Posted 05 April 2009 - 12:19 AM
It's a very well-known fact that the world is on a downward spiral towards environmental degradation; and it's good to know that people are supporting or taking part in movements, but is that enough? If we continue living lifestyles that are harmful or don't positively affect the environment around us like our own homes, then how can we be sure that we will reach our goal of environmental stability? For example, if we keep purchasing products that don't support our environment, then the firms will continue producing them. I want to know what you guys have done differently in your lifestyles to take part in the ongoing movement against environmental degradation. Also write down what you plan on doing and keep updating on this thread to tell us how it went. I myself would want to know what other things I can improve in my own lifestyle from your feedback. You can benefit from this too.
A change in lifestyle is not an easy one. It requires time, effort, and determination. But this is what this thread is for, so we can support one another in the improvement of our own lifestyles.
Here's what I've done so far:
1) Recycle soda tabs and donate them to hospitals to be made into wheelchairs. (In my community, there is no direct address or group in hospitals that take in these donations. What I do is go to my family doctor and have it passed through him.)
2) Have my groceries packed into reusable canvas or non-woven bags instead of paper or plastic bags.
3) Use carpool systems for transportation instead of using my own car. Walking short distances to get around the community or use a bike.
4) Put aside scratch paper and used paper. If the paper is not torn or crumpled, you can donate these to your local newspaper factories and have it remade into newspaper. Also, once your finished with your newspaper, try to return them so they can be used again.
5) When buying beverages in glass bottles, my family returns them to the local grocer. We get a discount on the next set to be purchased, plus, the bottles we returned will be given back to the factory, sterilized, and refilled before being sold.
6) Separate wet waste from dry waste. It makes it easier to segregate when it reaches the dump sites.
7) Change your internet homepage to www.blackle.com - it saves a LOAD of WATT HOURS.
8) Use environment friendly light bulbs. I forced my mom into this. It's a little more expensive, but they last much longer than ordinary bulbs PLUS they save energy.
9) Don't leave your computer on stand-by. Totally shut it off when you're not using it.
10) When appliances or other electronics are not in use, unplug them. Even if they're off, if they're plugged into the sockets, they still consume energy and will always be at risk for fire and whatnot.
11) Don't fill up your glass with more water than you can finish.
12) I'm a stage actress and hairspray is my best friend. But I've had to give that up because it really does harm our air (and my hair).
13) Plant trees or small plants during your spare time. I totally pimped out my garden doing this last summer. Plus you burn a whole load of calories doing this.
14) Save water. Turn off the faucet when you're not rinsing and still brushing your teeth or soaping your hands or face.
15) Fix and clean your work space, bed room, etc. from time to time in order to avoid dust and whatnot from being created. Get rid of your extra clutter.
I plan on saving enough money to have one of my family cars converted into running on bio fuel, but that's something that will need much more time to achieve.
So, what do you guys plan on doing?
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Posted 09 August 2009 - 04:40 AM
That is a great list.
It would be interesting to see everyone make a list of what energy they use everyday, if only to be more aware of what they are using and perhaps wasting.
Living in Europe is like night and day with the US. No one here in France has air conditioning, and cars do not normally come with air conditioning either. People do not leave their TVs on for "background noise" and they don't usually have/use electric dish washers, either.
If you've ever been to a town that has an electrical factory and seen the black soot that falls everywhere, you'd see first hand what this carbon based fuel system is doing to our planet. It's nice to see people trying to make a difference
It would be interesting to see everyone make a list of what energy they use everyday, if only to be more aware of what they are using and perhaps wasting.
Living in Europe is like night and day with the US. No one here in France has air conditioning, and cars do not normally come with air conditioning either. People do not leave their TVs on for "background noise" and they don't usually have/use electric dish washers, either.
If you've ever been to a town that has an electrical factory and seen the black soot that falls everywhere, you'd see first hand what this carbon based fuel system is doing to our planet. It's nice to see people trying to make a difference
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Posted 19 September 2009 - 12:42 PM
[1) Recycle soda tabs and donate them to hospitals to be made into wheelchairs. (In my community, there is no direct address or group in hospitals that take in these donations. What I do is go to my family doctor and have it passed through him.)
2) Have my groceries packed into reusable canvas or non-woven bags instead of paper or plastic bags.
3) Use carpool systems for transportation instead of using my own car. Walking short distances to get around the community or use a bike.
4) Put aside scratch paper and used paper. If the paper is not torn or crumpled, you can donate these to your local newspaper factories and have it remade into newspaper. Also, once your finished with your newspaper, try to return them so they can be used again.
5) When buying beverages in glass bottles, my family returns them to the local grocer. We get a discount on the next set to be purchased, plus, the bottles we returned will be given back to the factory, sterilized, and refilled before being sold.
6) Separate wet waste from dry waste. It makes it easier to segregate when it reaches the dump sites.
7) Change your internet homepage to www.blackle.com - it saves a LOAD of WATT HOURS.
I don't really understand where it saves watthours... are you talking about the time of loading? if yes, then I agree, sympatico page is much longer to load!
8) Use environment friendly light bulbs. I forced my mom into this. It's a little more expensive, but they last much longer than ordinary bulbs PLUS they save energy.
9) Don't leave your computer on stand-by. Totally shut it off when you're not using it.
10) When appliances or other electronics are not in use, unplug them. Even if they're off, if they're plugged into the sockets, they still consume energy and will always be at risk for fire and whatnot.
Here, in Quebec, we have green energy... I know that in USA, you use carbon to light cities, so its definitely good ideas you are bringing... but for Quebec's people, the only thing it does to use energy, its that it heats a lot... But since we have cold winter, even if we keep lights open, it will just keep the house warm (sample lights use 40% of energy to light, the rest goes away heating the room), so we will be able not to freeze if we get our winter coats off! Of course, there are warming systems, but in anyway, there is an thermal indicator on them, so, if we warm up with the lights, the warming system will just warm less... because we want, for example, 15 degrees...
And there is a lot of pub that says to buy refrigerator that are less energy-eater... but even then, what happens to the energy that is not use to cool? it becomes heat... think about winter!
Of course, we have about 4 months where we never warm (maybe more), but if the refrigerator, or any other energy-eater machine is still useful, should I think first about energy, or about over-consumption (what do you think happens to the refrigerator you dont use anymore...?)
11) Don't fill up your glass with more water than you can finish.
Good point!
12) I'm a stage actress and hairspray is my best friend. But I've had to give that up because it really does harm our air (and my hair).
13) Plant trees or small plants during your spare time. I totally pimped out my garden doing this last summer. Plus you burn a whole load of calories doing this.
We DO have a garden! With eatable things I mean... well, i guess that if im doing it... its probably because its a good idea!!
14) Save water. Turn off the faucet when you're not rinsing and still brushing your teeth or soaping your hands or face.
15) Fix and clean your work space, bed room, etc. from time to time in order to avoid dust and whatnot from being created. Get rid of your extra clutter.
I don't think this one is such a good idea, since dust will be created, that you clean or not... because, what is dust? littles pieces of clothes, of wall, of you, of everything that goes off of... where it came... So its not cleaning that will make a difference in this field. BUT, what do you use to clean? Water? Toxic stuffs that pollutes when industries make them? I don't blame you, of course, it's the intention that counts!
I plan on saving enough money to have one of my family cars converted into running on bio fuel, but that's something that will need much more time to achieve.
I dont have a lot of knowledge in cars, but i guess thats a good idea!
So, what do you guys plan on doing?
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Actually, I separate garbages from recuperable things, maybe i will compost one day, when i wont live with my difficult brother anymore...
I try to use only one car when i can, i would use my bike if school wasnt so far (20minutes in car, so 1h30-2h in bike... IM not sure i have 20hours a week to waste only riding a bike... since im a student...
I have pets, but I will try to have as less as possible, because pets pet, it pollutes atmosphere, and we buy a lot of things for them, so it makes more pollution because they are not using 100% of what we are buying them (i don't believe they can eat the paper in which there was the food)
Having touched a little bit to political life, I plan on passing some laws (eh yes! more laws!
)
Like :
-Houses can't use more than xxx kwh of energy per year, the exceeding energy used will be 1- overtaxed; and if not enough 2- no more available... of course, the end of this kind of period would be in summer, so no problem with heating in the winter...
-People will have an identification card on which a credit will be put on... This credit is, actually, the quantity of essence we have the right to put in our car... Each time we fill in our car, we have to pass your card and have less credit on it... Of course, we would have to pay the essence anyway, but we wont be able to put more, unless we pay a lot more than the usual price, or unless we have special rights (people working on roads)...
-Every year, each person will have to plant one tree... the only difficult point with that law is that it will be difficult to know if everybody have planted something... but projects are projects!
-And more, I guess... I'll see when I will go back into political life, if I can be chosen that time...
When I will have completed my studies in engineering, I will try to create green things, green machines that will create drinkable water with the ocean water, solar spatial captors that can bloke a bit of the heat of sun and drive it into energy, high walls around some points of the sahara where plantation will be tried with the excedent of excrements breeding produce, so there will be nutriments for plants, and these plants will be protected from the erosion of the desert...
Of course, these are baby projects, they are not perfect, I didn't think about everything, but there are things we could do... And some of the projects will be very expensives, but when half of the people will die because Earth won't be really welcoming life, then I guess money will appear from governments... The only explanation of this almost non-action is that not enough people need essential things... When even the Prime minister, or the President of USA will not be able to live enough... I think things will happen... And I think things will happen even sooner, because these people comes from the society... they were normal people before...
For now, I dont have more ideas, but... I will post more if one day i think about more... and if i think to post it here!
2) Have my groceries packed into reusable canvas or non-woven bags instead of paper or plastic bags.
3) Use carpool systems for transportation instead of using my own car. Walking short distances to get around the community or use a bike.
4) Put aside scratch paper and used paper. If the paper is not torn or crumpled, you can donate these to your local newspaper factories and have it remade into newspaper. Also, once your finished with your newspaper, try to return them so they can be used again.
5) When buying beverages in glass bottles, my family returns them to the local grocer. We get a discount on the next set to be purchased, plus, the bottles we returned will be given back to the factory, sterilized, and refilled before being sold.
6) Separate wet waste from dry waste. It makes it easier to segregate when it reaches the dump sites.
7) Change your internet homepage to www.blackle.com - it saves a LOAD of WATT HOURS.
I don't really understand where it saves watthours... are you talking about the time of loading? if yes, then I agree, sympatico page is much longer to load!
8) Use environment friendly light bulbs. I forced my mom into this. It's a little more expensive, but they last much longer than ordinary bulbs PLUS they save energy.
9) Don't leave your computer on stand-by. Totally shut it off when you're not using it.
10) When appliances or other electronics are not in use, unplug them. Even if they're off, if they're plugged into the sockets, they still consume energy and will always be at risk for fire and whatnot.
Here, in Quebec, we have green energy... I know that in USA, you use carbon to light cities, so its definitely good ideas you are bringing... but for Quebec's people, the only thing it does to use energy, its that it heats a lot... But since we have cold winter, even if we keep lights open, it will just keep the house warm (sample lights use 40% of energy to light, the rest goes away heating the room), so we will be able not to freeze if we get our winter coats off! Of course, there are warming systems, but in anyway, there is an thermal indicator on them, so, if we warm up with the lights, the warming system will just warm less... because we want, for example, 15 degrees...
And there is a lot of pub that says to buy refrigerator that are less energy-eater... but even then, what happens to the energy that is not use to cool? it becomes heat... think about winter!
Of course, we have about 4 months where we never warm (maybe more), but if the refrigerator, or any other energy-eater machine is still useful, should I think first about energy, or about over-consumption (what do you think happens to the refrigerator you dont use anymore...?)
11) Don't fill up your glass with more water than you can finish.
Good point!
12) I'm a stage actress and hairspray is my best friend. But I've had to give that up because it really does harm our air (and my hair).
13) Plant trees or small plants during your spare time. I totally pimped out my garden doing this last summer. Plus you burn a whole load of calories doing this.
We DO have a garden! With eatable things I mean... well, i guess that if im doing it... its probably because its a good idea!!
14) Save water. Turn off the faucet when you're not rinsing and still brushing your teeth or soaping your hands or face.
15) Fix and clean your work space, bed room, etc. from time to time in order to avoid dust and whatnot from being created. Get rid of your extra clutter.
I don't think this one is such a good idea, since dust will be created, that you clean or not... because, what is dust? littles pieces of clothes, of wall, of you, of everything that goes off of... where it came... So its not cleaning that will make a difference in this field. BUT, what do you use to clean? Water? Toxic stuffs that pollutes when industries make them? I don't blame you, of course, it's the intention that counts!
I plan on saving enough money to have one of my family cars converted into running on bio fuel, but that's something that will need much more time to achieve.
I dont have a lot of knowledge in cars, but i guess thats a good idea!
So, what do you guys plan on doing?
[/quote]
Actually, I separate garbages from recuperable things, maybe i will compost one day, when i wont live with my difficult brother anymore...
I try to use only one car when i can, i would use my bike if school wasnt so far (20minutes in car, so 1h30-2h in bike... IM not sure i have 20hours a week to waste only riding a bike... since im a student...
I have pets, but I will try to have as less as possible, because pets pet, it pollutes atmosphere, and we buy a lot of things for them, so it makes more pollution because they are not using 100% of what we are buying them (i don't believe they can eat the paper in which there was the food)
Having touched a little bit to political life, I plan on passing some laws (eh yes! more laws!
)Like :
-Houses can't use more than xxx kwh of energy per year, the exceeding energy used will be 1- overtaxed; and if not enough 2- no more available... of course, the end of this kind of period would be in summer, so no problem with heating in the winter...
-People will have an identification card on which a credit will be put on... This credit is, actually, the quantity of essence we have the right to put in our car... Each time we fill in our car, we have to pass your card and have less credit on it... Of course, we would have to pay the essence anyway, but we wont be able to put more, unless we pay a lot more than the usual price, or unless we have special rights (people working on roads)...
-Every year, each person will have to plant one tree... the only difficult point with that law is that it will be difficult to know if everybody have planted something... but projects are projects!
-And more, I guess... I'll see when I will go back into political life, if I can be chosen that time...
When I will have completed my studies in engineering, I will try to create green things, green machines that will create drinkable water with the ocean water, solar spatial captors that can bloke a bit of the heat of sun and drive it into energy, high walls around some points of the sahara where plantation will be tried with the excedent of excrements breeding produce, so there will be nutriments for plants, and these plants will be protected from the erosion of the desert...
Of course, these are baby projects, they are not perfect, I didn't think about everything, but there are things we could do... And some of the projects will be very expensives, but when half of the people will die because Earth won't be really welcoming life, then I guess money will appear from governments... The only explanation of this almost non-action is that not enough people need essential things... When even the Prime minister, or the President of USA will not be able to live enough... I think things will happen... And I think things will happen even sooner, because these people comes from the society... they were normal people before...
For now, I dont have more ideas, but... I will post more if one day i think about more... and if i think to post it here!
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Posted 19 September 2009 - 03:09 PM
I already have more ideas! And since there are not millions of reply, some people will read here things they could or didnt have the patience to read somewhere else (like in the 20th page of reply of a topic).
1- In winter, when we drive, we shouldn't use the heater or listen to radio (NOOOOOOO!!). We should wear warmer clothes, so it will use less essence, same for the radio (no, this time it is useless to wear more clothes!) but, if it is just for music (NOO I LOVE MUSIC!) then we should just not listen to it, because our attention is taken away and it is more dangerous to be involved into accidents, especially when we beat the rythm with our left feet and when we have baby boosts of speed (or brake) because of this! And, furthermore, accidents pollutes because we have to change pieces, and anyway, it is expensive AND dangerous... Studies prooved that being distracted is as dangerous as being drunk while driving (I don't remember the exact number, it was a bigger one but lets say 20% of the accidents are caused by distractions...). Anyway, if we want to listen radio only for news, it is more difficult for concentration (I believe) than hearing sample music... so lets read the newspaper instead of it, and save that energy!
2-Let's not suscribe for daily newspapers or any other newspaper : we should go in restaurants, there are often newspapers there, so if we already wanted a coffee, then... BUT if we didn't want any coffee from restaurants, then... we should go in libraries to read them! And let's take our bike to go there, not our car!
3-Instead of buying books, we should go in libraries to read them (the bike, not the car!!!)
4-Let's keep the sheets we printed recto only, and let's put them on a different place then the new sheets. Then, let's print non-important and non-official things (which means, maybe not CVs... ) on the other side of that sheet!
5-Let's repair your clothes instead of throwing them away! Let's use good parts of very old clothes (the kind of clothes we can't wear anymore even if we wanted to) to patch only old clothes (the one we want to use to paint). Then, if we think we don't have enough new clothes (the ones we wear to go work), we could, maybe, begin to start to think about buying more! (Just think, we must not don't do it!!
)
6-We should put curtains on our windows during the winter, so the heat won't go away by our windows. Of course, if we have the time to watch it, we can decide to open the curtains when it is sunny, so the heat of the sun can enter, and close them when to sun is gone. But we must do this only if we are there to watch the sun, ifnot we could lose more energy doing this...
And, during the summer, we should close the curtains where the sun enters... Believe me, it will keep your house cool, on you won't have to use fans or air conditioning (well i dont know about the second floor...), so it is less energy you use. And do not open the windows as soon you believe it is too hot, because often, it is hotter outside, so you are bringing the heat in...
7-Let's drink water instead of juice, manufacturing juice pollutes!
8-Let's put only one clock in the house, or buy mechanical clocks (the ones that are no-energy users). If we are not fine with only one clock, then let's put mirors (we shoud be careful during the process, if we want to be able to read the time on the good side!)
9-Stop washing your hands anytime you feel like it! It wastes water, soaps (probably pollutes during fabrication), and papers when you dry your hands! Honestly, I think we should wash our hands, not because of bacteries, but because we would not eat something with our hands (like hot-dog) if we didn't because, for example, we played in the motor of the car... Anyway, bacteries are good for healt, because it is a good training for our body, and it is more resistant after!
10-When we can, we should use towels to dry your hands, use the hand drier (ya no, that thing that makes fake wind!), or better! lets shake our hands as much as we can and let them dry, or let's dry them on our own clothes (we will wash our clothes anyway... and this is just a little bit of water)
11-Stop being afraid of everything that is not completely clean or of bacteries. Like I said before, bacteries are good for health (well, I dont talk about playing with something I know is contamined with E-colis). And more, using sprays like febreeze is not good for environment, as for the using as for the manufacturing. And trying to eliminate 99,9% is the best way to create super bacteries that are resistant to almost everything. Eh yes! The bactery that survived the killing is stronger, and its child will be like the mother : resistant! Cleaning obsession is not good for environment!
12-Let's use old paper to make bookmarks rather than take some at libraries or somewhere else.
13-When you are a student (which means it is almost a need to have its own manual), share your books with a student you see often, and get your book from old students!
14-Teachers: Stop recommanding the books of new edition every year that forces student to buy brand new books instead of using old ones. In know things change, but if it changes this fast, what is the point of teaching?? I would go to school if I knew my knowledge would be useless the next year!
15- We should use push-mines instead of wooden pencils! We will save on wood, save on mines we sharpened but didnt used because its now in the pencil-sharpener! And I'm pretty sure it is less expensive!
16- Let's keep our own vegetable garden! I don't use pesticides or that kind of toxic product I would not want to eat anyway, and see : I'm not dead! And it is MUCH less expensive to buy seeds than to buy vegetables!
17- Let's not water our flowers: indeed, plants are naturally made to grow up with the rain. If we water them, their roots will be shorter, and we will have to waste our precious water and corporal energy and time into watering them everyday. But, if we let the rain do, the roots will be longer, so the plants will be able to drink more at the same time. Of course, I'm not talking about dry periods!
18- We should stop wasting your time on msn : let's take the phone! The computer and the screen uses more power than the phone.
19- Stop smoking, it pollutes AND you know why for the rest : money losses, health dropping... and it smells bad and makes me sick and unhappy (I'm a cute girl, ya no! Why do you want to upset such a beautiful woman??)
20-Stop listening to TV and do some bike!
21-Stop being on internet (like i'm doing) and do your homework (like i should be doing!)
Well, I think I used enough of my GREAT imagination (MWAHAHA!) (What makes you believe I suffer from the superiority complex!?!?)
Now: new projects I just thought about!
Kleenex made in washable fabrics rather than in paper. Let me explain, it's not like in the hold time! We have a two pocketted-case. In one, there are, maybe, twenty of washable kleenex made with the hairs of animals (I think they are still alive after!), and in the other, the old kleenex you used. Of course, the case is washable, like any other clothes! And, you know what?? You can make all of these yourself!! With pieces of old soft clothes (soft because the nose won't like it!! poor nose.... don't cry for that poor nose, it will be poorer!), you make twenty (more... or less, its your choice) squares. And, with some more pieces of clothes, you make the case! not so difficult! What a great move for the trees!!
1- In winter, when we drive, we shouldn't use the heater or listen to radio (NOOOOOOO!!). We should wear warmer clothes, so it will use less essence, same for the radio (no, this time it is useless to wear more clothes!) but, if it is just for music (NOO I LOVE MUSIC!) then we should just not listen to it, because our attention is taken away and it is more dangerous to be involved into accidents, especially when we beat the rythm with our left feet and when we have baby boosts of speed (or brake) because of this! And, furthermore, accidents pollutes because we have to change pieces, and anyway, it is expensive AND dangerous... Studies prooved that being distracted is as dangerous as being drunk while driving (I don't remember the exact number, it was a bigger one but lets say 20% of the accidents are caused by distractions...). Anyway, if we want to listen radio only for news, it is more difficult for concentration (I believe) than hearing sample music... so lets read the newspaper instead of it, and save that energy!
2-Let's not suscribe for daily newspapers or any other newspaper : we should go in restaurants, there are often newspapers there, so if we already wanted a coffee, then... BUT if we didn't want any coffee from restaurants, then... we should go in libraries to read them! And let's take our bike to go there, not our car!
3-Instead of buying books, we should go in libraries to read them (the bike, not the car!!!)
4-Let's keep the sheets we printed recto only, and let's put them on a different place then the new sheets. Then, let's print non-important and non-official things (which means, maybe not CVs... ) on the other side of that sheet!
5-Let's repair your clothes instead of throwing them away! Let's use good parts of very old clothes (the kind of clothes we can't wear anymore even if we wanted to) to patch only old clothes (the one we want to use to paint). Then, if we think we don't have enough new clothes (the ones we wear to go work), we could, maybe, begin to start to think about buying more! (Just think, we must not don't do it!!
)6-We should put curtains on our windows during the winter, so the heat won't go away by our windows. Of course, if we have the time to watch it, we can decide to open the curtains when it is sunny, so the heat of the sun can enter, and close them when to sun is gone. But we must do this only if we are there to watch the sun, ifnot we could lose more energy doing this...
And, during the summer, we should close the curtains where the sun enters... Believe me, it will keep your house cool, on you won't have to use fans or air conditioning (well i dont know about the second floor...), so it is less energy you use. And do not open the windows as soon you believe it is too hot, because often, it is hotter outside, so you are bringing the heat in...
7-Let's drink water instead of juice, manufacturing juice pollutes!
8-Let's put only one clock in the house, or buy mechanical clocks (the ones that are no-energy users). If we are not fine with only one clock, then let's put mirors (we shoud be careful during the process, if we want to be able to read the time on the good side!)
9-Stop washing your hands anytime you feel like it! It wastes water, soaps (probably pollutes during fabrication), and papers when you dry your hands! Honestly, I think we should wash our hands, not because of bacteries, but because we would not eat something with our hands (like hot-dog) if we didn't because, for example, we played in the motor of the car... Anyway, bacteries are good for healt, because it is a good training for our body, and it is more resistant after!
10-When we can, we should use towels to dry your hands, use the hand drier (ya no, that thing that makes fake wind!), or better! lets shake our hands as much as we can and let them dry, or let's dry them on our own clothes (we will wash our clothes anyway... and this is just a little bit of water)
11-Stop being afraid of everything that is not completely clean or of bacteries. Like I said before, bacteries are good for health (well, I dont talk about playing with something I know is contamined with E-colis). And more, using sprays like febreeze is not good for environment, as for the using as for the manufacturing. And trying to eliminate 99,9% is the best way to create super bacteries that are resistant to almost everything. Eh yes! The bactery that survived the killing is stronger, and its child will be like the mother : resistant! Cleaning obsession is not good for environment!
12-Let's use old paper to make bookmarks rather than take some at libraries or somewhere else.
13-When you are a student (which means it is almost a need to have its own manual), share your books with a student you see often, and get your book from old students!
14-Teachers: Stop recommanding the books of new edition every year that forces student to buy brand new books instead of using old ones. In know things change, but if it changes this fast, what is the point of teaching?? I would go to school if I knew my knowledge would be useless the next year!
15- We should use push-mines instead of wooden pencils! We will save on wood, save on mines we sharpened but didnt used because its now in the pencil-sharpener! And I'm pretty sure it is less expensive!
16- Let's keep our own vegetable garden! I don't use pesticides or that kind of toxic product I would not want to eat anyway, and see : I'm not dead! And it is MUCH less expensive to buy seeds than to buy vegetables!
17- Let's not water our flowers: indeed, plants are naturally made to grow up with the rain. If we water them, their roots will be shorter, and we will have to waste our precious water and corporal energy and time into watering them everyday. But, if we let the rain do, the roots will be longer, so the plants will be able to drink more at the same time. Of course, I'm not talking about dry periods!
18- We should stop wasting your time on msn : let's take the phone! The computer and the screen uses more power than the phone.
19- Stop smoking, it pollutes AND you know why for the rest : money losses, health dropping... and it smells bad and makes me sick and unhappy (I'm a cute girl, ya no! Why do you want to upset such a beautiful woman??)
20-Stop listening to TV and do some bike!
21-Stop being on internet (like i'm doing) and do your homework (like i should be doing!)
Well, I think I used enough of my GREAT imagination (MWAHAHA!) (What makes you believe I suffer from the superiority complex!?!?)
Now: new projects I just thought about!
Kleenex made in washable fabrics rather than in paper. Let me explain, it's not like in the hold time! We have a two pocketted-case. In one, there are, maybe, twenty of washable kleenex made with the hairs of animals (I think they are still alive after!), and in the other, the old kleenex you used. Of course, the case is washable, like any other clothes! And, you know what?? You can make all of these yourself!! With pieces of old soft clothes (soft because the nose won't like it!! poor nose.... don't cry for that poor nose, it will be poorer!), you make twenty (more... or less, its your choice) squares. And, with some more pieces of clothes, you make the case! not so difficult! What a great move for the trees!!
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Posted 19 September 2009 - 08:14 PM
QUOTE (DameShae @ Apr 5 2009, 12:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
15) Fix and clean your work space, bed room, etc. from time to time in order to avoid dust and whatnot from being created. Get rid of your extra clutter.
You can't get rid of dust. Most of the grey dust you see around your home is actually dead skin cells that come off your body every time you move. Yuck I know, yet it's true
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