How do you honor Earth Day?
Posted by MeganS at 4/22/2008 9:50 AM and is filed under What I love,Recycling,Personal Experience,Tips 
I have to say, Earth Day should not just be one day a year... it should be every day. Friends and family tease me sometimes about my "quest to save the world one plastic bag at a time", but sadly, it's true... we should be consciencely making an effort everyday to live better... cleaner... greener.Have you seen the Inconvenient Truth? Scary and weird... but it made me realize even though I am not a big Gore fan, he has a very important point and cause... so points for Al!
I do my best, but by no means am I a 100% green girl (although I do like the color, not on me, but in general). Here are 6 ways I like to make my small contribution to an important cause.
1. I have a compost pot in my kitchen, which then goes into our compost pile in the yard.
2. I use reusable grocery/shopping bags for every shopping occasion.
3. I got rid of (most) the plastic bottles in my house (thanks Ellen)...
4. I recycle every piece of paper in my house... and then some (almost to a point of irritation to my family).
5. I try to buy local products when I can.
6. I have dramatically cut down on my driving (mostly because gas is too expensive) so we will walk when we can.
Even though I live in the land of the green, I am not perfect, but I do my best for my environment... but this is what I really think...
If every person on this earth "tried" to do their best in one small ways - it WOULD make a difference. Don't you think?
What ways do you honor your earth?
I finally took my magazines to recycling. Big feat! I also took in some from my organizing client - Dermatology Today journals dating back to 1987. It should be called Dermatology Yesterday.
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Every way you talked about doing your part I do too. I do admit I forget to take in my own bags sometimes and I always feel guilty about this. I used to buy another one in the store, but I have a stock pile now so I don't do that anymore.
Thank you for doing your part to make our earth green!
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Earth Day was very new to me - but I enjoyed it all the same while in San Diego. I just assumed it was a California thing until I arrived in NYC and people were talking about it. I was kind of amused, cos I'd never heard of Earth Day down under. My Manhattan sister, Marina (a fellow PO) commented "that's because every day is Earth Day in Australia". so true!
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Instead of buying something to use as a compost pot, I keep a plastic coffee can that I can dump compostables in. It has a lid (ants can't get in) and has the indentations on the side so I can easily carry it out to the garden to be emptied.
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