take a moment to think how you did yesterday... my own scorecard looks something like this:

i took my paper recycling to the collection bin
then i used the crate to carry home my groceries
but i drove to the store
a number of things i bought were made in china. beyond the environmental cost of transporting these items here, i think we are also exporting pollution by exporting the production of so many things we use
the bag of peanuts were a product of china for heaven's sake!
i bought a ridiculously over packaged product... and guess what. product of china
it was all cardboard packaging so it's already in the recycle bin
i forgot to get a couple of things so made a second car trip
i love strawberries, but they have to come from california and are packaged in bulky plastic boxes that are not recyclable where i live
since there is only me, i use my toaster oven to cook instead of the full sized oven
i leave my computer running all day
i am using collected snow water for my plants and new seedlings
i haven't been composting
i absentmindedly flushed after just one pee
i took a long hot shower
there are a lot of things i could be doing differently

how did your day look?

i ate a brick of velveeta 'cheese'

I spent alot of it in bed

have to think of what else I did,..

emm said:

I always flush after I pee? Dont people usually do that?

REDFEATHERS said:

If its Brown flush it downtown
if its yellow, let it mellow
if its blue, let it stew


[Edited 4/23/07 12:28pm]

REDFEATHERS said:

i grew up with water shortages so it's not out of the ordinary
if it's just me, it seems like a waste to flush from a little tinkle.
don't worry, if you come to visit the water will be pristine

I (always) recycle all my paper, even at work (I even pick my colleges paper out of their trash to put it in the recycling bin)
I (always) recycle all glass.
I try to recycle as much green/vegetable waste in my garden compost-bin as possible But sometimes are to lazy to walk outside for little bits.
I never trow out clothing that is still usable. I give them to friends or charity.
I bring everything that's still usable for others to the recycling store (did so last week, oven, bike and a few more things)
I always give small change to charity raisers that come at my door.
We don't have a car, we do all our shopping with our bicycle.
I try to by as much 'bio' food as possible at our own store.
Our house is isolated thoroughly and has double glassing.
We have a low energy heating device ( whatever that's called in English)
I never trow out batteries, I give them to school, they can buy stuff for the library for it.
Same with printer ink cartridges.

We hardly ever shop at the 'bio'shop.
I take a hot bath nearly everyday
I did bring all the stuff to the recycling store by car last week
I don't always recycle the plastic coffee cups at work
In my life I used the airplane a few times to go on holiday, same with the car.
We have a dishwasher.

I want to do more
[Edited 4/23/07 12:49pm]

MarieAntoinette said:

eww.. and do ppl pee ontop of your pee?

REDFEATHERS said:

yep, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, friends, aunts, uncles, lesbians, gays, heteros, EVERYONE all piss in one pot and let it stew!

I knew one girl who was so frugal she would let her plug stew too!

REDFEATHERS said:

city girl
just wait till we are in water rations like australia!
i am sure you would rather use your daily water ration for bathing and drinking instead of such things


thought of a couple more
i hate shopping bags so resolved to use a reusable tote.
lol guess what? it is a product of china too
my cat recently had to start eating canned food. the squeemish vegetarian in me can not bear to rinse out the tin cans in the sink and recycle them

Whateva said:

i am intrigued by this one whateva! you mean regular batteries? that is excellent. even though the package says not to throw in with household garbage you can be sure 95% of people do just that. including me

emm said:

It has all kinds of really bad chemicals inside that are bad for the environment. But on top of it all they have all kinds of reusable metals that can be recycled.

I tried to talk to 2 of my friends about giving up just one chemical household cleaner for the yr!

Neither seemed interested

emm said:

I am a country girl.. but it must stink.. peeing on old wee.. I dont want my bathroom smelling like a public urinal..

Mach said:

I dont know if this is good, but to clean my sufaces and glass etc. ,unless Ive been handling meat, I pour half vinigar and half water in a spray bottle.
Its cheap and cleans everything well and deoderizes.

emm said:

That could easily be resolved by your government by recycling waste by slicing stuff up, getting the metal out with magnets.


I even think our government use the rest of the stuff to heat ovens at factories but I'm not sure 'cause that might give out a lot of bad smoke.

I drove out to a friend's country place (45 min) and hung out with her and her friends all day. Then I drove home (45 min). We didn't dump any toxic waste in the lake though.

retina said:

Well aren't you a good boy

REDFEATHERS said:

oh for heaven's sake it doesn't.
if i pee in the middle of the night, i will leave it till morning
if i pee in the evening, i will leave it till bedtime
it's not like it's sitting there forever.



now tell me how you did yesterday, environmentally speaking

Whateva said:

Ah, that's nothing! Tomorrow I'm even going to refrain from creating a nuclear disaster.

Doing the work, doing the work.

retina said:

emm said:

it only stinks if little boys piss all over the place in the night time instead of IN the toilet.

How about today?

I used fresh ingredients to make a soup
composted the peels
caught all the excess water in a bucket under the sink for the garden
dressed the kids in clothes I got 100% second hand
I turn lights off in rooms not being used
no TV on today
recycled paper, cans, bottles
did not use any chemicals or detergents
walked kids to school
used no sandwich wrap on school lunches

2 loads of washing
drove to the safety shop to buy earplugs
used the computer
cooked the soup on a gas flame for hours
used 2 disposable nappies so far for baby Max

I don't think I was very good today I threw away a bottle

but I didn't use plastic utensils

I did drive a Toyota, which is something but I drove to lunch unnecessarily

I recently bought a water filter to cut down on bottles

we recycle much more than we throw away

Yesterday I gave stuff to people on Craigslist.org that I could have thrown in the dumpster

I've decided to try to buy less from China, but that's more about sweatshops

We try to buy mostly local fruit but not all

We're switching to those little flourescent lights but they don't work in every light, like dimmers

I took a flight so I am screwed

ZombieKitten said:

Not bad

I tried oldfassion cotton nappies for Jessica, but got so frustrated with them that I didn't even think about using them again on Kevin.
I did use Eko nappies though.

NDRU said:

Not bad, I realise while reading some things that others mention, that I already take loads of recycling/energy saving stuff for normal, I don't even think about it.
Like the lightbolbs, I only have one set of lights with a dimmer and in all others I use spaarlampen (I guess thats what U call flourescent lights )

But I should shop more critical
Less plastic wrappings and stuff.
And use less water (take a shower more often instead of a bath)

I didn't fart all day

mdiver said:

liar!



[Edited 4/24/07 9:40am]

Shanti1 said:

I don't do things like that...