Picnic in the Park! Langford Park, Tomorrow!

We hope to see you at this year's Picnic in the Park, as the Revitalize Family continues to grow and grow! The weather should be marvelous and the friends bountiful! Plus it's also another opportunity to give donations to our brave soldiers oversees!

If you need donation ideas, check out our blog.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Revitalize

Let's love our Mother Earth! Below are ways that we can make a change...one day at a time:

1. Reuse your plastic bags or use cloth bags instead when you go to the grocery store (the cloth bags can hold a lot of stuff and they're only $1.00 at Publix & Dollar Tree). You can even use them when you go to your favorite record store or go shopping at the mall. You could start a trend! Just make sure to keep a few in your car so that when you go to the store, you already have them. :)


2. Instead of tossing your cigarette butt on the ground, put it out in an ashtray. It'll only take a few extra seconds.

3. Check out this list of how long it takes certain material to biodegrate:

1. Paper: 2-4 Weeks
2. Banana Peel: 3-5 Weeks
3. Wool Cap: 1 Year
4. Cigarette Butt: 2-5 Years
5. Disposable Diaper: 10-20 Years
6. Hard Plastic Container: 20-30 Years
7. Rubber Boot Sole: 50-80 Years
8. Tin Can: 80-100 Years
9. Aluminum Can: 200-400 Years
10. Plastic 6-pack Holder: 450 Years
11. Glass Bottles: A Very, Very Long Time (Forever)

*Pick up that piece of trash on the ground instead of walking over it.

4. Don't litter!

5. Reuse the scraps of your fruits and eggs...toss them in your garden instead of the garbage. Your plants will eat them up!

6. Go paperless with your bills and call them if they do not honor your request. It's worth a try and maybe one day they'll really start to listen.

7. When you're brushing your teeth, turn the water off in between brushes. It'll lower your water bill and consumption. :)

8. Recycle! In fact, many counties and states have expanded their recyclable item list. Check out your local county's website to see if you can throw away things such as paper towel rolls and cereal boxes.

**Here's a website where you can order recycling bins and get some more information on recyclable items - http://www.ci.orlando.fl.us/public_works/solidwaste/swmrec.htm

**Publix has recycle bins outside their locations where you can throw out recyclables such as paper and plastic bags...they even have recycle bins for foam trays and egg crates. :)


Just remember to continue to love our dear Mother. She's our lifeline....

Much love,
Ami & Jess

*Feel free to send us any additional tips to add - we'll be updating this list periodically and would love your input!

Allow Mother Earth to Embrace You

Today, Adil and I are leaving for Ocala, where we're going to camp at Juniper Springs. The anticipation of feeling the wind whisping through the beautiful tree branches has me more excited than I can explain. Sounds of birds, falling acorns, and trickling water will sooth my soul.

I've been going through a ton of personal soul searching lately. Something this week has helped me find my spark again. This weekend, being embraced by our dear Mother (and Adil), will only further help me find the real Jessica again. The light shining from the sky in the morning and the light radiating off the burning embers of our camp fire will put my soul at ease.

All of that being said, What Have You Done for HER Lately??
Please take a moment to pick up a peice of trash that you may so easily step over today.
Take home your plasitc water bottles from work if they don't have recycling available.
Learn more about what is really happening to our precious land, and find out what you can do to help.

Dear Mother Earth will be there for me and you, to calm our souls and bring peace to us, but we have to take care of her, so that she will be able to take care of us.

Have a super weekend everyone and enjoy the beautiful weather!!!
Lots of love,
Jess xoxoxo