are there any energy (air, wind) leaks around windows or doors?
  2. Is anyone throwing out things that can be recycled? Does any water leak from faucets and toilets? Is thermostat a degree too high in winter or a degree too low in summer?

10 Whole Health Tips

  1. Buy local produce and whole foods - they are a cleaner fuel for your body and use less natural resources to ship and store.
  2. Do not let the water run If every household in the US replaced 1 roll of 1000 sheet bathroom tissues with 100% recyclable rolls, we could save 373,000 trees, 1.48 million cubic feet of landfill space, and 155 million gallons.
  3. Greening Your Roof- people are making their homes and cities greener is by planting grass, plants, or whole gardens on their roofs!
  4. Once you start living green, help your friends and neighbors go green too! Show them simple ways to conserve natural resources and make sustainable choices every day.
  5. You can start by replacing one light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb… It lasts 10 times longer and saves 66% more energy!
  6. Use Green Materials- There are all kinds of amazing natural and recycled materials that you can use for the floors, walls, counters, and ceilings.
  7. Avoid packaged items and recycle any packaging you use Recycled materials, such as rubber, aluminum and glass, can be used to make everything from countertops to Driveways
  8. Scrape – don't rinse! When using a dishwasher, pre-rinsing is no longer necessary with today's technology and detergents. You may be using more water to pre-rinse than the dishwasher uses for a full wash cycle.
  9. Don't flush it away! Water-efficient faucets and low-flow toilets really save water. If every toilet in the U.S. were a low-flow model, we'd save almost 2 TRILLION gallons of water a year.
  10. Use native plants in your garden. Plants that grow naturally in your area won't need a lot of chemicals or extra water. They'll also attract wildlife to your yard.