Today is Earth Day. I could write a long post about sustainable practices and how to work these into an everyday life. Instead, I’ll just suggest that you have a super amazing, terrific great day.
And perhaps, you might consider:
- Hang a load of laundry.
- Eat minimally packaged meals.
- Use your library.
- Rethink errands that require great lengths to drive.
- Chat up a neighbor.
- Contact your local politicians about an issue that’s near and dear to you.
- Make your unused goods available for others who might need them.
- Bring your own bags, mugs and handkerchiefs when you’re out and about.
- Fix instead of replace.
- Delay purchases, even minor ones. (You’re more able to find a second hand version this way.)
- Share seldom used items with a neighbor. (Like a lawn mower or a post hole digger.)
- Enjoy what you already have. This may be a safe place to live, food on the table, a community of friends and family and most importantly, the health and well being of those around you.
Happy Earth Day!
Katy Wolk-Stanley
“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without”
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Today I will:
– take kitchen scraps and shredded mail to the compost pile;
– take public transportation to work;
– collect for other use, the water that runs while I’m waiting for it to get hot (is there a word for that water?);
– bring my own lunch;
– turn lights off when I leave the room;
– check to see if my shirt really needs to be washed before putting it in the hamper;
– maybe use the front-loading high efficiency washing machine;
– check fridge for food that needs to be used up, probably eat same.
In other word, daily routine.
I do most of what you posted plus:
1. Bring lunch to work from home.
2. Garden and compost.
3. Use CFL bulbs.
4. Turn off computer when not in use.
I try to live everyday as if it was Earth Day.
Every day IS Earth Day for me!
Same to you!
Use boiling water to kill weeds instead of pesticides
THANKS ! Can not believe I hadn’t thought of that ! Could use vacuum bottle to keep water hot. Am trying same soon !