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Shea Gunther

Earth Minute letdown: What now?

Share some ideas on how to green up living the other 525,948 minutes of the year. Every minute should be Earth Minute. (Wait, that might not end so well...)
Wed, May 20 2009 at 3:50 PM EST
Read more: EARTH DAY

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What are some things you can do to actually green up your life? What are some ways you've changed your life so as to cut a lighter footprint on the world? How has it gone?

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Posted By Steven Earl Salmony - Wed, May 27 2009 at 1:33 PM EST

Perhaps necessary change is in the offing

More leaders like President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are needed.

The leaders of the family of humanity can do better and I trust all of us, leaders and followers alike, will choose necessary behavioral change rather than the profane maintenance of a morally disengaged and patently unsustainable socioeconomic status quo. Socioeconomic reasoning is feeble, fundamentally flawed reasoning, and suggests its inconsequentiality, because such “self-interested” reasoning is faulty; it has.... More

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Posted By Anonymous - Wed, May 20 2009 at 10:37 PM EST

Switch Your Company Marketing to Eco-Friendly Products

Look at all the eco-friendly articles for greening your business marketing collateral at http://ecopreneurist.com/ Keyword Products or Simonetta.

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Posted By Hope Dlugozima - Wed, May 20 2009 at 5:39 PM EST

I do the usual things...

...take public transportation, open the windows instead of turning on the AC or heater, carry around reusable bags...but the biggest thing I've done is vote with my dollars. I try to spend every dollar on items that I'd like to stick around. For example, if Costco disappeared tomorrow, I wouldn't care. But I would fall apart if E.Shaver's bookstore in Savannah closed down. So when I buy a book, I only buy it from there. In a nutshell, I don't spend money at places that don't improve the.... More

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Posted By BCH - Wed, May 20 2009 at 4:38 PM EST

Stopped Eating Red Meat

I found giving up red meat for the Earth hasn't been that difficult; it's a lot easier than giving up all meat completely. I've cut back on other meat at least. I read beef takes 30 times the energy to produce than chicken, so cutting beef will have the quickest impact, and is prolly a smart move for health too.

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Posted By Jeffrey - Wed, May 20 2009 at 4:35 PM EST

Container Gardening

container gardening ftw! i started my container gardens to grow my favorite veggies and herbs...and with the extra vegetation around the house, i don't have to commit to holding my breath anymore. w00t!

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Posted By Shea Gunther - Wed, May 20 2009 at 4:30 PM EST

Greening up living

I've been taking Navy showers for years- I'll turn the water on to get wet, then turn it off to soap up, then back on to rinse. Sometimes I'll linger for longer than I probably should, but for the most part I'm pretty good about not hoovering down tons o' hot water.

I'm also a pretty good hypermile driver- slow to accelerate with an eye on the road ahead- looking for chances to drop it into neutral for a good coast.

I've made a big effort in the past year to cut down on the.... More

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Posted By Dana Glaeser - Wed, May 20 2009 at 4:30 PM EST

Cell Phone Recycling

Every year, over 130 million cell phones are discarded. Less than 10% are actually recycled. Recycle your old cell phones: www.CellularRecyclingCenter.com.

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