EPD Environmental Poser Disorder

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By LaChaBenn for LaChaBenn.com

Environmental Poser Disorder: (noun) \in-ˈvī-rə(n-mənt(n)-'tal\ \ˈpō-zər\ orgin lachabenn

Environmental posers are the biggest threat to the environment. EPs commit to sporadic "large" acts towards helping the planet but do not make changes in everyday life. It is easy to over come EPD. In some cases EPD can be treated by simple changes in habits. In moderate to severe cases of EPD intervention is needed. Its time for every individual to take responsibility and action to protect this planet. Confront a friend, or confront self.

Side effects to EPD include

• leaving the faucets on while brushing teeth,

• passing by/ignoring liter in the neighborhood

• leaving bathroom fans on and house lights on upwards to 12 hours for zero reason

• throwing cigarette butts out of car windows and into lawns

• Using large amounts of waste products: access toilet paper, paper towels, doing access laundry runs at high temps and water levels
  

There is Help

~Take a Leave No Trace Course

~Don't leave the water on full pressure for anything- leave the water running for one minute full pressure you are using up to five gallons of clean H2O.

~Turn lights off when you leave the room don't run unnecessary appliance for unnecessary amounts of time. If you own a home invest in energy efficient appliances and receive a tax credit at the end of the year AND save money and energy every month. If you rent trying buying fluorescent bulb. They use a fifth of energy and a tenth of the heat to generate the same amount of light as traditional incandescent bulb
~Keep a cigarette butt container near your popular smoking areas, use the container NOT mother
earth. Cigarettes are not Biodegradable. EVER


~Commit to a Conservation Corps (like MCC, CYCC, SCC) or a clean up project at a local water way or park

~Use Cloth bags at the grocery store. You already have a ton of plastic bags at home? Some markets collect and recycle used plastic bags.

Don't Pose, admit if you are unclear on what steps you can take to save the environment for that is the first step!

peace!

Water Conservation!

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Here is a trick to save half a gallon to a gallon of water per FLUSH!

1. take an empty plasti 16.9 oz water bottle.
2. fill it with a heavy item, rocks, sand, salt etc.
3. place filled bottle in the TANK not the BOWL (the back part)

BAM!
You are saving Mother Earth!

little info from the USDOE

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my roommate has been randomly drying clothes for the last two hours...i promise the clothes were dry sometime during the first half an hour...upside? the sound of a dyer is soothing. Downside? energy, environment, money.

What's a kilowatt?

When you use electricity to cook a pot of rice for 1 hour, you use 1000 watt-hours of electricity! One thousand watt-hours equals 1 kilowatt-hour, or 1 kWh. Your utility bill usually shows what you are charged for the kilowatt-hours you use. The average residential rate is 8.3 cents per kWh. A typical U.S. household consumes about 11,000 kWh per year, costing an average of $900 annually.

Rain Rain Come and Stay

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I feel as if Georgia and perhaps the entire south east has taken a new approach to precipitation. We look forward to days where the Earth around us become saturated. We drive slower, and thank our higher Being for what is perceived as a blessing. Maybe in the back of our heads we blame ourselves for the drought across the land. We are understanding first hand the consequences of our parasitical behavior with Mother Nature. Could All of this really be are fault?
Is it to late for conservation?