ZAPHAEL • deeply hopeful •

E-POST:  CONSCIENTIOUS NEAT-FREAK HABITS
- Soak your toothbrush in mouthwash (at least once weekly).
- Reduce clutter / turn trash into cash by purging your stuff and having a garage sale.
- When washing hands, sing "Happy Birthday" twice before rinsing.

 

E-POST:  PROACTIVE TREATMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
- Plant a vegetable garden, even in some small pots indoors.
- Minimize your use of anything plastic & styrofoam.
- Recycle birthday cards - keep them circulating, fill every inch of blank space, and watch to see who gets the card last, when it's max'd out.

 

E-POST:  ILLUMINATING EARTH HUGGERS 
- Laurie David, American, Issue: Climate Change, lauriedavid.com.
- Rachel Carson, American, started the environmentalist movement, died 1964.
- KT Tunstall, Scottish singer, animal rights activist & environmentalist.

 

E-POST:  IDEALISTIC WORLD CAUSES
- Because it would suck not to see clearly, donate old eyeglasses to people in third world countries (talk to your optometrist for details).
- Wear natural-fiber clothes (cotton, wool, hemp) that are a renewable resource and can also be composted.
- Reduce excessive energy use by unplugging electronics (like computers and chargers) overnight, when not in use.