(Annie apologizes for the lapse in reporting. She was busy being hired into a permanent job and working to make a success of it.)
So much is happening with the environment; one hardly knows where to begin again. But two current issues just seem to jump out: fuel prices and the economy.
It is unfortunate that very few of our political leaders (of either side; Republican or Democrat) have mentioned one thing each of us can do, right now, to help our own personal economies and the environment. That thing is: CONSERVATION. It appears very few leaders are willing to stick their necks out and tell us Americans that we need to stop consuming so much.
It is an unpopular answer; kind of like Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth. Back in 2004, President Bush stated that America was "addicted to oil". That was the truth then, and seems to be the inconvenient truth now. We Americans consume 25% of the oil and gas in the entire world. That's ridiculous.
The gas and oil industry seems to say they are helpless against the rising demand for fuel, and there is just no way their CEOs can reduce their own obscene compensation packages or their company's record-breaking profits. What is a poor oil industry to do? It's not their fault, they seem to say. Gosh, they wish they could help, but their hands are tied....
Whose ever fault it is, we Americans can do something right now. We can drive less. We can carpool more. We can turn our motors off in traffic jams and at long lights. We can park the car and walk into the fast food joint, rather than idling in the drive-thru. We can slow down. If we slow down to 60 mph or less, we get 30% more miles per gallon. That's HUGE!!
We can walk, carpool, take lite rail, bicycle or motor scooter. We can stay home instead of driving long distances on vacation. Some of us can purchase energy efficient vehicles. We can combine errands into one trip. We can plan our routes out so we don't back track.
I sure hated it when President Carter ordered the highway speed limits reduced during one of the earlier oil crises; I love to drive fast. But I did notice my fuel gauge went toward empty much slower....
During WWII, the government rationed gasoline. Citizens got gas coupons or tickets and had to use their coupons sparingly. To my way of thinking, we are again at war; this time for energy and the environment. If we suck it up and take a tougher attitude about our own consumption, we can save ourselves a few dollars and help out the environment too.
Let's prove to ourselves and the world that we can take action on a grass-roots level, and make a difference.
Thanks! As always, looking for feedback and ideas!!
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Save up to 30% in Gas Consumption This Memorial Day !!
There is one very simple way to reduce the amount of gasoline you consume while driving. One of the best ways to increase your MPG is to simply SLOW DOWN. Below, please see the information from the Sierra Club and the Union of Concerned Scientists. If I can do it, so can you! In Annie's opinion, lowering the speed limit was one of the first things President Bush should have done to reduce consumption, not to mention pollution.
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SIERRA CLUB Explore, Enjoy and Protect the Planet www.sierraclub.org
Memorial Day Weekend is coming and -- in spite of gas prices -- more Americans than ever are planning to get away by car. But that doesn't have to cost as much as you think.There are lots of ways to save gas (checked your tires lately?) but the easiest and most effective way is to slow down (just a little bit). When you add up the savings, it's like getting paid to relax. So before you get behind the wheel for the upcoming holiday, show us what you're made of. Pledge to Drive 55 (or whatever the speed limit is on the roads you're traveling) for Memorial Day Weekend. Poor SammyHagar can't do it, but we bet you can. After all, even jets are slowing down to save money! http://action.sierraclub.org/site/. The Union of Concerned Scientists tells us that dropping from 70 to 60mph improves fuel efficiency by an average of 17.2 percent. Dropping from 75 to 55 improves fuel efficiency by 30.6 percent! Put another way, in a family sedan, every 10 mph you drive over 60 is like paying 54 cents per gallon more for gas you bought at $3.25 agallon. That extra cost is even higher for big SUVs and other less-efficient vehicles. And the time you spend by going easy on the accelerator may not add up to as much as you thought. On a 300-mile trip, driving 65 instead of 70 mph would cost you only 20 minutes -- but save money and spew less carbon. So Take the Pledge!http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=CyJxhd7-9zHM2ixP2Bv3AQ.
Learn about other ways to avoid a "pain in the gas" when it comes to getting from here to there. http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=ifAycBxdVqivYpGMI5YqMw.
Is driving to your destination more fuel-efficient than flying? Takeour "How Green Is My Getaway" quiz. You might be surprised. http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=l9FMdSI-wIMRep0YMRNtpw. Our April 29 post about driving the speed limit in our Green Life blog led many to share the wisdom of their personal road trip experiences. You can read all of them here, and share your own.http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=78FnmzCW32KRg9Cym4vT0Q..Have a great Memorial Day, Greg Haegele, Director of Conservation===================================================
http://action.sierraclub.org/site/
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Annie's note: Of course, there's an even bigger way to save gas: Stay at home !! Camp out in the backyard, take local hikes, enjoy your garden or the regional festivities. Sometimes it doesn't seem to make sense to madly go dashing off in your gas-eater, loaded to the gills, along with all the rest of Creation, to "get away" to a campsite and have to endure rowdy co-campers...doesn't seem like much of a getaway. And of course getting there means getting caught up in a traffic jam (turn your engine off if you haven't moved for 3 minutes), and getting back.
Enjoy your holiday!
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SIERRA CLUB Explore, Enjoy and Protect the Planet www.sierraclub.org
Memorial Day Weekend is coming and -- in spite of gas prices -- more Americans than ever are planning to get away by car. But that doesn't have to cost as much as you think.There are lots of ways to save gas (checked your tires lately?) but the easiest and most effective way is to slow down (just a little bit). When you add up the savings, it's like getting paid to relax. So before you get behind the wheel for the upcoming holiday, show us what you're made of. Pledge to Drive 55 (or whatever the speed limit is on the roads you're traveling) for Memorial Day Weekend. Poor SammyHagar can't do it, but we bet you can. After all, even jets are slowing down to save money! http://action.sierraclub.org/site/. The Union of Concerned Scientists tells us that dropping from 70 to 60mph improves fuel efficiency by an average of 17.2 percent. Dropping from 75 to 55 improves fuel efficiency by 30.6 percent! Put another way, in a family sedan, every 10 mph you drive over 60 is like paying 54 cents per gallon more for gas you bought at $3.25 agallon. That extra cost is even higher for big SUVs and other less-efficient vehicles. And the time you spend by going easy on the accelerator may not add up to as much as you thought. On a 300-mile trip, driving 65 instead of 70 mph would cost you only 20 minutes -- but save money and spew less carbon. So Take the Pledge!http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=CyJxhd7-9zHM2ixP2Bv3AQ.
Learn about other ways to avoid a "pain in the gas" when it comes to getting from here to there. http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=ifAycBxdVqivYpGMI5YqMw.
Is driving to your destination more fuel-efficient than flying? Takeour "How Green Is My Getaway" quiz. You might be surprised. http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=l9FMdSI-wIMRep0YMRNtpw. Our April 29 post about driving the speed limit in our Green Life blog led many to share the wisdom of their personal road trip experiences. You can read all of them here, and share your own.http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=78FnmzCW32KRg9Cym4vT0Q..Have a great Memorial Day, Greg Haegele, Director of Conservation===================================================
http://action.sierraclub.org/site/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Annie's note: Of course, there's an even bigger way to save gas: Stay at home !! Camp out in the backyard, take local hikes, enjoy your garden or the regional festivities. Sometimes it doesn't seem to make sense to madly go dashing off in your gas-eater, loaded to the gills, along with all the rest of Creation, to "get away" to a campsite and have to endure rowdy co-campers...doesn't seem like much of a getaway. And of course getting there means getting caught up in a traffic jam (turn your engine off if you haven't moved for 3 minutes), and getting back.
Enjoy your holiday!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Tips on Reducing Junk Mail
"Treat junk mail like an intruder" says Peter Walsh, author of It's All Too Much (Free Press; 2007). You don't have to let it in just because it knows where you live.
1. Get off mailing lists: The Direct Marketing Association (DMA), a trade group for companies and nonprofits that send advertising mail, will remove the names and addresses of everyone in your household from mailing lists for 3 years, for $1 per person. Register at: www.dmachoice.org/mps, or write to Mail Preference Service, P.O. Box 643, Carmel, NY 10512). Send all variations of names, plus your address and signatures. The DMA says this will reduce your unsolicited mail by up to 80%. If you move, you will need to re-register. Note that this will not stop the ValPak mailings we all get. To stop them, go to: www.coxtarget.com/mailsuppression/s/DisplayMailSuppressionForm.
2. Stop the catalogs: Annie's note: This was a hard one for me, as I enjoyed leafing through them and making "wishes" for things I wanted, but my conscience finally won out. You can do it the hard way by phoning the catalog's 800# and asking them to stop, but I don't recommend it. I tried this, and it seems to take an inordinate amount of time, plus some want to know why you are stopping. Here's an easier way: http://www.catalogchoice.org/, a site recently launched by The Ecology Center, is a site that lets you search for catalogs by name and cancel those you no longer wish to receive. If you can't find the catalog you're looking for, click on the "Suggest a Catalog" link at the bottom of the results page. Either way, it may be a couple of months before you notice a decrease in the catalogs, because the catalogs are sent out to mailing warehouses some months in advance.
3. Buy protection. To have your name taken off even more lists, consider using a subscription service. The group http://www.41pounds.org/ (named for the average amount of junk mail sent to each adult in the U.S. every year), will contact dozens of direct-marketing organizations and catalog companies on your behalf. It'll also register your name with the DMA so you won't need to contact the association directly. You'll pay $41 for 5 years, and more than 1/3 of all profits go to environmental and community organizations - you choose a list when you register. GreenDimes (http://www.greendimes.com/) will remove your name from direct-marketing mailings and catalog lists and will donate a portion of each $15 subscription fee to tree-planting projects.
4. Opt out. Whenever you join a club, register for a conference, or fill out a form of any sort, tell the organization not to sell, trade, or rent your contact info. You can often do this by checking an "opt out" box on a paper or electronic form. Annie's note: when you receive the news from your friendly credit card company, there often is a form you can use to tell them to keep your info private. These things are usually found in the privacy policy in mailers and on websites.
5. Be wary of warranty cards. Marketers use thse cards to collect a range of personal data, so read the find print before filling them out and mailing. Generally, you don't need to return the card to activate the warranty. Anytime the card asks for demographic info, you may suspect they will use your personal data. Best to skip the more general lifestyle survey questions; no, they really don't care how great your life is; they want to make money from your data.
6. End unwanted offers. Go to http://www.optoutprescreen.com/ or call 888-567-8688 to be removed from the major credit bureaus' mailing lists for pre-approved credit card and insurance offers. Register online to opt out for 5 years, or by mail to protect yourself permanently ~ a printable form is available on the website. You'll be asked to provide your social security number and date of birth; this helps ensure the request is processed, but it's not required. Annie's note: by opting out of these pre-approved credit offers, you can also protect your identity from being stolen.
7. Consider little things. Every time you sign up for newsletters or calendars from your yoga studio, museums, etc., or other sources, see if you can look that info up on the Internet instead. Chances are good that your info will be rented or sold to other entities, unless they specifically state they do not sell your data.
8. Recycle it. Some unsolicited mail will always sneak in, but to keep it from piling up, be ruthless. After all, it's ruthless with you! Tear it up or shred it as soon as you get it, then put it in your recycling bin right away. Annie's note: I sometimes save the envelopes for re-use.
If you're unclear about the recycling programs in your area, go to http://www.earth911.org/ and enter your zip code; enter the item from the drop-down menu (e.g. paper) to determine if curbside pickup is available.
Annie's note: Another advantage to ridding yourself of junkmail: You'll be able to find the good stuff like cards from friends, and be less likely to lose the bad stuff (bills).
Source: Housekeeping Solutions/Banishing Junk Mail by Jennifer Uscher, published in Martha Stewart magazine.
1. Get off mailing lists: The Direct Marketing Association (DMA), a trade group for companies and nonprofits that send advertising mail, will remove the names and addresses of everyone in your household from mailing lists for 3 years, for $1 per person. Register at: www.dmachoice.org/mps, or write to Mail Preference Service, P.O. Box 643, Carmel, NY 10512). Send all variations of names, plus your address and signatures. The DMA says this will reduce your unsolicited mail by up to 80%. If you move, you will need to re-register. Note that this will not stop the ValPak mailings we all get. To stop them, go to: www.coxtarget.com/mailsuppression/s/DisplayMailSuppressionForm.
2. Stop the catalogs: Annie's note: This was a hard one for me, as I enjoyed leafing through them and making "wishes" for things I wanted, but my conscience finally won out. You can do it the hard way by phoning the catalog's 800# and asking them to stop, but I don't recommend it. I tried this, and it seems to take an inordinate amount of time, plus some want to know why you are stopping. Here's an easier way: http://www.catalogchoice.org/, a site recently launched by The Ecology Center, is a site that lets you search for catalogs by name and cancel those you no longer wish to receive. If you can't find the catalog you're looking for, click on the "Suggest a Catalog" link at the bottom of the results page. Either way, it may be a couple of months before you notice a decrease in the catalogs, because the catalogs are sent out to mailing warehouses some months in advance.
3. Buy protection. To have your name taken off even more lists, consider using a subscription service. The group http://www.41pounds.org/ (named for the average amount of junk mail sent to each adult in the U.S. every year), will contact dozens of direct-marketing organizations and catalog companies on your behalf. It'll also register your name with the DMA so you won't need to contact the association directly. You'll pay $41 for 5 years, and more than 1/3 of all profits go to environmental and community organizations - you choose a list when you register. GreenDimes (http://www.greendimes.com/) will remove your name from direct-marketing mailings and catalog lists and will donate a portion of each $15 subscription fee to tree-planting projects.
4. Opt out. Whenever you join a club, register for a conference, or fill out a form of any sort, tell the organization not to sell, trade, or rent your contact info. You can often do this by checking an "opt out" box on a paper or electronic form. Annie's note: when you receive the news from your friendly credit card company, there often is a form you can use to tell them to keep your info private. These things are usually found in the privacy policy in mailers and on websites.
5. Be wary of warranty cards. Marketers use thse cards to collect a range of personal data, so read the find print before filling them out and mailing. Generally, you don't need to return the card to activate the warranty. Anytime the card asks for demographic info, you may suspect they will use your personal data. Best to skip the more general lifestyle survey questions; no, they really don't care how great your life is; they want to make money from your data.
6. End unwanted offers. Go to http://www.optoutprescreen.com/ or call 888-567-8688 to be removed from the major credit bureaus' mailing lists for pre-approved credit card and insurance offers. Register online to opt out for 5 years, or by mail to protect yourself permanently ~ a printable form is available on the website. You'll be asked to provide your social security number and date of birth; this helps ensure the request is processed, but it's not required. Annie's note: by opting out of these pre-approved credit offers, you can also protect your identity from being stolen.
7. Consider little things. Every time you sign up for newsletters or calendars from your yoga studio, museums, etc., or other sources, see if you can look that info up on the Internet instead. Chances are good that your info will be rented or sold to other entities, unless they specifically state they do not sell your data.
8. Recycle it. Some unsolicited mail will always sneak in, but to keep it from piling up, be ruthless. After all, it's ruthless with you! Tear it up or shred it as soon as you get it, then put it in your recycling bin right away. Annie's note: I sometimes save the envelopes for re-use.
If you're unclear about the recycling programs in your area, go to http://www.earth911.org/ and enter your zip code; enter the item from the drop-down menu (e.g. paper) to determine if curbside pickup is available.
Annie's note: Another advantage to ridding yourself of junkmail: You'll be able to find the good stuff like cards from friends, and be less likely to lose the bad stuff (bills).
Source: Housekeeping Solutions/Banishing Junk Mail by Jennifer Uscher, published in Martha Stewart magazine.
10 Eco-Friendly Houseplants
The following plants were chosen for their ease of growth and maintenance, removal of chemical vapors, resistance to insect manifestation and transpiration (humidification) rates:
* Lady Palm (Rhapis excelsa)
* Areca Palm (Chrysalidocarpus lutescens)
* Ficus alii (Ficus macleilandii)
* Peace Lilly (Spathiphyllum sp.)
* Golden Pothos (Epipremnun aureum)
* Arrowhead vine (Syngonium podophyllum)
* Bamboo palm (Chamaedorea seifritzii)
* Dwarf date palm (Phoenix roebelenii)
* Rubber plant (Ficus robusta)
* English ivy (Hedera helix) - (not Wild English Ivy, which is an invasive species)
Plants are nature's living air filters. Plants can literally suck out pollutants, absorb them, translocate them throughout the plant, and break them down.
So, if you add a few of the above named houseplants to your living and working areas, they will work to help clean your air! The ones listed above are tops in removing undesirable indoor air polluting substances, such as formaldehyde. They add healthy moisture to a room.
Living on Earth recommends you use 2 or 3 nice sized plants per 100 square feet. You can position the plants in the areas you spend most of your time.
In these winter months when we spend more time indoors, these plants can make a positive impact on your health and comfort!
Source: Living on Earth
* Lady Palm (Rhapis excelsa)
* Areca Palm (Chrysalidocarpus lutescens)
* Ficus alii (Ficus macleilandii)
* Peace Lilly (Spathiphyllum sp.)
* Golden Pothos (Epipremnun aureum)
* Arrowhead vine (Syngonium podophyllum)
* Bamboo palm (Chamaedorea seifritzii)
* Dwarf date palm (Phoenix roebelenii)
* Rubber plant (Ficus robusta)
* English ivy (Hedera helix) - (not Wild English Ivy, which is an invasive species)
Plants are nature's living air filters. Plants can literally suck out pollutants, absorb them, translocate them throughout the plant, and break them down.
So, if you add a few of the above named houseplants to your living and working areas, they will work to help clean your air! The ones listed above are tops in removing undesirable indoor air polluting substances, such as formaldehyde. They add healthy moisture to a room.
Living on Earth recommends you use 2 or 3 nice sized plants per 100 square feet. You can position the plants in the areas you spend most of your time.
In these winter months when we spend more time indoors, these plants can make a positive impact on your health and comfort!
Source: Living on Earth
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Don't Despair / What One Person Can Do
If one is conscientious, it is easy to feel overwhelmed by the staggering amount of bad news concerning global warming and environmental breakdown. Recent news reports and some TV shows have capitalized on this, helping bring out these helpless and hopeless emotions.
It would be easy, and tempting, to just give up and say it's too overwhelming, what can I do when many governments are not participating or encouraging conservation and renewable energy, what can one person do? How can one person's actions make any difference at all?
Indeed, there is much to be worried about, and many less-conscientious people seem to be deliberately casting doubt and ridicule on worthy causes. Recently, a bumper sticker seen brought out road rage potential in me; it said: "I LOVE Global Warming!!"
Again, you do not personally have to believe in global warming or climate change; that's not the point of this blog.
The point is that Americans use way too much energy and natural resources for our proportional population. We are somewhere around 5 - 9 % of the world's population, but we consume a huge 25% of the world's resources. That's way too much if the rest of the world population is going to enjoy a decent standard of living.
Surely we can reduce our individual consumption, if only slightly, and still enjoy a great lifestyle.
If everyone reading this blog does something right now to reduce their energy drag, the country and the world will be better off for it.
It could be as simple as changing one standard light bulb to compact florescent or LED, or recycling things you previously did not, or installing a little water saving device, or driving less or idling less.
We took another look at what our trash company recycles and were pleased to see there are more things they'll take, such as cardboard including cereal boxes and other similar items. We were able to reduce the trash going to the landfill by about 1/3, and increased our recycling amount by 1/3. What if even 10% of the population did that?
Ever notice how much cotton is stuffed into medical bottles like aspirin, vitamins and cold remedies? This may be too quirky for you, but I am using that cotton for face toner and as alcohol wipes for wounds. Now I don't buy cotton balls anymore.... Use your imagination and ingenuity; we Americans are famous for it.
You don't have to change everything; you can just change a few things. Have you noticed how many appliances and other electronic devices tell you the time of day?!!! Gack, they're everywhere! We have a microwave that tells us the time, and the range below it tells us the time, and when I turn around in the kitchen the radio tells the time. The coffeemaker would tell the time but we unplug it after using it, so that's one less. Then we have to make sure they all indicate that same time.... Do we really have to be reminded of our own mortality in every room of the house, even at night? And all the red, green and blue "eyes" of electronic devices..........one hardly needs a night light to navigate throughout the house with all of them......some of them can be unplugged without harming the device; others should stay on....a very minor difference but it can add up, and bring you more peace.
One of my favorite "green" fantasies is to visualize the electric company's output dipping just slightly..........that enough of us do a few small things that, when combined, really does create a visible dip in energy used. That's when the IREA's & other backward energy companies will take notice.
We have to be our own leaders in this. While government pols are making very slow and incremental changes, we can push change from the bottom; the grassroots level. At the point enough of us do enough small things, there will be a visible difference and the pols will take notice and realize their continued employment will depend on making more significant changes, including providing green tax incentives for their constituents. Don't believe it? Just look at what Australia has done.......their incumbent Prime Minister was voted out, and a greener PM elected, and he has signed the Kyoto protocols! That's a very big change, started by ordinary humans like you and me. (Now the US is the only major industrialized nation to have refused to sign the Kyoto protocol.)
So, please don't despair. Make your little changes and feel better about things. One person CAN change the world. For example, Gandhi created huge changes, starting very simply. So did Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, and many others.
Become your own hero.
It would be easy, and tempting, to just give up and say it's too overwhelming, what can I do when many governments are not participating or encouraging conservation and renewable energy, what can one person do? How can one person's actions make any difference at all?
Indeed, there is much to be worried about, and many less-conscientious people seem to be deliberately casting doubt and ridicule on worthy causes. Recently, a bumper sticker seen brought out road rage potential in me; it said: "I LOVE Global Warming!!"
Again, you do not personally have to believe in global warming or climate change; that's not the point of this blog.
The point is that Americans use way too much energy and natural resources for our proportional population. We are somewhere around 5 - 9 % of the world's population, but we consume a huge 25% of the world's resources. That's way too much if the rest of the world population is going to enjoy a decent standard of living.
Surely we can reduce our individual consumption, if only slightly, and still enjoy a great lifestyle.
If everyone reading this blog does something right now to reduce their energy drag, the country and the world will be better off for it.
It could be as simple as changing one standard light bulb to compact florescent or LED, or recycling things you previously did not, or installing a little water saving device, or driving less or idling less.
We took another look at what our trash company recycles and were pleased to see there are more things they'll take, such as cardboard including cereal boxes and other similar items. We were able to reduce the trash going to the landfill by about 1/3, and increased our recycling amount by 1/3. What if even 10% of the population did that?
Ever notice how much cotton is stuffed into medical bottles like aspirin, vitamins and cold remedies? This may be too quirky for you, but I am using that cotton for face toner and as alcohol wipes for wounds. Now I don't buy cotton balls anymore.... Use your imagination and ingenuity; we Americans are famous for it.
You don't have to change everything; you can just change a few things. Have you noticed how many appliances and other electronic devices tell you the time of day?!!! Gack, they're everywhere! We have a microwave that tells us the time, and the range below it tells us the time, and when I turn around in the kitchen the radio tells the time. The coffeemaker would tell the time but we unplug it after using it, so that's one less. Then we have to make sure they all indicate that same time.... Do we really have to be reminded of our own mortality in every room of the house, even at night? And all the red, green and blue "eyes" of electronic devices..........one hardly needs a night light to navigate throughout the house with all of them......some of them can be unplugged without harming the device; others should stay on....a very minor difference but it can add up, and bring you more peace.
One of my favorite "green" fantasies is to visualize the electric company's output dipping just slightly..........that enough of us do a few small things that, when combined, really does create a visible dip in energy used. That's when the IREA's & other backward energy companies will take notice.
We have to be our own leaders in this. While government pols are making very slow and incremental changes, we can push change from the bottom; the grassroots level. At the point enough of us do enough small things, there will be a visible difference and the pols will take notice and realize their continued employment will depend on making more significant changes, including providing green tax incentives for their constituents. Don't believe it? Just look at what Australia has done.......their incumbent Prime Minister was voted out, and a greener PM elected, and he has signed the Kyoto protocols! That's a very big change, started by ordinary humans like you and me. (Now the US is the only major industrialized nation to have refused to sign the Kyoto protocol.)
So, please don't despair. Make your little changes and feel better about things. One person CAN change the world. For example, Gandhi created huge changes, starting very simply. So did Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, and many others.
Become your own hero.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
More websites for Holidays / Made in USA !!
Here are a few more websites that you may wish to check out for this season's gifts, or into the next year. Some are toys only; others have a broader line of products.
These are all "Made in USA" products and although some of them may not be completely "green", you will be reducing your carbon footprint because the products will not have circled halfway around the globe prior to your receiving them.
Enjoy!!
http://toysmadeinamerica.com
http://usmadetoys.com
http://shopforamerica.com
http://madeinusa.org
These are all "Made in USA" products and although some of them may not be completely "green", you will be reducing your carbon footprint because the products will not have circled halfway around the globe prior to your receiving them.
Enjoy!!
http://toysmadeinamerica.com
http://usmadetoys.com
http://shopforamerica.com
http://madeinusa.org
Thursday, December 6, 2007
More Gifting Green Ideas
For practical green giving, you can go to the website listed below. This is takes you to the Governor's Energy Office (Colorado); and for those readers who do not live in Colorado, don't let that deter you. Check out what is here, and then you can probably find something similar for your state. Either way, these are ideas that transcend borders!
www.colorado.gov/energy/resources/green-gifts.asp
Have fun shopping!!!
~ Annie
www.colorado.gov/energy/resources/green-gifts.asp
Have fun shopping!!!
~ Annie
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