Happy Earth Day!

danika at 9:19 am on Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Misc

To get you in the spirit of things, here are “50 Ways to Help the Planet“. I’m guessing most of you do these already. The latest thing we’re doing in our household: unplugging all those chargers when they’re not actually charging anything! With all the cell phone, camera and ipod chargers in our house, we used to just leave them plugged in. And they still drain electricity that way. Oops! I may be doing most (or all) of the 50 on this list, but I am always striving to find new ways to make little changes. Any other fresh ideas?

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Comment by karima.bondi

Tuesday April 22, 2008 @ 12:11 pm

I’m working on not running the water unnecessarily while brushing teeth.

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Comment by josephinetomato

Friday April 25, 2008 @ 11:07 am

One of the things I am striving to make is not buy canned or jarred products packed in water because of the added weight. Using fresh (like beets) and dried products (like dried beans) and rehydrating apparently saves so much energy in terms of transportation costs to ship. In addition, buying cleaners that are concentrated (I add the water to them when I use them)is in the same vein.

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Comment by karima.bondi

Saturday April 26, 2008 @ 3:55 am

Interesting point Josephine. Never thought of the transpotation/energy costs of shipping hydrated good as opposed to dried.

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