At work:
I avoid printing documents at work, but print double sided when I do have to print something.
I recycle all old work documents and discarded mail items.
I use reusable silverware and ceramic plates and cups.
I bring my lunch to work in reusable ziplock containers instead of going out for lunch. This reduces driving and generation of additional waste from take-out containers.
I use limited task lighting at work and don’t use the overhead lights.
I use the screen on my laptop instead of a flat screen monitor because the laptop screen requires less energy (I checked).
I allow my hands to air dry to limit use of paper towels.
Installation of a photovoltaic solar system on my house
At home:
We have planted xeric (low water) plants and low water consumption lawns to reduce water use in the yard.
We have a vegetable garden and grow some of my own food. What we cannot eat while fresh is canned or shared with friends and neighbors.
We have included plants in my yard that provide food for butterflies, hummingbirds, and honey bees.
We recycle vegetable food wastes by composting and yard waste by using as mulch around plantings.
We recycle cans, bottles, newspapers, magazines, and catalogs.
We turn off lights when I leave a room.
We replaced many incandescent bulbs with fluorescent bulbs both inside and out.
We use earth friendly soaps, detergents, and cleaning supplies.
We use canvas grocery bags.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
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What You Can Do
What You Can Do
As promised, here’s the list of things our Leadership Students came up with last night in class. Keep track of the things you do at home, school and Taekwondo to help us reach 40,000 Acts of Environmental Self-Defense. If everybody pitches in, we can do it! Have another idea? Send it to us at atagreenteam@gmail.com and we’ll post it. So, get started and stay tuned for more…
1. Use a lunchbox instead of a paper bag.
2. Pick-up trash you see lying you see on the ground.
3. Stop using paper plates and Styrofoam cups.
4. Use canvas bags instead of plastic bags.
5. Recycle plastic bags at your local grocery store.
6. Reduce water usage, (Turn off the water while brushing your teeth, take short showers etc.)
7. Reduce electricity usage, (Turn off lights during the day or turns off lights when you are not using them, don’t watch so much TV, unplug cell phone charges when not being used, this wastesa lot of energy! Unplug computer chargers at night, etc.)
8. Create compost heaps.
9. Reuse plastic bags or plastic containers.
10. Reduce the use of paper, (Reuse scrap paper for lists or something to write on, print thingsdouble sided, reuse kid menus or don’t use them at all, use dry erase boards, etc.)
11. Take aluminum cans to recycle plants.
12. Use water bottles.
13. Plant plants/trees to produce oxygen.
14. Use unwanted shirts as rags or donate them to a church or homeless shelters.15. Use mechanical pencils.
16. Use hand dryers and not paper towel.
17. Save gas (Check tire pressure, walk or ride your bike instead of driving in a car, etc.)
http://www.atagreen.com/
http://www.actiongreenteam.blogspot.com/
ATAGreenTeam@gmail.com
As promised, here’s the list of things our Leadership Students came up with last night in class. Keep track of the things you do at home, school and Taekwondo to help us reach 40,000 Acts of Environmental Self-Defense. If everybody pitches in, we can do it! Have another idea? Send it to us at atagreenteam@gmail.com and we’ll post it. So, get started and stay tuned for more…
1. Use a lunchbox instead of a paper bag.
2. Pick-up trash you see lying you see on the ground.
3. Stop using paper plates and Styrofoam cups.
4. Use canvas bags instead of plastic bags.
5. Recycle plastic bags at your local grocery store.
6. Reduce water usage, (Turn off the water while brushing your teeth, take short showers etc.)
7. Reduce electricity usage, (Turn off lights during the day or turns off lights when you are not using them, don’t watch so much TV, unplug cell phone charges when not being used, this wastesa lot of energy! Unplug computer chargers at night, etc.)
8. Create compost heaps.
9. Reuse plastic bags or plastic containers.
10. Reduce the use of paper, (Reuse scrap paper for lists or something to write on, print thingsdouble sided, reuse kid menus or don’t use them at all, use dry erase boards, etc.)
11. Take aluminum cans to recycle plants.
12. Use water bottles.
13. Plant plants/trees to produce oxygen.
14. Use unwanted shirts as rags or donate them to a church or homeless shelters.15. Use mechanical pencils.
16. Use hand dryers and not paper towel.
17. Save gas (Check tire pressure, walk or ride your bike instead of driving in a car, etc.)
http://www.atagreen.com/
http://www.actiongreenteam.blogspot.com/
ATAGreenTeam@gmail.com
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