So I have this WONDERFULLLL book called “Change the World for Ten Buck” - 50 ways to make a difference! And can I just say, wow they are GREAT little EXTRA things we can all learn from and put into our daily lives to make a difference!
So I would like to share a few of my favorites with you:
Pick up Litter
-A man walked by a candy wrapper on the sidewalk yesterday. He frowned and said “tsk, tsk”. Today he walked by another wrapper, picked it up and put it in the garbage. He felt better! Lend a hand, help clean up
Make Change
- There’s always loose change – and there are always charity tins. It’s a match made in heaven – like bacon and eggs. Gretzky and 99, Bob and Doug. If every time we ended up with a bit of change… we looked for the nearest charity tin, the world would be a whole lot better off. After all, 25 cents per person, per week, adds up to $390 million per year!
Spend time with someone from a different generation!
- Talk to old people, they know cool stuff you don’t!
- Talk to young people, they know cool stuff you don’t!
Smile and Smile Back
- It takes half as many muscles to smile as it does to frown. And it make you and others feel twice as good!
Turn you Thermostat down by 1 degree
- If you turn your thermostat down by one degree, you can save on average $50 a year. That’s $4 a month you can put into a charity tin :)
Hang your
- Hungry? One load of laundry in the dryer uses enough energy to make 250 pieces of toast.
Be Resourceful
- Glue it, Screw it, Tie it up, Tape it down, Darn it, Oil it, Sand it off, Sew it back on… Every time you repair something, you help the world’s resources last a little bit longer.
These are just a FEW of all this book has to offer and if you put your mind to it, you will see that there are MANY things you and your family can do to make just a little DIFFERENCE, because if we are all making a little change, it will make a HUGE one! Remember the 25 cents per person idea… SAME philosophy!
Change Chiefs!
Heather and Chanel
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