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Today is the day! Did you go out sometime in the past two weeks and do something to improve your environment? Do you have any tips for making our world a cleaner, greener, healthier place for people or wildlife or foliage?

Western Europe is very conscious of the environment and CB was already doing things to preserve nature before I came to live with him. He uses energy saving light bulbs in every socket, the refrigerator beeps if the door is open for over a minute, we bike or take the bus to our destinations (I still walk a lot of the time, but I’ve been riding the bike a lot more so now my butt doesn’t even hurt the next time I sit on the seat), we recycle pretty much anything the city of Gent is willing to pick up and there’s a composter in the garden where most of the food matter goes after meals. We also started getting a weekly supply of locally grown organic vegetables that CB splits with one of his colleagues. Every Tuesday he brings home an array of fresh organic veggies grown here in Flanders. Not only does it support local farmers, it also forces us to eat a lot of vegetables (that aren’t sprayed with pesticides or other questionable toxins).

But specifically for Project Support Beauty in Nature I goaded Cabana Boy to come along with me for a garbage collection walk through the park…

Ooh, yum, someone decided to leave a half-eaten waffle on our window sill! Good thing we had the garbage bag.

Me with the garbage bag

“Thank you for cleaning my home!”

A reminder of who we’re doing this for (no those aren’t mine, but you get the general idea)

Now it’s your turn! Hop on over to Sarcastic Mom and check out the bloggers that decided to make a difference, and while your at it, pick up a trash bag and take a walk around your local park, recycle that plastic bottle when it’s empty, ride a bike one day a week (or walk or take the bus) instead of getting into your car and whatever you do, don’t be overwhelmed to the point where you become indifferent. When people stop believing that they, as individuals, can make a difference, that is when the battle is lost.

Don’t be afraid to make a difference.