How Green Are You?

[lance gt]

Share your ways of keeping the planet green by recycling, reducing and re-using things. You don't have to be a tree hugger to save money and live better.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Sleeping all winter saves electricity.

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[Austin8]

I don't think I can get much greener...

I grow 80% of our veggies, all the food scraps and paper go into the compost bin

plastic, glass, metal, etc. go into the recycle bin

I've changed all the light bulbs to CF's

I don't use plastic grocery bags, opting for re-useable cotton ones

our meat and dairy comes from local farmers.

I water with gray water and a/c condensation.

Have two rain barrels as well.

hang our clothes on the line instead of using the dryer.

I used to have a diesel truck than ran on used veg. oil.

carry my on drinking water instead of buying bottled.

 

[Handley_Page]

I use CF lamps (horrible colour).
Now have Double-glazing
what can be re-cycled goes in the appropriate bin for collection.
Meat & eggs come from local producers
I have a water butt for the garden (but it has rained a lot this year).

 

[sr71plt]

Bought a hybrid Camry--and leaving the Mercedes in the garage.

 

[Boxlicker101]

How green am I? Depends on what I have been eating.

 

[3113]

Got one of these:

http://www.theearthangel.ie/images/img.jpg

Cranking it up now. Crank. Crank. Crank...kinda like warming up one of these...

http://files.myopera.com/WillYum/blog/handcrank.jpg

Damn. It's hard being green.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I've maintained a compost heap for over forty years, recycled everything possible for over thirty, am replacing my bulbs one-by-one with florescents, grow most of my own vegetables and fruit. Monday, I'll start bicycling to work. And last year we bought HM a hybrid Escape. Any greener and I'll turn into a frog.

 

[vrosej10]

Not green enough but as green as I can manage. Our council and most in Australia have green waste and pretty rabid recycling programs and I try to watch my food miles.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I'm not GREEN, I'm CHEAP.

I replaced all my 60-100 watt incadescent bulbs with 13 watt energy-savers.

I use rainwater and creek-water to irrigate my vegetable garden.

My garden is srrounded by flowering shrubs to attract bees, butterfiles, and hummingbirds.

My garden is home to numerous Chameleons, toads, and small frogs that eat most of the insect pests. I use locust small-fry for fish-bait.

My veggies are in containers, so I waste very little water or fertilizer on them. The containers are plastic buckets I recycle and line with plastic grocery bags.

I recycle plastic garbage cans to use for compost piles. When the handle or wheel breaks on the can I get a new compost container.

In the kitchen, when I run the hot water for dishes, I store the 'cold' hot water in pickle jars rather than let it go down the drain. I water my dogs with it, make coffee with it, chill it in the refrigerator and drink it.

My home sits about 20 feet above a creek. Over the years I've planted numerous trees to control erosion, plus constructed a retention barrier from common stumble stones.

 

[jm_kaye]

I try not to buy anything I don't really need, and just make do with what I've already got. When I do buy stuff, I first try to get it secondhand. I make a lot of my own clothes.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Got one of these:

http://www.theearthangel.ie/images/img.jpg

Cranking it up now. Crank. Crank. Crank.

Damn. It's hard being green.

That looks like a fleshlight. That's not a typo or misspelling, by the way.