Lead by Example - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

Driving through a New Mexico pueblo this week, I recalled a memorable chat with a Native American friend who gently yet firmly reminded me that "we don't inherit the earth from our parents, we borrow it from our children."

This year, the earth's population will pass 8.5 billion. That's a lot of people making and consuming lots of carbon-producing things on our surprisingly small planet. And, while we are making great progress adopting new technology and developing public policy for a more sustainable future, there is less agreement and personal commitment to modify our daily lives to conserve and protect our fragile and finite natural resources.

For many years, I have been taught and encouraged to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Today, for me, this mindset and practice is no longer just a nice thing to do, now it is an urgent, personal responsibility.

Leaders leave things as good or better than they find them. Here are ten ways to reduce waste and lead by example today. Less is more. Reduce, reuse, recycle. This is an urgent first step for all of us to take together. Generations of children are counting on us!

~ bc 🦖

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