{"id":7529,"date":"2013-04-22T02:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=7529"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:17:34","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:17:34","slug":"happy-earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2013\/04\/22\/happy-earth-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Earth Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sandpiper<\/a><\/p>\n

Happy Earth Day!\u00a0 Since the first Earth Day in 1970, billions of people have come together to better the world we live in.<\/p>\n

Creating a better living space doesn’t have to cost a lot or take a lot of effort.\u00a0 In many ways, it’s the small things we do that can have a large impact.\u00a0 Simply cutting back on disposable goods or reusing and recycling what we do use can help.\u00a0 Being aware of our footprint on the earth<\/a> is an important first step.<\/p>\n

Here are some ideas for actions you can take on Earth Day and every day after.<\/p>\n

Clean water is important, but in many places in the world, people still don’t have access to it.\u00a0 Donate a little to charity: water<\/a>‘s campaign to bring drinking water wells to communities in developing countries.<\/p>\n

Regular readers of Blue Living Ideas know we’re not fond of bottled water<\/a> around here.\u00a0 For a quick refresher on why, Green Living Ideas recently posted ten reasons you should avoid bottled water<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Craft brewers and the Natural Resources Defense Council team up for clean water<\/a>.\u00a0 Enjoy a craft beer to celebrate the day.<\/p>\n

Be crafty!\u00a0 Twenty ideas for Earth Day crafts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sandpiper at the Red Sea shore<\/a> via Shutterstock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy Earth Day! Since the first Earth Day in 1970, billions of people have come together to better the world we live in.<\/p>\n

Creating a better living space doesn’t have to cost a lot or take a lot of effort. In many ways, it’s the small things we do that can have a large impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":7530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[2854,2647,343,2649,610],"yst_prominent_words":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Sandpiper-at-the-Red-Sea-Shore.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7529"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=7529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}