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A while back, I posted about how policy is needed to create change in humans insatiable consumption habits. Change also takes place in each of our individual lives, when we make conscious to give up what we could have, to either future generations or those that lack resources today. Here are some commitments I'm making, while at the same time using the money I save to help others (example: supporting my Nicaraguan families ministry that helps poor youth with cancer)

Here are a few things I'm doing:

• Bike to school everyday (saves $100s on gas, and $150/year for parking pass), plus it's healthy
  
• Eat lower on the food chain (less processed), more locally, in season, and buy less meat (don't worry farmers, the rest of the world is eating plenty more of it each day)
  
• Eat rice and beans for a week - as a reminder of lack of variety in diets that most poor can't afford
• Take cold showers for a week - and short :) which should come naturally
  
• Hang clothes on a line
• Plant my own veggies (done!)
• Carpool as much as possible
• Recycle/plant trees
  
• Run outside, not the gym
• Use sustainable agriculture practices (on my small piece of rented farm ground)
  

These are all things that you can say "that won't make a difference" or "too extreme" or "sounds self-righteous" but that's not the point - the point is to remind myself of the great blessings I have, and pass them on to others. Blessed to pass it on.