One tip I had read about recently is the fact that many staples end up in the garbage each day. I don’t have any statistics on how many are thrown away, I just know what I have done to eliminate my staple waste. Paperclips are reusable and do just as good of a job as staples if not better. I actually have grown to prefer paperclips because I can easily change the order of the stack of papers; with staples I can’t. They also make earth friendly staplers. They perforate the pages and you would fold over a small cut-out which replaces the use of staples. Give me your tips of reducing staple use in your home or work environment.
Week 19 vacationing green
March 1st, 2010 by admin No comments »After some thought, we decided that our big green goal for this week on vacation is to get out and clean up the beach. There are several things we could do to participate and become more active, but I think that as long as we commit to making small green decisions every day, in addition to cleaning up the beaches, we will have made some progress this week. This week’s task is to spend some time cleaning the beach while we are on vacation.
After some discussions about various activities we could participate in or tours we could go on, I thought it appropriate to take our vacation and do nothing. Since we are close to the beach and restaurants, I think we will not need to drive that much or really need to spend much in resources for our daily living. I am sure we will do some driving and wasting, but it may be minimal.
I will try to keep you all updated on what is happening in these neck of the woods and will post some pictures of our environmentally friendly escapades.
Packing Light
February 26th, 2010 by Ashley No comments »One quick tip that we will do this vacation to help reduce our carbon foot print: we will pack light. When flying, each additional 10 pounds per traveler requires an added 350 million gallons of jet fuel per year. I always tend to over pack, and not use several items that I take with me anyways. This year we will audit what we normally bring and ask ourselves. “do we really need this?” We will bring smaller sized things, like toothpaste, shampoo and soaps (ones that we have gotten free from hotels anyways). Since we will only bring one bag between the two of us, we will have less baggage charges and it will require less time for the ticket counter to process us. It’s a win-win situation. Feel free to leave us any of your own experiences traveling lighter.
