Posts Tagged ‘eco vacation’

Week 19 vacationing green

March 1st, 2010

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.

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Cleaning up the beach in San Diego

February 25th, 2010

Soon, 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.

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