The next week has been declared Low Impact Week by concerned bloggers, and ideas have been offered for ways to participate. Here's what I'll try to do:
1. Reduce energy consumption -
- use the air dry on my dishwasher instead of heat dry
- Turn off my computer at work when I leave for the day
2. Reduce water usage -
- turn off the water when I'm brushing my teeth
- be aware of water usage when at the kitchen sink - turn it off in between tasks
3. Change your food habits -
- visit a farmer's market Saturday & knock a couple things off my grocery list
- use cloth bags at the grocery store instead of getting paper or plastic
4. Reduce your dependence on paper products -
- print out only what is necessary
- don't use paper towels; when you can, use cloth napkins or towels instead
- be aware of using leftovers, rather than throwing them out (or forgetting them in the fridge...)
- look for items to donate or post of Freecycle
- bike or walk to work every day
- combine trips when going out to run errands
- replace light bulbs with a Compact Fluorescent light bulb as needed
- take your name off of junk mail and mailing lists for catalogs you don't want
What can you do to lower your impact on the Earth?
2 comments:
I can already check one off the list, and the week hasn't started yet! I went here and took myself off the mailing list of one of the most useless mailings I get. The envelope thick with coupons, mostly for house-things like roofs and blinds and shelving, gets thrown away every time I get it. Hopefully it will stop coming, and that little bit of waste will be avoided.
Ooh what a great list!
We never had paper towels growing up. I've found that cloth rags and towels do just as great a job. (Unless, of course, you have a puppy.)
I'll have to think about it and come back with some things we will do next week.
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