Environ|Mental: Greener Keeps You In Shape
By Wesley Joseph • Apr 19th, 2008 • Category: Health
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The attitude: Reducing your envirohuman impact can keep you in better physical condition.
So, you’re asking, greener can keep me in shape? Sure! Yesterday we left off talking about how taking the stairs at work can give you more exercise while making elevators work a little less. But there are all sorts of activities you could participate in that both improve your envirohuman impact and build more exercise into your day.
What if you are reusing the water you rinsed your lettuce with on your garden? Big deal? Well, carrying that bucket of water outside counts for burning some calories. The fact that you’re gardening counts as burning calories. Yes, these are great in that they improve your EHI, but they also are great in that they give you the exercise that never seems like a priority.
Walking instead of driving for short errands. Cycling across town. Hanging each piece of laundry onto a clothesline instead of dumping them into the dryer. Cutting your lawn with a push reel mower.
These activities have a few things in common. First, they will reduce your negative envirohuman Impact. Second, they are tasks that have been avoided through machination precisely because they: take time, effort, and sweat to complete. And, finally, they each can and will make you burn some calories, stay in shape, and in small ways, make your life greener.
So embrace this attitude — and encourage those around you to do so as well!
EHI to you! Give us some attitude below!
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Wesley Joseph is the primary editor for EHI. He comes from a strong political science background and is interested in the effect humans' actions have on the environment, how in turn the environment affects humans, and how environmental policy at large and personal actions can both change into positive envirohuman impacts.
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