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.
Archive for February, 2010
Packing Light
February 26th, 2010
Cleaning up the beach in San Diego
February 25th, 2010Soon, we will be on vacation and although I know that we will create some additional waste on the trip, I still want to make sure to continue on my green quest. This week’s green challenge is to find some green tasks to do while we are on vacation. I think I know at least one thing we will while we are in San Diego… pick up garbage off of the beach.
We have been going to San Diego for several years to visit my parents and go on at least one walk a day. I figured that we could take a bag on a few of our walks and pick up garbage to either put in the proper receptacle or recycle. Although the Mission Beach area is a nice beach, I am sure there will be plenty of garbage to pick up.
Garbage on the beach might end up in the ocean or vice versa. There is even a large area of garbage in the ocean that is called the great garbage patch. This pile of garbage is the size of Texas. Well, Ashley and I may not be able to clean up the entire ocean, but possibly we can take one small step to try and be part of the solution.
I am really looking forward to this trip and I hope that we can do a little to help with the environment also. If you have any green activities you could suggest or interesting things in the San Diego area, please let me know in the comments area below.
NatureMill Giveaway winner selected.
February 23rd, 2010A winner has been selected for our NatureMill giveaway competition. Check your emails and if you got one from me saying that you are the winner… then you are the winner. Funny how that works. Thank you everyone for entering and I hope you stick around to keep an eye on the going-ons at www.guygoesgreen.com and consider www.naturemill.com if you are ever in the market for a great composter.
