2011 Greener Living Challenge

[madhen]

Another resurrection. I'm in a retro mood, possibly because I'm listening to The Beatles' "Within You Without You" right now.

Today, I:

• composted
• line-dried laundry instead of using electricity
• recycled dog food cans and some magazines/catalogues
• warmed the house with solar heating
• listened to a podcast about saving seeds

[madhen]

Today, I:

• composted
• heated water on the woodstove instead of the electric stove
• fed the hummingbirds
• heated the house with the woodstove instead of electric heat
• scattered bird/butterfly seed mix on the slope

[madhen]

Today, I:

• composted
• recycled
• bought organic fruit
• combined my grocery shopping with a trip I already had to make to the dentist to conserve gasoline
• heated the house with wood vs. electricity

[madhen]

Today, I:

- composted
- recycled
- ate local fruit (grew it myself!)
- planted flowers

[madhen]

Today, I:

1. car-pooled home (can't do that very often, but it is great when I can)
2. didn't use baseboard heaters
3. did not engage in any consumerism
4. fed the hummingbirds

[madhen]

Today, I:

• didn't use electric baseboard heaters
• fed the wild birds
• composted
• recycled
• didn't drive anywhere

[Debbie-cat]

I'm in on this one again. This is easier for me than the self-sufficiency challenge since I don't heat with wood or have chickens but I still try!

Today I ..

- didn't use any gasoline
- didn't buy anything thus avoiding material items that are not needed and not adding any unwanted clutter
- hung laundry to dry
- used rags instead of paper towels
- recycled
- read books from the library which in turn I do not have to buy and in a way is saving trees.

[madhen]

Today, I:

• composted
• used a reusable coffee filter
• recycled
• put stuff into a thrift bag instead of tossing it
• didn't return books to the library, because doing so would have caused me to drive much further than necessary today (and there is a branch on my way to work, so I can return them on the way to/from work another day)

[Debbie-cat]

Today I

- recycled
- turned old clothes and tablecloths into rags so I don't have to use paper towels
- changed some light bulbs ( in places were they are hardly used) to cfl's. Now the whole house is cfl's.
- took my handmade grocery bags with me today grocery shopping so no plastic bags needed

[Debbie-cat]

Didn't do much today but I did

- compost
- read library books
- no gas used

[madhen]

Today, I:

• composted
• recycled
• didn't drive anywhere
• washed laundry in cold water to save electricity
• fed the hummers and the wild birds (and a certain pair of acorn woodpeckers who insist on feeding at the hummer feeder)
• saved a redworm from certain death (was riding on a piece of firewood that was stove-bound) and set him up with friends and a condo in my vermicomposter.

[madhen]

Today, I:

• Didn't drive anywhere;
• Composted;
• Recycled;
• Planted veggie seeds.

[Debbie-cat]

Today I ...

- composted
- re-used coffee filter
- no lights on today

[Debbie-cat]

Today I

- composted
- watered house plants with leftover rinse water
- used cloth bags when getting groceries
- used homemade, environmental friendly cleaners today.

[madhen]

Okay, left the house at 9a and it is now 9:45p and I am still at work, so the greenest thing I did was not use electricity at home! Composted and recycled, but that is about it for the day.