I took the train into the Chicago today for Worldwide Knit In Public Day (no I’m not kidding). There were seven us from all over the Chicagoland area, so we really cut down our emissions by joining other Chicagoans riding the train for a variety of fun city events.
I do have to report that in our efforts not to go hungry, we accumulated a bunch of trash from picking up some lunch at Corner Bakery and not having any recycling bins in Millennium Park. I tossed three very full plastic (gasp!) bags into the trash bin because we were all so weighted down already, that we didn’t know what else to do. Carrying all that back home just didn’t seem like a great idea. So my one green thing for the day sort of neutralizes the not so great thing. I did remember to bring and use my bamboo cutlery and not use the plasticwear the restuarant provided.
It’s World Environment Day. This year’s theme is Melting Ice – a Hot Topic? which is a pretty important topic concerning the ecosystems of polar bears (thus this poster). Do your part and check out the information on the site. For ideas on how to celebrate, take a look at The World Environment Day Alphabet—77 Ways To Celebrate and try to integrate a few into your eco-ways.
Today I have given up batteries. I will, of course, use what remains in the house until they are finally dead and then appropriately recycle them, but I will no longer buy any nonrechargeable batteries from this point forward. I already have a recharger and a number of rechargeable batteries on hand. So it’s a small start.
Also when my other electronic batteries are no longer useful, I’ll recycle these too with the help of information at BatteryRecycling.com. For other recycling needs, I’ll refer to my local government’s list.
I finally got around to making some reusable produce bags using Circle of Life’s pattern. I am very excited about using these. I found the pattern makes some small bags so I want to make some larger ones for things such as corn or more than a few apples.
I’ll make the larger ones out of a blue tulle that I bought at JoAnns. I also brought a reusable canvas bag with me for all my shopping today (and this time I didn’t get thwarted.
Filed under: reduce
I love music. I’m talking LOVE here. Like “L” is for the way … so when I found out Dolores O’Riordan was coming out with a solo album, I was stoked. I immediately jumped on Amazon to pre-order and await the arrival of my new disc. And then I started this challenge. I couldn’t very well purchase something that was going to require an Amazon box to ship it in plus the packaging. And then of course there’s the CD’s packaging and the CD is made of plastic. I just couldn’t do it. So instead, I downloaded the entire album from iTunes. Who knew technology could help in the eco-world. So today’s one green thing reduced the amount of waste and production for the CD and shipping, and the carbon emissions from the trucks to deliver it. Gold star for the eco-day.
