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      Mindful Sustainability




      By Steve Handwerker                                shocked at what you ‘see’. NOW do the same thing for   aware. Thank you for listening and for conserving our
                                                         electricity use and the habit patterns you have regarding   planets precious and limited resources!
         The idea and practice of                        its use. And again, multiply that by a million and a billion.
      mindfulness is becoming                            This exercise can also be applied to the use of plastics.     Steven E. Handwerker Ph.D. D.div, RM
      more  and  more  pervasive                            NOW consider how you might conserve these         Board Certified Licensed Psychologist
      in the art and science of                          resources. For example, turning water off even during      50 years experience
      evolving consciousness.                            the process of brushing your teeth, washing your hands   www.peacewk.org.
      Certainly, it would be more                        or showering or being more conservative about washing      Books and Blogs n
      than useful in relation to                         your car, etc. Consider how often you leave lights on or
      developing a sustainable                           run electrical products or do not unplug when they are
      lifestyle. What would this                         unused. Running the air  conditioner on an automatic   Are You Watching
      mean from an individual perspective? We are all beings of   temperature without thought has a significant impact on
      habit and patterns that more than less rule our daily lives.   creating a more sustainable environment.
      Think about how our psychological and emotional habits      We generally are not conscious of how our patterns and   Your Speed?
      govern our lives in many ways. Consider the significance   habits impact our environment. In simple ways we all can
      of  what  you  take  for  granted  in  your  personal  life  in   make a difference on resource sustainability. Washing our
      regard to your actions around the use of clean water, food,   hands, brushing our teeth, taking a shower, leaving lights     Please obey all posted speed limit
      electricity use. We unconsciously assume this is the way   on or other products, what we eat or waste/do not eat all   signs throughout Boca Pointe for the
      it should be.                                      have a significant impact on the depletion of precious   safety of our residents. As a reminder,
         Try to step outside the box NOW and consider for a   resources. Creating a change in our habits and patterns   the speed limits are as follows:
      moment your daily routines around how you consume   requires a greater awareness of our automatic behaviors     Boca Pointe Drive 30mph
      or use water. How do you consume plain clean (more   and habits that we take for granted.                Via de Sonrisa del Norte 25mph
      or less these days) water, for drinking, preparing food,      Please take a moment or two and objectively think     Promenade Drive 20mph
      washing yourself or clothes, or your car. NOW consider   about how you utilize these resources each day and
      how  these  actions  to  use  water  impact  or  effect  your/  how you might initiate change in a more sustainable     SPEEDING  FINES ARE
      our environment and consider this multiplied by several   and conserving manner. You will be surprised at all the   BEING ENFORCED!! 
      million or even billion. You will be surprised or even   changes you could create by being more mindful and


                 7217 Promenade #302                                                   SeviLLe PLace eL vienTo


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                                LiST  Price $425,000                                                        LiST  Price $410,000



               2/2 with a glass enclosed patio, move-in ready condition,              2/2 townhome with on golf course, walking distance to the pool
             Glass enclosed patio,with a magnificent view of the golf course               Glass enclosed Florida room right on the golf course.



                                   La Paz                                                  7217 Promenade #301


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                            LiST  Price $560,000


          Stunning, move in ready 2/2 1st floor. Totally updated, with impact
                        windows and door.  Furniture included




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