Things I do in the name of being environmentally friendly:
1. Recycle old newspapers.
2. Take my magazines and old books to the library, where they are either added to the shelves or sold to fund Friends of the Library initiatives.
3. Use the energy-saver light bulbs in all my ceiling lights.
4. Have the water-saver toilets and shower heads.
5. Recycle plastics, including grocery bags (I really need to find some good canvas totes).
6. Buy veggies from the local farmers.
7. Grow my own food in a garden every year.
8. Turned down the temperature in the hot water heater.
9. Completely unplug appliances I don't use.
10. Use the library a lot instead of buying new books.
11. Put as many stops as I can into my trips, so that I am not making multiple trips in the car to run errands.
12. I drive a car that gets good gas mileage (30+ mpg).
13. I write about conservation issues in order to make people think about what they're doing.
Ooh - you do lots of worthy recycling things. We do a lot of these too - but we don't do the water-saving things and I haven't been to a library in YEARS (shameful I know).
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You may be interested in the blog of an older Kiwi campaigner:
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