We had an absolutely beautiful day here in Los Angeles, a perfect way to celebrate our Earth. Did you do anything special today to honor the planet that houses us? Even if it was just making a special effort to walk to the other side of the room to put your water bottle in the recycling bin instead of the trash can right beside you, that’s something. Something you can do everday is carry a reusable bag instead of using plastic bags given to you at stores. Not only is it smart, it’s also fashionable! I bought a really cute one for $1.50 at Forever 21 and get so many compliments on it. Hopefully plastic bags will slowly disappear from our lifestyles. Ireland, for example, started charging $0.33 per bag, which resulted in a 94% less usage! Other countries have banned plastic bags. In America, San Francisco is ahead of the times with their plastic bag band. These bags make their way to the oceans and end up killing fish, turtles, birds and other sea creatures Some of the animals think they’re food and end up eating them. Other animals get tangled in them & can’t breathe or move. It’s so easy, you guys, to just recycle those bags and better yet, don’t use them at all. Recycling is very important to me. If I see cans, bottles, bags in the trash, I will take it out & put it in the proper receptacle. So the next time you just toss that soda can in the trash, remember this: there is a HUGE swirl that is 90feet deep in the Pacific Ocean, twice the size of Texas, which is trash that has made its way to the ocean, much of which could’ve been recycled. Those poor sea creatures don’t know how to adapt and can’t adapt in that giant pool of trash. Celebrate the earth that provides us with a beautiful place to live. Plant a tree! Grow some veggies! Hug a tree!

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