We participated in "No Impact Week" twice this year (you can google that if you don't know what it is) and both times came away with some new insights and ideas. Above is the list we made during the most recent week. We started at the beginning of the year with small changes like recycle more, restart composting, eat vegetarian once a week, make less garbage, and buy less stuff. Once it started I feel like it snowballed, in a good way! When we started writing down the ways we have and the ways we can make better use of this world's resources this time around, it was amazing to me how easy it was to change my own mentality. Suddenly it just made sense. I want to be a good steward of creation and what a better way to start than with little changes that over the course of one year turn into life-changing ways of living. I really believe our Earth needs saving and I really believe we CAN save this planet.
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Dual-flush toilet (they all are here)
All laundry gets hung (no dryer)
Local meat, fish, veggies (everyday)
No furnace, no hot-water heater
Garbage & recycling are meticulously sorted everyday (everything has its own category)
TV - no channels. Just for movie nights.
Transportation - train, walking, running
No plastic cups (we bought our own mugs for two different offices)
I love my earth-friendly life here, too!
Hey Marc! We switched our toilet to a dual flush. We eat all local meat. We eat local fruit and veggies in the summer and fall. We recycle as much as possible, it is a pain because we have to store it all and drive it into town. We don't have TV. We bought reusable slurpee cups and therefore we don't get a slurpee if we forget to bring our cups to town.
I wish we could walk more places - you are lucky!
Thanks for helping save the planet!
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