When You Mean Business
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Here for the Food
One of my clients said recently how angry he was with himself that no matter how much work he “did on himself” there was still “shit” in his life. How many of us have felt like that on occasion? My client was feeling frustration about his physical appearance. He wanted to bulk up and increase his fitness and felt that no matter what he did with diet and exercise, he could not gain control over his external aesthetic. Ha – how many of us have also felt like that? :-)
Knowing who we are won’t get rid of the “shit”. “Doing work on ourselves” won’t get rid of it either. We’ll all still swim between the flags of nice and mean, kind and cruel and experience pleasure and pain. However understanding WHAT drives us, HOW we make our choices, HOW we resolve tension and WHAT we value takes us closer to the APPRECIATION of Self. Ah there’s that “attitude of gratitude” we hear Demartini talk about.
Human BE HAVE IOUR – where am I “BE ing” what am I “DO ing” and therefore what do I “HAVE” as a result of my actions? Our last exercise used the recent Christmas event as a benchmark of Self Assessment. Asking “quality of questions” - drilling down to what your life truly demonstrates often further uncovers your hierarchy of values as they currently are and not as you would like them to be. (I’ve noticed that many of us can confuse a “wish list” with our values.
We all eat – so looking at our relationship with food – will highlight various aspects of our Values that we may otherwise fantastise.
For many people, meals are all about entertainment and social interaction. Finding a fab restaurant, being seen in the right spot and dressing for the occasion is more important than the GI content of the meal. For others, mealtimes are an opportunity for family to sit down together – to connect and share. For others, they wine and dine their clients on a regular basis and do most business over their meals – Coffee, Lunch and Cocktails. Some will spend all day creating culinary masterpieces carefully selecting the finest of ingredients, decorating their tables and creating a gourmet feast for their loved ones. Others may run through their busy hectic lives and grab whatever food is around at the time as a last minute thought. Some people find food a distraction and countdown to mealtimes while salivating madly in anticipation. Others still may have a disciplined relationship with food and research nutrition, understanding how the ph balance works and only eat foods that keep them in balance – spending hours on shopping, preparation and investing in more expensive “healthier” options. Some people have the best intentions and purchase all the ingredients required to cook nutritiously for themselves only to throw most of it out six months later as something always seems to “come up” leaving them no time to cook. Some people get headaches at certain of each day and “need” a certain food or drink to “pep” them up and help them to survive the 3pm slump. Many people buy take away food on a regular basis as they “feel” good when they eat it. Some eat when happy; others when sad and tired while some starve themselves as either a reward or punishment.
The HOW and the WHY and the WHO and the WHAT and the WHEN of our relationship with FOOD really help to show another angle to our story.
Ask yourself these questions:
1. Do you have a kitchen where you live and do you use it or do you eat out more often than not?2. What do you think about Food? Is it fuel, fun or a burden?
3. If money were no object how would you eat?
4. What is your favourite food?
5. What is your favourite food related activity? (Cooking, Shopping, Preparation, Presentation, Cleaning Up, Going out, Time with Family etc)
6. What does your kitchen look like? (Especially inside the kitchen cupboards)
7. How do you spend your time eating?
8. How do you spend your energy shopping for food?
9. Do you shop in your budget or according to your nutritional needs?
10. What determines your budget choices?
11. Do you plan your meals or scavenge what you can at the last minute?
12. Are you frugal or extravagant?
13. Do you believe that you are what you eat or do you believe the body can consume any matter?
14. Do you know how your body digests food or would you rather leave that to an expert?
15. Do you dress for dinner at home – dress the table – and regard mealtimes with respect?
16. Did you plan your shopping with a list?
17. Do you have a plan for meals, nutrition and your physical body?
18. If you are hungry when you shop for food do you stick to your list or do you deviate?
How many of us have a plan, a set budget and a vision of what we want to achieve and get to the store, fridge, table and meal and do something completely different? Then we beat ourselves up and ask “Why did I do that” Why did I eat that chocolate cake?” Or why did I work through my day without eating and go to bed hungry AGAIN?
We’ll all still swim between the flags of nice and mean, kind and cruel and experience pleasure and pain. However appreciating the patterns that underly our choices that our story continues to make will help us to dissolve our fear, guilt and shame when it comes to our relationship with food giving us greater opportunities to integrate the mirrors of our bodies with our personal holographic journeys.
Knowing who we are won’t get rid of the “shit”. “Doing work on ourselves” won’t get rid of it either. We’ll all still swim between the flags of nice and mean, kind and cruel and experience pleasure and pain. However understanding WHAT drives us, HOW we make our choices, HOW we resolve tension and WHAT we value takes us closer to the APPRECIATION of Self. Ah there’s that “attitude of gratitude” we hear Demartini talk about.
Human BE HAVE IOUR – where am I “BE ing” what am I “DO ing” and therefore what do I “HAVE” as a result of my actions? Our last exercise used the recent Christmas event as a benchmark of Self Assessment. Asking “quality of questions” - drilling down to what your life truly demonstrates often further uncovers your hierarchy of values as they currently are and not as you would like them to be. (I’ve noticed that many of us can confuse a “wish list” with our values.
We all eat – so looking at our relationship with food – will highlight various aspects of our Values that we may otherwise fantastise.
For many people, meals are all about entertainment and social interaction. Finding a fab restaurant, being seen in the right spot and dressing for the occasion is more important than the GI content of the meal. For others, mealtimes are an opportunity for family to sit down together – to connect and share. For others, they wine and dine their clients on a regular basis and do most business over their meals – Coffee, Lunch and Cocktails. Some will spend all day creating culinary masterpieces carefully selecting the finest of ingredients, decorating their tables and creating a gourmet feast for their loved ones. Others may run through their busy hectic lives and grab whatever food is around at the time as a last minute thought. Some people find food a distraction and countdown to mealtimes while salivating madly in anticipation. Others still may have a disciplined relationship with food and research nutrition, understanding how the ph balance works and only eat foods that keep them in balance – spending hours on shopping, preparation and investing in more expensive “healthier” options. Some people have the best intentions and purchase all the ingredients required to cook nutritiously for themselves only to throw most of it out six months later as something always seems to “come up” leaving them no time to cook. Some people get headaches at certain of each day and “need” a certain food or drink to “pep” them up and help them to survive the 3pm slump. Many people buy take away food on a regular basis as they “feel” good when they eat it. Some eat when happy; others when sad and tired while some starve themselves as either a reward or punishment.
The HOW and the WHY and the WHO and the WHAT and the WHEN of our relationship with FOOD really help to show another angle to our story.
Ask yourself these questions:
1. Do you have a kitchen where you live and do you use it or do you eat out more often than not?2. What do you think about Food? Is it fuel, fun or a burden?
3. If money were no object how would you eat?
4. What is your favourite food?
5. What is your favourite food related activity? (Cooking, Shopping, Preparation, Presentation, Cleaning Up, Going out, Time with Family etc)
6. What does your kitchen look like? (Especially inside the kitchen cupboards)
7. How do you spend your time eating?
8. How do you spend your energy shopping for food?
9. Do you shop in your budget or according to your nutritional needs?
10. What determines your budget choices?
11. Do you plan your meals or scavenge what you can at the last minute?
12. Are you frugal or extravagant?
13. Do you believe that you are what you eat or do you believe the body can consume any matter?
14. Do you know how your body digests food or would you rather leave that to an expert?
15. Do you dress for dinner at home – dress the table – and regard mealtimes with respect?
16. Did you plan your shopping with a list?
17. Do you have a plan for meals, nutrition and your physical body?
18. If you are hungry when you shop for food do you stick to your list or do you deviate?
How many of us have a plan, a set budget and a vision of what we want to achieve and get to the store, fridge, table and meal and do something completely different? Then we beat ourselves up and ask “Why did I do that” Why did I eat that chocolate cake?” Or why did I work through my day without eating and go to bed hungry AGAIN?
We’ll all still swim between the flags of nice and mean, kind and cruel and experience pleasure and pain. However appreciating the patterns that underly our choices that our story continues to make will help us to dissolve our fear, guilt and shame when it comes to our relationship with food giving us greater opportunities to integrate the mirrors of our bodies with our personal holographic journeys.
Making Choices
It has to start with YOU.
We have created a series of policies for our staff while they are at work.
Hopefully these will be taken home in some form.
Community Involvement
Earth Smart Business Practice
Energy Management
Neighbourhood Impact Management
Pollution Management
Humanity Policy:Eco Footprint To Do List
Smoking and Cigarette Butt Policy
Resource Management
Stormwater Management
Water Efficiency Policy
Human Value Transformation Policy
We have created a series of policies for our staff while they are at work.
Hopefully these will be taken home in some form.
Community Involvement
Earth Smart Business Practice
Energy Management
Neighbourhood Impact Management
Pollution Management
Humanity Policy:Eco Footprint To Do List
Smoking and Cigarette Butt Policy
Resource Management
Stormwater Management
Water Efficiency Policy
Human Value Transformation Policy
Earth Operations Practice
Our business is committed to appreciating our Earth resources by following these practices:
Regular Telecommuting for Staff
Laptops with remote access to emails and booking systems
On Call service for our clients outside office hours
Remote on line access for our Operating System, Aquarius.
DON’T PRINT
Use scrap paper for notes
Email dont post
Email dont fax
When printing from your computer, if you absolutely have to (are you sure you need to?)
print two pages per A4 page, if you have duplex printing, print on both sides of the page;
Only print when absolutely necessary; always offer to email instead
COMMUNICATIONSAll clients must have an email account.
We encourage written communication as much as possible to maintain a reliable audit trail.
SIGNING DOCUMENTSWe no longer print documents only to sign and fax then store. That costs time, paper and space. As we value all of those resources and dont consider them to be unlimited we do the following:
Our secure signatures are digitally attached to each document and returned via email or Internet download then digitally backed up.
PAYING BY CHEQUE
We don't pay be cheqye.
All payments are deposited directly into client bank accounts.
All remittances are emailed directly.
Ask clients to pay Directly Deposit into our Bank Account.
Ask them to email Remittance directly to Accounts.
PUBLICITY AND MARKETINGWe will not accept printed publicity or marketing material or submissions.
We no longer file archive or store paper promo.
We accept and will store CDs.
They will be given away after 6 months
We will only keep EPKs for 12 months and then destroyed
By appreciating our resources, we use less space, less time, spend less money on stationary and can easily access files and information by building an infrstructure of Data Management Systems.
Regular Telecommuting for Staff
Laptops with remote access to emails and booking systems
On Call service for our clients outside office hours
Remote on line access for our Operating System, Aquarius.
DON’T PRINT
Use scrap paper for notes
Email dont post
Email dont fax
When printing from your computer, if you absolutely have to (are you sure you need to?)
print two pages per A4 page, if you have duplex printing, print on both sides of the page;
Only print when absolutely necessary; always offer to email instead
COMMUNICATIONSAll clients must have an email account.
We encourage written communication as much as possible to maintain a reliable audit trail.
SIGNING DOCUMENTSWe no longer print documents only to sign and fax then store. That costs time, paper and space. As we value all of those resources and dont consider them to be unlimited we do the following:
Our secure signatures are digitally attached to each document and returned via email or Internet download then digitally backed up.
PAYING BY CHEQUE
We don't pay be cheqye.
All payments are deposited directly into client bank accounts.
All remittances are emailed directly.
Ask clients to pay Directly Deposit into our Bank Account.
Ask them to email Remittance directly to Accounts.
PUBLICITY AND MARKETINGWe will not accept printed publicity or marketing material or submissions.
We no longer file archive or store paper promo.
We accept and will store CDs.
They will be given away after 6 months
We will only keep EPKs for 12 months and then destroyed
By appreciating our resources, we use less space, less time, spend less money on stationary and can easily access files and information by building an infrstructure of Data Management Systems.
Earth Smart Business Practice
We choose to work with companies that are sustainable with a long term vision for our Earth.
We no longer use cardboard business cards.
We recommend the use of companies like MOSHTIX (www.moshtix.com.au) where the general public can purchase a MOSHCARD and stop the practice of printing hard tickets for events.
We collect cardboard boxes for recycling and place into Recycling bin
We reuse old binders, file folders, report covers and general office equipment.
We recycle plastic bottles, aluminium cans, tin cans, milk and juice cartons
Turn off computers, when not in use;
Turn off office lighting when not in use;
Activate sleep mode on each computer to switch off the screen after 10 minutes;
Switch off office equipment at night, when leaving the office.
Bring own mug to work and have some set aside for visitors;
Bring lunch from home or eat in a local café to avoid packaging waste generated by take away lunches.
We no longer use a kettle as the coffee maker produces specific amounts of hot water to reduce wastage.
We order supplies in bulk to minimise packaging waste
We reduce energy costs by only purchasing the most energy efficient equipment
We reuse old supplies + equipment, or donate or sell them to schools + charities etc
We recycle office equipment by sending photocopier and printer cartridges and printer ribbons to a remanufacturing firm for recycling.
When purchasing office supplies, we decline Plastic Bags
We have decreased our magazine purchases by half and donate them to schools + charities etc each month.
We no longer purchase newspapers and refer to the internet for news updates
We purchase reference books, establish a lending library and donate or sell annually
In the office kitchen, we use the minimum amount of dishwashing liquid when washing dishes therefore minimum rinsing which we do in as basin and then use this water on our garden.
We no longer use cardboard business cards.
We recommend the use of companies like MOSHTIX (www.moshtix.com.au) where the general public can purchase a MOSHCARD and stop the practice of printing hard tickets for events.
We collect cardboard boxes for recycling and place into Recycling bin
We reuse old binders, file folders, report covers and general office equipment.
We recycle plastic bottles, aluminium cans, tin cans, milk and juice cartons
Turn off computers, when not in use;
Turn off office lighting when not in use;
Activate sleep mode on each computer to switch off the screen after 10 minutes;
Switch off office equipment at night, when leaving the office.
Bring own mug to work and have some set aside for visitors;
Bring lunch from home or eat in a local café to avoid packaging waste generated by take away lunches.
We no longer use a kettle as the coffee maker produces specific amounts of hot water to reduce wastage.
We order supplies in bulk to minimise packaging waste
We reduce energy costs by only purchasing the most energy efficient equipment
We reuse old supplies + equipment, or donate or sell them to schools + charities etc
We recycle office equipment by sending photocopier and printer cartridges and printer ribbons to a remanufacturing firm for recycling.
When purchasing office supplies, we decline Plastic Bags
We have decreased our magazine purchases by half and donate them to schools + charities etc each month.
We no longer purchase newspapers and refer to the internet for news updates
We purchase reference books, establish a lending library and donate or sell annually
In the office kitchen, we use the minimum amount of dishwashing liquid when washing dishes therefore minimum rinsing which we do in as basin and then use this water on our garden.
Lighter Footprints
A dynamic exists in every entity. Nature will naturally balance this.
On this side of the planet it is day. On the other side of the planet it is night.
In your Relationship, there is a dynamic. In your Family, there is a dynamic.
In your Workplace, there is a dynamic. In your Community, there is a dynamic.
In your City, there is a dynamic. In your Country, there is a dynamic.
In your Earth, there is a dynamic. In your Galaxy, there is a dynamic.
In your Body, there is a dynamic. In your Mind, there is a dynamic.
In your Heart, there is a dynamic. In your Soul, there is a dynamic.
What the many repress the select express. What ONE represses, the other will express.
CAUSE = EFFECT in Space and Time.
Theologica Aristotelis - Aristotle's Essays on Ethics and Metaphysics holds the premise that in life there is an order where nothing is missing. Dr John F Demartini bases his philosophy on this concept - nothing is missing - it is in a different form.
In this age of climate change, green living and sustainability, this may be a concept that doesnt seem to fit easily. However if you look closely, this is what sustainable is ACTUALLY all about.
Living in balance.
Living in appreciation.
So before we look at the Earth - lets draw an analogy to the human body - when it is under stress, it is balancing de generation and the 12 different systems (eg Circulatory, Digestive, Endocrine, Muscular, Nervous etc) will take over from each other in order to keep the body alive - the pancreas may take over from the stomach to aid digestion in turn liver and adrenal rebalancing in order to maintain survival. There is always a cost in this balancing and eventually the body system will require a quasi "reboot" nutrtitionally to get it back on track.
Similarly, our Earth, like our human bodies, is in the process of balancing a de generation of sorts. Aristotle says "Nothing is Missing and the balance WILL be conserved". Like our human body, this conservation process will incur a cost to our different Systems (eg Natural, Ecological, Chemical, Geological, Physics etc) and be expressed across Regions (Polar, Temperate, Tropics, Sub Tropics) and Seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter) in various Cycles (eg Biological, Agricultural, Astronmonical, Time, Climate, Electromagnetic, Mythical and Cultural).
Everything that we do on this Earth - swills around in our Eco Footprint. If we can appreciate and understand how the Earth systems actually work, we can begin to manage our own Eco Footprint to minimise the cost somewhat. This is where the "attitude of gratitude" where we appreciate our Earth resources - will truly add value to our Earth and ultimately our lives.
In a very basic sense, what we choose to eat really can have some major environmental consequences. We’re often not aware of the energy, water and materials that go into producing items like a chocolate bar, soft drink or packet of chips - not to mention the fuel burnt to get these things to you.
Simple, unprocessed foods require much less energy and water.
Food is actually the biggest part of our personal eco-footprint (the land area needed to support a person’s lifestyle). Animal products make up 34% of our footprint - and that’s mainly red meat and dairy foods – while vegetable foods make up a further 8%.
We need our gardens to be in harmony with the natural environment.
This means not using too much water on the garden and choosing drought-resistant native plants and lawns. Combine that with keeping our gardens chemical free and growing more Australian plants to provide habitat for native animals, and we can really make a difference.
When you look at you body, you know how very important it is to balance all the systems through nutrition and excercise and a healthy balance between the seven areas of life.
When you look at our earth, you know how very important it is to balance all the systems through appreciation and value of resource for a healthy balanced expression in the continuous Cycles of life.
On this side of the planet it is day. On the other side of the planet it is night.
In your Relationship, there is a dynamic. In your Family, there is a dynamic.
In your Workplace, there is a dynamic. In your Community, there is a dynamic.
In your City, there is a dynamic. In your Country, there is a dynamic.
In your Earth, there is a dynamic. In your Galaxy, there is a dynamic.
In your Body, there is a dynamic. In your Mind, there is a dynamic.
In your Heart, there is a dynamic. In your Soul, there is a dynamic.
What the many repress the select express. What ONE represses, the other will express.
CAUSE = EFFECT in Space and Time.
Theologica Aristotelis - Aristotle's Essays on Ethics and Metaphysics holds the premise that in life there is an order where nothing is missing. Dr John F Demartini bases his philosophy on this concept - nothing is missing - it is in a different form.
In this age of climate change, green living and sustainability, this may be a concept that doesnt seem to fit easily. However if you look closely, this is what sustainable is ACTUALLY all about.
Living in balance.
Living in appreciation.
So before we look at the Earth - lets draw an analogy to the human body - when it is under stress, it is balancing de generation and the 12 different systems (eg Circulatory, Digestive, Endocrine, Muscular, Nervous etc) will take over from each other in order to keep the body alive - the pancreas may take over from the stomach to aid digestion in turn liver and adrenal rebalancing in order to maintain survival. There is always a cost in this balancing and eventually the body system will require a quasi "reboot" nutrtitionally to get it back on track.
Similarly, our Earth, like our human bodies, is in the process of balancing a de generation of sorts. Aristotle says "Nothing is Missing and the balance WILL be conserved". Like our human body, this conservation process will incur a cost to our different Systems (eg Natural, Ecological, Chemical, Geological, Physics etc) and be expressed across Regions (Polar, Temperate, Tropics, Sub Tropics) and Seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter) in various Cycles (eg Biological, Agricultural, Astronmonical, Time, Climate, Electromagnetic, Mythical and Cultural).
Everything that we do on this Earth - swills around in our Eco Footprint. If we can appreciate and understand how the Earth systems actually work, we can begin to manage our own Eco Footprint to minimise the cost somewhat. This is where the "attitude of gratitude" where we appreciate our Earth resources - will truly add value to our Earth and ultimately our lives.
In a very basic sense, what we choose to eat really can have some major environmental consequences. We’re often not aware of the energy, water and materials that go into producing items like a chocolate bar, soft drink or packet of chips - not to mention the fuel burnt to get these things to you.
Simple, unprocessed foods require much less energy and water.
Food is actually the biggest part of our personal eco-footprint (the land area needed to support a person’s lifestyle). Animal products make up 34% of our footprint - and that’s mainly red meat and dairy foods – while vegetable foods make up a further 8%.
We need our gardens to be in harmony with the natural environment.
This means not using too much water on the garden and choosing drought-resistant native plants and lawns. Combine that with keeping our gardens chemical free and growing more Australian plants to provide habitat for native animals, and we can really make a difference.
When you look at you body, you know how very important it is to balance all the systems through nutrition and excercise and a healthy balance between the seven areas of life.
When you look at our earth, you know how very important it is to balance all the systems through appreciation and value of resource for a healthy balanced expression in the continuous Cycles of life.
Community Involvement
We are an Entertainment Agency/Event Management/Publicist/Project Management Service/Business Consultation company based in Brisbane, Qld, Australia. Our clients live and work all over the Earth. Technology enables us to work with Global Communities.
We seek to create a world around us where the mundane returns to the sacred by gardening, nurturing, cooking and healing. In doing so, our primary focus is on the Education process for nutrition, preservation, farming, regeneration and preparation of the fruits from the earth while still creating opportunities for creative expression.
The Earth is our Business.
In every business we need first and foremost - a cause.
We need to show a profit in order to reinvest back into.
To do this we require an infrastructure, plans, resources, training, systems, feedback mechanisms and someone to manage it all and keep an eye on everything.
The Earth is a Business and we MEAN Business.
Business begins with a community of staff. In our business we observe thePush the Earth Policy and Practices creation, implementation and education. This extends to how we manage our work environments and ultimately our households with activities like:
At Home and in the Office
RRRRR Centre
Garden Patch at home and in the office
Push Health and Fitness (Push Your Ass Up That Hill! - lunchtime walks/fitness)
Industry Resource Reduction Plan
We have also invited our Clients to join us by offering alternative business practices using our Industry Resource Reduction Plan (Office, Venues, Events and Artists)
Community Events and Training Programs
We have also created Community Events and Training Programs such as:
Worth The Push To Hug (Global Hug Days)
Sustainable Earth Festivals
The Rock Star Seminars: Pushing Your Worth
How Good Is This Seminars: The Business of Your Life
Our Future
Push The Earth Vision Maps include planning for:
Community Farms
Community Seed Banks
Local Currencies - Bartering
Local Infrastructure
We encourage everyone to mean Business when it comes to our Earth.
We seek to create a world around us where the mundane returns to the sacred by gardening, nurturing, cooking and healing. In doing so, our primary focus is on the Education process for nutrition, preservation, farming, regeneration and preparation of the fruits from the earth while still creating opportunities for creative expression.
The Earth is our Business.
In every business we need first and foremost - a cause.
We need to show a profit in order to reinvest back into.
To do this we require an infrastructure, plans, resources, training, systems, feedback mechanisms and someone to manage it all and keep an eye on everything.
The Earth is a Business and we MEAN Business.
Business begins with a community of staff. In our business we observe thePush the Earth Policy and Practices creation, implementation and education. This extends to how we manage our work environments and ultimately our households with activities like:
At Home and in the Office
RRRRR Centre
Garden Patch at home and in the office
Push Health and Fitness (Push Your Ass Up That Hill! - lunchtime walks/fitness)
Industry Resource Reduction Plan
We have also invited our Clients to join us by offering alternative business practices using our Industry Resource Reduction Plan (Office, Venues, Events and Artists)
Community Events and Training Programs
We have also created Community Events and Training Programs such as:
Worth The Push To Hug (Global Hug Days)
Sustainable Earth Festivals
The Rock Star Seminars: Pushing Your Worth
How Good Is This Seminars: The Business of Your Life
Our Future
Push The Earth Vision Maps include planning for:
Community Farms
Community Seed Banks
Local Currencies - Bartering
Local Infrastructure
We encourage everyone to mean Business when it comes to our Earth.
Sustainable Living At Home
Effective Resource Management begins at home. Those of us who have spent quality time growing up with grandparents have been instilled with their values of Waste not Want not and can pass these onto our children. Turn your home resource management into a fun household chore for your children!
Reduce Waste when Shopping:
Take your own bags or shopping basket to reduce use of plastic bags.
Keep them in the boot of your car - have a checklist in the car and on the fridge to remind you!
Buy your fresh food and vegetables loose, avoid the use of freezer bags in your supermarket.
Avoid pre-packaged fresh foods.
Reduce packaging - buy some items in bulk.
Buy concentrated products - Cleaning, Washing etc.
Only buy the fresh food that you need. Start going to the Green Grocer every couple of days - on your way home, walk to a local shop - incorporate into your daily routine to minimise time and fuel useage.
In the Bathroom
Avoid flushing the toilet unnecessarily. You know the story about Mellow Yellow.......
Install an AAA-rated showerhead
Install an AAA-rated toilets and save 67% less water than a standard single flush toilet.
Take a shallow bath instead of a shower every so often.
Take a bath with your partner and save water :-)
Around the Home
Installing water efficient taps or tap aerators is a great, inexpensive way to cut your water usage
Ensure your hot water pipes are insulated.
This will avoid wasting water while waiting for the hot water to flow through.
Always replace leaking washers and turn taps off gently to make the washers last longer.
Remember, one leaking tap can waste 2,000 litres a month!
Verify that your home is leak free, because many homes have hidden water leaks.
Read your water meter before and after a two hour period when no water is being used.
If the meter does not read exactly the same, there is a leak.
Reduce Waste when Shopping:
Take your own bags or shopping basket to reduce use of plastic bags.
Keep them in the boot of your car - have a checklist in the car and on the fridge to remind you!
Buy your fresh food and vegetables loose, avoid the use of freezer bags in your supermarket.
Avoid pre-packaged fresh foods.
Reduce packaging - buy some items in bulk.
Buy concentrated products - Cleaning, Washing etc.
Only buy the fresh food that you need. Start going to the Green Grocer every couple of days - on your way home, walk to a local shop - incorporate into your daily routine to minimise time and fuel useage.
In the Bathroom
Avoid flushing the toilet unnecessarily. You know the story about Mellow Yellow.......
Install an AAA-rated showerhead
Install an AAA-rated toilets and save 67% less water than a standard single flush toilet.
Take a shallow bath instead of a shower every so often.
Take a bath with your partner and save water :-)
Around the Home
Installing water efficient taps or tap aerators is a great, inexpensive way to cut your water usage
Ensure your hot water pipes are insulated.
This will avoid wasting water while waiting for the hot water to flow through.
Always replace leaking washers and turn taps off gently to make the washers last longer.
Remember, one leaking tap can waste 2,000 litres a month!
Verify that your home is leak free, because many homes have hidden water leaks.
Read your water meter before and after a two hour period when no water is being used.
If the meter does not read exactly the same, there is a leak.
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