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.
Filed under: pollution
I’m taking off today to fly to Minnesota. This is a tricky one. Flying isn’t eco-friendly, but mass transportation is. Driving would use a lot of gas and emit carbon dioxide into the air. Flying punctures holes in the o-zone. You really just can’t win here. But anywho, my travels take me to the exotic getaway of St. Paul. I know, I know, the picture is deceiving, however I would much rather envision myself going somewhere sunny with palm trees, beach, water and no work.
But alas, that is not this trip. I hopefully will report back on my eco-friendly activities in the twin cities for Thursday and Friday’s post when I return that evening.
As a small effort, I grabbed the shuttle bus over to the airport. So small, so very small.
I had a bridal shower to go to today that was a good 30 minutes southeast of me. I thought, what can I do to help Mamma Earth today since I have to go so far on tollways and all? Carpool with my co-worker. Genius! I probably would’ve done this no matter what, but it helped knowing I was striving toward reduced carbon emissions and other pollution as well. It was a one-timer, but a good effort.
