Daily Poll #49

[IhateClowns]

This one comes from our good friend Simon It is a multiple choice poll. Please feel free to post your opinions.

 

[Lilylovex64]

I recycle everything I can and buy as much of my produce as I can at the local farmers market.

 

[Twlightdreamer]

I also try to be environmentally friendly when I do my gardening. No pesticides- natural alternatives, etc.

 

[Suz_anne]

I'm not a campaigner, but I'll stroke a check for Mother Earth.

 

[magicmikeaustin]

I'm not a campaigner, but I'll stroke a check for Mother Earth.

how did you know my pet name??? *check*

I'll take stroke..

I also recycle
compost
garden
fruit trees

so I am not all that bad (i hope)

 

[GiggLeGasm]

I recycle as much as I can - we also do this at work.
I support local farmers/agencies who avoid the use of pesticides or take other efforts to remain environmentally responsible.
If I have a choice, I select fair trade products.
I utilize simple things like reusable shopping bags and water bottles.
I clean with biodegradable products.
If I could just get rid of my Keurig.. Mother Earth would love me.

 

[lovetopleasewomen]

I developed plans to convert cars & trucks to run unlimited miles without needing one drop of gas.

 

[Mebtaz2000]

I recycle, compost, have a garden, and work with Dept of Wildlife every year to give back and plant tress.

We need nature to survive, nature does not need us.

 

[greeneyedvirgin]

I recycle everything that I can. I have fruit trees in my front yard which produce oxygen and in return yield lots of fruit for me that I can and/or juice down to make juices or jellies. I use the same jars over and over again--is canning over 1000 jars in a season overkill?--and they are stored in a building that is well insulated so I don't have to heat or cool it during the season.

We recently installed a heat pump so we are no longer burning oil for a source of heat.

 

[suckonsimon]

Grand to see this one up today, Clowns! Thanks! Have voted, will comment later.

 

[Backdoor_Bella]

the country I live in is known for it's extreme recycling, which everyone sorts themselves..this means I have about 10 different trash receptacles for sorting

I buy organic options any time I see them

I walk to and from work right now, but spent the 6 years prior commuting by train and bus every day.

 

[beachbaby179]

I recycle everything. Brought a recycling program to work. Volunteer with the county environmental association. I also run cleanup efforts three times a year at a nearby creek and riverbank. Pisses me off when I see trash there a week after the cleanup.

 

[climber11]

recyle
buy conscientuously - local, minimal packaging, recyclable
bike or walk instead of drive
short showers or shower with someone
95% meat free

 

[suckonsimon]

to chip in on a couple of my votes:

I support Greenpeace, monthly standing order and also follow their suggestions with petitions and writing to people in power. I love their imaginative ways of exposing malpractice by multinationals and poor leadership by governments, which they always follow through with giving credit when there is real change.

A recent 'close to the earth' thing for me is beekeeping, with deep rewards beyond my expectations.

 

[AbsintheFather]

I recycle everything possible. It has amazed me how much less there is going to the landfill each week. I also have a geo-thermal furnace and would like to have solar panels one day.

 

[suckonsimon]

Heartening to read that folks are doing things wholeheartedly on their own patch. I do believe we need to step up to much more than that, in terms of finding fresh ways for societies and economies to function in a much greener way.

But, Clowns, thank you for posting this today. Three cheers to recycling then!

Simon

 

[akaSol]

Recycling, organic / local farmers, public transport.
Currently looking to put in solar panels and a water reclamation system.

>Sol
( Wonder who voted on the last two...)

 

[GiggLeGasm]

to chip in on a couple of my votes:

I support Greenpeace, monthly standing order and also follow their suggestions with petitions and writing to people in power. I love their imaginative ways of exposing malpractice by multinationals and poor leadership by governments, which they always follow through with giving credit when there is real change.

A recent 'close to the earth' thing for me is beekeeping, with deep rewards beyond my expectations.

we raised bees when I was growing up. Initially, my dad would purchase the racks and have another keeper spin them. It wasn't too long before we had the equipment to do it all at our house. Some of my best childhood memories revolve around that family activity. The queen determines the temperament of the hive - so my dad would spend a great deal of time selecting a new one for each new hive that we built. When one would hatch naturally, we would lie in the grass and watch her fight the existing queen to the death on the front of the hive.
I learned last year that there is a co-op a few miles from my home where I would be allowed to participate and learn more than I do now. It's on my to-do list.
anyway.. I wanted to comment. Having experienced those deep rewards, I was taken back to my childhood by your post.. it was a nice visit.

 

[Wild_Honey_66]

the things my family does are less a result of trying to be a good steward of the earth and more a result of running a large household on a small budget--although I appreciate how those two goals dovetail together beautifully. everything old is new again, and it makes me giggle to see so much fuss being made over doing things nowadays that my grandmother and great-grandmother quietly took for granted.

just a few:

clothesline
cloth diapers, hankies
homemade cleaners, etc.
diy haircuts
secondhand everything
buying in bulk
leaving the heating off--doing the vacuuming or baking something instead
storing leftovers in glass jam jars
re-useable water bottles
old towels, clothes for rags (I can't believe people actually buy rags!)
generally making do or doing without in some cases

we try to do what we can, with what we've got, and bloom where we are planted.