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How 'green' are you?
shorthair:
At least that I've seen, this has come out a little bit in thread where people talked about their electrical usage. I'm curious about it in general. How green are you?...do you think you are?
polaris:
personally im not at all which i feel bad about, but seeing theres not much i can do i try and get over it.
my job is so unfriendly to the planet its untrue.
interesting point, cant remember the guys name, but the guy who was responsible for lead in petrol felt so guilty about the damage he later found that he had cause,. he sought to invent something positive for his fellow man, he came up with a method that led to homes having fridges unkowingly producing CFC's in the process.
shorthair:
That's ironic. Well, recycling is one thing many think of, first off.
I only have enough trash to fill a regular size wal-mart bag about every two or three weeks. The rest I recycle, kept in the paper bags I get from Trader Joe's, and I might fill one a week at most. I have two large size monitors now - I thinking two cabs, of course - but wondering how I'm going to work that. I don't drive but maybe once a week or less, and otherwise ride my bike if it's less than 3-5 miles each way, if I can carry whatever in my bag, and weather permitting, which is most of the time here. For electricity, I have a single 26w flourescent bulb in each room, except for my 4 foot industrial flourescent fixture.
I only buy stuff if it's something I'm going to use, and I don't need or want a lot of extra stuff, so that keeps my spending down. I know, more spending keeps interest rates low, etc. Funny cycle, huh? 3D printing is on the way soon enough though.
And I keep my place very ordered and tidy. I count this - though when it exceeds a certain effort limit, it becomes prohibitive. This is what I mean by green. Not just recycle and use less, but less movement...I don't fidget with things, generally. Of course, when we can conjure things from imagination - and some purportedly can - things may be a bit different.
danny_galaga:
i try. for instance, my housemate is terrible for leaving her bedroom light on. any time i notice it i turn it off. frustrating though, as it feels as though i could leave it on and she wont go in her room for hours but any time i turn it off, shes back in there minutes later...
i normally switch my computer off during the day when im not home. i havent gotten around to putting in wattsaver type globes in the place but when you dont own the place its always a bit of a hassle. but hang it. i will! youve spurred me on!
it pains me that i live in a unit and cant compost. when i lived in my house with my sister we would compost all food scraps and recycle. it got that really we needed the recycle picked up weekly and the regular garbage once a fortnight or less...
i could do better with my car. people assume being an old VW it must be really fuel efficient. i dont know why they think that. i try and ride my bike on the weekends but its only into the city.
Ed_McCarron:
I recycle cans/bottles.
I have to drive for work, so no savings on gas.
I make up for the gas waste by saving water. Peeing in the shower counts as saving water, right?
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