I've had this post in draft mode for months now. Few weeks ago, I learned about Oct 15 2007 "Blog Action Day". Perfect timing.Jean and I try to be green whenever we can. We do some silly things in the house that other might consider wacky.
- Guests often ask why we have 2 buckets next to our kitchen sink with dirty water in them. It's our way of recycling kitchen water and reduce water usage in the yard. Did you know that the potassium in dish detergent is actually beneficial to plants outside, just a bonus side effect :-) Oh yeah, and Target brand dishwashing liquid is biodegradable/ecofriendly.
- I'm constantly digging holes in the backyard for composting. We throw all of our kitchen scrap in there, yard trimmings, etc. The only time we stop doing so is when we're out of spaces in the backyard.
- We try not to use our cars too much on the weekends. Whenever we can, we walk all over Cupertino to stores and restaurants. We make it an incentive for ourselves if we are craving not-so-healthy food.
- Now for the grand finale! We all know about reusing grocery bags and bringing your own bags, but did you know that at Safeway (and maybe others too), they'll take $0.03 off your purchase for every bag you re-use? But we've found out that they're not very consistent all the time, so you might have to remind the staff.
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When we go to parties my sons ask for the empty soda cans and bottles. They collect and sell them and they get to keep the proceeds. It was a little embarrassing at first to have your kids go through other people's bins but they do put other people to shame when my kids have to stop them from putting their recyclables with the rest of the garbage. They're not quite thinking about the environment yet, they're seeing each bottle as 5 cents being thrown in the garbage...but come to think of it, that's probably a good way to see it. Each bottle we don't recycle is probably costing us more than 5 cents in environmental damage.
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