I thought to open a thread with the above question, as I believe the best prevention and cure for environmental desasters happens on the individual level.. and this is the sphere to combat any cataclysm.
So what are your own initiatives? Me:
- We installed a small solar plant on our roof top, generating electricity, funded with a cheap bond by the German Government. The electricity is sold to the grid at subsidized prices, so no collection problems, but a roadmap for clean decentralized energy!
- I do not own a car (and will probably only own one in the future when it is not possible to do without), but use public transport, and if the latter is not possible, use my mountain bike.. that also keeps me fit!
- I am very conscious in separating my garbage (though it might end at in the same dump again )
- My energy and heating consumption is very economical - eco-friendly bulbs, rather wear warm clothes than heating
- I use eco-friendly cleaning stuff and buy eco-friendly utilities for all other kind of stuff, even if it's more expansive (and yes, I am NOT rich at all, but believe that in the long term the positive effects will enter my pocket again )
- I use receycling paper and products, never use plastic cups etc but rather, when catering is demanded, rely on "conventional curtlery"
AndesSMF From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (7 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 1367 times:
Found your thread, and I didnt realize the rest of what I do.
Solar panels. I have not been able to do that yet, and probably not in this house, since it has a tile roof that makes it very difficult to install.
Cleaning supplies. We actually use very little, normally Ajax to clean the bathrooms and water with a little soap for the floors. We use washable towels to clean the floor.
No pesticides or insecticides around the house or the yard.
Turned the heat down once the kids got a little older. Turn it down further at night. Open windows when possible to cool the house at night, then close them during the day to keep the house cool. We hardly ever need to use the A/C at night. Cant even sleep with any A/C on now.
I have several other projects to do. Will install motion sensor for the lights in many rooms around the house. Need a fan in the attic to bring in cool night air, to keep the house even cooler during the summer.
Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 38502 posts, RR: 80 Reply 4, posted (7 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 1364 times:
I use public transportation to & from work
Ride my bicycle for my daily errands.
Recycle all of my beer bottles.
Rarley drive my car.
By LPs & 8track tapes and reel to reel tapes so they don't end up in landfills. They aren't biodegradable and they sound better than CDs.
I support my local pot-grower.
I support my local worker-owned co-op organic friendly grocer.
KROC From United States of America, joined May 2000, 19737 posts, RR: 76 Reply 5, posted (7 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1355 times:
Quoting Superfly (Reply 4): I use public transportation to & from work
Ride my bicycle for my daily errands.
But when you do drive your 1970's pos is sucks down more gas and pumps out more pollution that most people who drive their newer cars 24-7. You're so benevolent.
"Never tell anybody outside the family what you're thinking again"
So how often do you bring them to the central collection container? Twice a day? - maybe you should install a direct tap to the brewery, that would save even more energy and ease your life tremendously
Doona From Sweden, joined Feb 2005, 3707 posts, RR: 14 Reply 7, posted (7 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1351 times:
Quoting Kiwiandrew (Reply 1): what has the environment ever done for me ?
Amen to that.
Still, I use public transportation or walk, or ride my bicycle when I need to go somewhere... Let's see, what else? Sort my garbage, since the landlord will yell at me if I don't... That's pretty much it, I think...
Cheers
Mats
Sure, we're concerned for our lives. Just not as concerned as saving 9 bucks on a roundtrip to Ft. Myers.
Kiwiandrew From New Zealand, joined Jun 2005, 8435 posts, RR: 14 Reply 8, posted (7 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1348 times:
actually I have thought of something to I do for the environment ( something that virtually no-one else in this city does ) ... I clean up after my dog when she craps in public
edited to add: yes , I use biodegradable "doggy-bags"
[Edited 2006-03-29 13:58:11]
Moderation in all things ... including moderation ;-)
Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 38502 posts, RR: 80 Reply 9, posted (7 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1343 times:
Quoting Mrniji (Reply 6): So how often do you bring them to the central collection container? Twice a day?
Nah, the city comes by once a week to take my 128+ bottles away in a separate blue container.
Quoting KROC (Reply 5): But when you do drive your 1970's pos
Umm, are FORUM MODERATORS allowed to insult other members?
Aren't you supposed to be one of the pillars of this site in upholding the integrity of the forums?
Have the rules changed to suite people like yourself Mr. Cilani?
Gkirk From UK - Scotland, joined Jun 2000, 24621 posts, RR: 58 Reply 10, posted (7 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1335 times:
Quoting Superfly (Reply 9): Umm, are FORUM MODERATORS allowed to insult other members?
Aren't you supposed to be one of the pillars of this site in upholding the integrity of the forums?
Have the rules changed to suite people like yourself Mr. Cilani?
One rule for them, another rule for others
Anyway, I take public transport and I recycle stuff like paper, cans etc
When you hear the noise of the Tartan Army Boys, we'll be coming down the road!
Doona From Sweden, joined Feb 2005, 3707 posts, RR: 14 Reply 13, posted (7 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1322 times:
Quoting Kiwiandrew (Reply 8): actually I have thought of something to I do for the environment ( something that virtually no-one else in this city does ) ... I clean up after my dog when she craps in public
Isn't shit actually good for the environment? So can we say that you are really hurting nature when you clean up after your dog?
Cheers
Mats
Sure, we're concerned for our lives. Just not as concerned as saving 9 bucks on a roundtrip to Ft. Myers.
Mrniji From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 16, posted (7 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1309 times:
Quoting Gkirk (Reply 15): Quoting Mrniji (Reply 14):
And I don't drive a single mile, because I do not know how to drive
Signed,
KROC
Way to swing and miss
Me too! I don't use a drop of patrol or Biodiesel! I just ride my tricycle everywhere! My dad installed me an extra carrying wheel, so I don't fall on my nose
Calm down, Mrniji. We all know that Gkirk does plenty when it comes to recycling, for example he's the largest supplier of sheeps' wool in the northern hemisphere.
(I know it's old, but I don't give a rat's ass...)
Cheers
Mats
Sure, we're concerned for our lives. Just not as concerned as saving 9 bucks on a roundtrip to Ft. Myers.
KROC From United States of America, joined May 2000, 19737 posts, RR: 76 Reply 18, posted (7 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1304 times:
Quoting Superfly (Reply 9): Umm, are FORUM MODERATORS allowed to insult other members?
Aren't you supposed to be one of the pillars of this site in upholding the integrity of the forums?
Have the rules changed to suite people like yourself Mr. Cilani?
Sorry, I had no idea calling your raggedy gas guzzling oil burning car a POS would harm your fragile sense of sensibility.
Quoting Mrniji (Reply 14): And I don't drive a single mile, because I do not know how to drive
Signed,
KROC
This is the all-time WORST signed-by post ever. Well done Subin.
Quoting Mrniji (Reply 16): Me too! I don't use a drop of patrol or Biodiesel! I just ride my tricycle everywhere! My dad installed me an extra carrying wheel, so I don't fall on my nose
Signed,
GKirk
And he follows it up with the second all-time worst signed by post. Well done Subin.
"Never tell anybody outside the family what you're thinking again"
Kiwiandrew From New Zealand, joined Jun 2005, 8435 posts, RR: 14 Reply 21, posted (7 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 1296 times:
Quoting Doona (Reply 13): Isn't shit actually good for the environment? So can we say that you are really hurting nature when you clean up after your dog?
Cheers
Mats
dammit ... you mean that I am actually an eco-terrorist and all the Belgians are being environmentally aware when they get their dogs to decorate the cityscape ... well there goes my feeling of smug superiority ... on that basis I guess Bruxelles must be the most eco-friendly city I have ever been to
Moderation in all things ... including moderation ;-)
This is true, but in their case it's not true - I'm not French, I just live here.
25 Cornish: What you meant to say is that you don't stand a chance of pulling and therefore creating children - therefore benefiting the environment by not incre
26 JGPH1A: At least I am not the one exempted by specific rider to the French law on wearing the Hijab, in order to comply with EU Health and Safety regulations
28 L410Turbolet: Speaking of environment: BTW, how often do you check pressure of your car's tires??? I remember reading somewhere that as many as 2/3 of all cars in E
30 JGPH1A: This from the putrescent little bio-hazard who has a whole chapter dedicated to him in the Kyoto Accords ! The UK has signed up to a 100% reduction i
31 Cornish: I thought the A.net moderators were trying to cut down on Kirk-emissions but it seems he hasn't been banned for at least a week
32 JGPH1A: Tsk tsk - standards are slipping ! I blame the socialists.
33 Cornish: Said by someone who always goes round with a paper bag on his head - doubtless to try and get the last French Fries out of the bottom
34 Mrniji: Excellent point! I was told the same by a gas patrol gay and conveyed this to other people, who correspondingly checked their tires and filled air. D
35 Sabena332: To be honest, I don't care much for the environment and I do only the usual stuff like buying drinks in returnable bottles and do waste separation, bu
36 Pope: I would like to take public transportation but it simply isn't available to / from work. I would have to drive almost as far just to get to a bus stop
37 KROC: Careful Patrick. You wouldn't want Superfly to give you the 'setting the standard' lecture that moderators are supposed to be doing more for the envi
38 Doona: The sooner you realize that we will never win, the better. Just when you think life couldn't suck any more, it bites. Cheers Mats
39 YooYoo: What do i do? I own stock in several recycling and waste trucking companies that reek the benefits of you people doing their work separating waste for
40 Kiwiandrew: tack Mats ! I'll just go off and slash my wrists now ... tell me , are all Swedes as optimistic and positive as you ?
41 Sabena332: I experience this very often in the Civil Aviation Forum, two users complained at Johan about me because I called the employees of the Russian embass
43 Doona: Well, Andrew, I'm half Irish so I think I'm slightly more optimistic and jolly than most Swedes, as a matter of fact. But when it comes to the enviro
44 Mrniji: Well, I expect you to obey and follow all my wishes, to send me a weekly envelope containing at least US$ 100, along with some shares of profitable r
46 Superfly: So you got one of your boyz to join in huh, KROC? If this is entertainment to you, carry on.
47 KROC: Yeah, I have one of my "boyz". Any time you want to get over yourself, feel free too.
48 N229NW: Oh, I don't know, give you air to breathe, water to drink...but you know, one time when I was at recess in sixth grade, the envirnoment punched me in
49 Senorcarnival: -I take the bus to school, although I do drive my car 6 miles round-trip (but it's only twice a week) to a Park and Ride facility. Not only is it my s
50 TS-IOR: I drive a Euro5 truck and adjust my speed to the manufacturer standards, by keeping my self in the green area, so as i burn less diesel and have a bet
51 LINATHJNX: I am happy that you look very attentive to environment as I am trying to be same. But there's one thing that drives me mad whenever I go to any beach
52 L410Turbolet: These energy-efficient bulbs. I think the energy-saving aspect is without a doubt (at least I don't have a proof of the contrary), however they seem
53 AndesSMF: I've had issues with fluorescent bulbs in the past. But the last round that I have purchased in the last three years are still fine and never had the
54 L410Turbolet: I bought them because the el-cheapo ones usually have awful "temperature" of the light.
55 YOWza: I frequently fertilize my neighbours lawns when I get home late at night from nights on the town. I have to say my neighbour Mike's lawn was beutifull
56 N229NW: With the ones in the US, I have had great experience. I bought many almost five years ago and not a single one has needed to be replaced yet. With Eu
57 Planesarecool: I think we should get paid for recycling like in California. At my friend's house near SD, they got nearly $15 for recycling a months worth of cans. T
58 Tbar220: Wow, please tell me you aren't serious... For myself, I walk or rollerblade to work whenever I can. If weather is not good, I will use public transpo
59 Gilligan: I go out to a National Park several times a year and contribute to the compost by laying a big steaming pile on the ground second morning I'm out. Oth
60 KL671: Incandescent bulbs give out mostly heat and a just a little bit of light. The heat given off will reduce the amount of electricity, gas or oil you ne
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