Earth Day has been celebrated on April 22 since 1969. Many countries around the world celebrate Earth Day. Our world is becoming more green every year. But what does it mean to you, the individual?

There are a lot of things that we can do to celebrate Earth Day. There are changes we can make in our every day lives to green up our environment. It is great to celebrate Earth Day once a year, it is even better to continue those ideas through out the year. Earth Day should be celebrated every day.

Going green is about the little things. Plant trees, garden, recycle, use less packaging, change your light bulbs to high efficiency, these are all little things you can do.

Using natural ingredients in your cleaning routine can make a difference as well. When looking for cleaning products look for packages made from recycled containers and containers that can be recycled. Look for products with natural or organic ingredients.

Think of each day as Earth Day and keep celebrating all year long! What are you doing this year for Earth Day?

Our food, our environment, and our habits make up the top three reasons what will make us or break us when it comes to our health. There are so may ways we make ourselves sick. However it appears that slowly but surely our society is waking up to the dangers of toxic chemicals in our home, our food, and even in some of the things we take part in out of habit.

A more natural way of life is a smart way to go for a number of reasons:

• Prolongs life
• Helps the planet
• Safer homes
• Healthier children
• Less disease
• Saves animals from distinction

No matter what the reason is for going natural, it is a smart one. Many manufacturers have joined the bandwagon by creating products that are safer for the environment and in recent years more statistics have come forward about the many benefits of items like coconut oil and different herbs.

The funny thing is that natural living was a once practiced widely because all the other stuff was not around. Somehow we stepped away from that practice and as is the norm, man just got all in way creating products for convenience sake. We have found in the last few years that much of what was created to make living easier for man actually made living worse with the number of diseases and we began to die earlier.

Here are a few statistics to chew on: