Title: 10 Things to Do to Protect the Environment-and Your Health | Everyday Health
Headings: 10 Ways to Protect the Environment — and Your Own Health
10 Ways to Protect the Environment — and Your Own Health
Leave Your Car at Home
Think Reusable When You Drink
Slip Into Something a Little More Healthy
Choose Locally Grown or Organic Food
Clean Up Your Water and the Environment
Do Some Old-School Cleaning
Make the World a Greener Place
Help Yourself to Less Meat, Help the Environment
Choose a Greener Way of Cleaning Clothes
Go Organic: Grow Your Own Food!
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Content: 10 Things to Do to Protect the Environment-and Your Health | Everyday Health
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10 Ways to Protect the Environment — and Your Own Health
Learn how just 10 easy changes can make a big difference in your health and the health of the environment, all at the same time. By Eric Metcalf, MPH Medically Reviewed by Cynthia Haines, MD
Last Updated: April 15, 2009
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More and more people are interested in going green, buying organic, and ultimately protecting the environment, for a number of different reasons. "The quality of your life can improve, you can save money with green living choices, and you can protect the health of your family," says Crissy Trask, founder of Greenmatters.com and author of It's Easy Being Green: A Handbook for Earth-Friendly Living. You can start making easy yet meaningful changes in your life today with the following 10 ideas. Leave Your Car at Home
Every time you drive solo in an SUV, you're adding more than 1.5 pounds of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases to the environment with each mile. Change your driving habits and you make an immediate impact on the environment. Take short trips on foot or by bike instead, and you'll also make an immediate impact on your health. While riding your bike at a leisurely 6 miles per hour, you can burn 240 calories an hour or more.