How many of you care about going green and what are the steps that you are taking to do so?
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Okay, need more feedback from city folk like from LA or Chicago etc.
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Okay, need more feedback from city folk like from LA or Chicago etc.
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I live in the woods instead of the city.
Well I walk to work every day, sometimes ride my bike when I can, have been recycling for years, use passive solar heating and buy and support products that have a high post consumer recycled material content.
I don’t buy NEW cars. I buy a decent used car which has already been manufactured, unlike the massive amount of energy and waste created in manufacturing anything.
I also keep my car well maintained(and it get’s about 2-5MPG better than the original EPA claims).
Recycle those old bottles and cans too.
In reality, the human race is the biggest threat to the host(EARTH). We are spreading like a virus, and the whole system will eventually crash unless a pandemic somes and clears house.
I probably don’t do as much as I could. I do recycle everything though, and I take my plastics to the recycle bin (everything else gets collected by the council). I do drive but only when I have to, and I have a small car which is more economical. My friends and I swap books and clothes too, or take them to charity shops. I recycle some clothes, making bags or patchwork out of the fabric. I sound like a bit of a hippy don’t I?!
Sunny…Turn your water heater into a planter for outside
I live on 13 acres with lots of trees. We raise a garden every year and drink well water without chlorine and chemicals. I smoke cigarettes that I make myself without added chemicals. I use my car as little as possible, staying home most of the time. When the weather is good and I don’t have groceries or lots of stuff to get at the store, I drive a motorcycle which uses much less gasoline. All the junk mail that I get and old bills and checks, etc., get shredded. The shreds are bagged in a grocery bag and taken to a neighbor’s farm. The shreds are then used for chicken nesting and, eventually, ends up in the garden as fertilizer for the garden. The grocery bags are reused for people who buy multiple cartons of eggs. Manure from the stock that we don’t use is given free to anyone who wants it for their flowers or vegetable gardens. Mowed grass is dumped on the property for mulch. Sometimes when I go shopping, I pick up a friend who doesn’t drive and we go together, combining our errands. Plastics are bagged for recycling. We use an organic septic product to break down waste and don’t have a bunch of sludge going to some plant to be cleaned. Clothes and household items that are no longer wanted or needed are given away. We just gave away a pick up truck that still has some miles left but no dollar value to someone who needs transportation for cancer treatment. In turn, he gave his gas guzzler, which needs work, to someone who needed transportation to get a job. My husband likes woodworking and we sometimes make our own Christmas or birthday gifts using scrap lumber or things around the house. We collect aluminum and turn it into the junk yard for recycling. We don’t get much money out of them, but that $50 or $60 comes in handy. We usually wait until we need a few extra dollars for something to turn them in. I just can’t figure what to do with my old water heater except take it to the landfill. Any suggestions?
Add’l.: When I had children around, I always used cloth diapers instead of disposable unless I was taking them out.
It’s already outside, but I’ll give it some thought, M & B
Note for Just Me: Hanging laundry outside is so natural for me I didn’t even think of it! lol. I’ve only used my dryer 3 or 4 times in 10 years!
Care very much. Sleepy, or would list the steps.
I am starting to understand more about going green; my family has recently made some changes that we hope will have some positive effect on the environment. We are much more aware of the ways we can easily change. I just recently wrote an article about the ways my family is going green- (see below.)
The main point in the article was that even though we are on a tight budget right now, none of the changes we made cost us a single penny! In fact, some of them will actually save us money in the long run. We are learning as we go, but we are trying, and that is always a step in the right direction.
My Fiance and I have changed all of our light bulbs, we do not use paper towels or napkins, we recycle EVERYTHING possible, We only line dry our clothing and our biggest step comming this summer……. we are going solar! Not only do we like doing something for our planet but we just like living like this!