Pierce Mattie Public Relations New York

Why is there a growing trend to be healthier and more environmentally conscious? Awareness. Eating organic foods, properly disposing toxic items, conserving water and recycling are some of the necessary things to do for ourselves and the environment to keep both our bodies and our earth healthy and strong.

Protecting and preserving our natural environment is a matter of life and death for every creature on earth and all future generations. Our ability to use resources without depleting them, to function as part of a sustainable ecosystem, and to serve as responsible environmental stewards is critical,” says Larry West of About.com's Environmental Issues (who was awarded the Meeman award for national environmental reporting.)

If we continue to throw trash out without separating it for recycling, polluting our bodies with anything and ignoring environmental precautions we’ll create an unhealthy atmosphere and our livelihood may become extinct. We will continue to die younger. Many people don't like to talk about death or dying--we want to look younger, stay the same or look better. However, all the money in the world cannot save us from global warming and the end of this planet as we know it.