Lately I've found that I'm far more environmentally conscious than ever before. There are small changes which I've made to my daily ways that, I hope, result in me having less of an impact on the world, ecologically speaking.
I'm going to list these, in no way as a self-congratulation, but because I want to see how else I could, with minimal effort of course (I am a lazy caring person, ok?), change the things I do, or do something new, to be more green.
At the moment, I:
- have two bins at work, one for paper recycling, because I go through a LOT of paper
- use Ecover household cleaning products and recycled bin bags (thanks to Ian for bringing these into our lives)
- use public transport, out of necessity though
- have the boiler off all the time, boiling the kettle for hot water for dishes (our shower heater is seperate, this is also done to save money on electricity)
- turn the tap off when I brush my teeth
Now this is a short list, and I want to know - how else can I change my ways? What do you do every day? What should you be doing that you don't, because, like me, you're lazy and don't want to carry a plastic packet in your handbag all the time?
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How about what I do at home? Buy four recycling bins, for paper, plastic, cans and regular trash, with glass seperated too. This is a cool system, coz you just have to empty out your regular trash everyday and the rest only once a week or so.
Donate some of your paper products, e.g Empty egg cartons, toilet rolls, newspapers, to local kindergartens.
Yeah... ummm... we don't have space for 4 bins. We barely have space for one.
The other thing people can do is NOT buy bottled water (unless you live in Dublin 'cause tap water tastes NASTY there!).
Also you could put a brick in your cistern to save water when you flush the loo! It doesn't even have to be a brick, just something to displace a liter or 2 of water.
Read Karen's blog and delicous feed, she has a lot of environmental stuff on it.
Burn your iPod :P
I can't remember where I heard this tip, but..
"...if it's brown flush it down.. if it's yellow, let it mellow..."
...damn hippies.
Follow JK's advice and you'll save the world millions of joules of energy used in water treatment in your lifetime.
If you can stand the "eeeew!" factor, that is.
(Nikki can't stand the "eeeew!" factor...)