The Changes

The date has almost arrived! In two days I'll be kick-starting my year of re-use. I will blog about some of the things that I do to reuse and changes I make in my daily life to incorporate reusing. I'd love to hear some ways that other people are reusing?

This would be a cheap marketing ploy on any other website but I honestly believe the underlying motive for my new business is very much in line with changeeverything, and I hope that it inspires others to adopt a broader thinking pattern when it comes to possible changes we can make by better utilizing resources we already have.

Reduce, Reuse... Then Recycle. A friend of mine reminded me this week that there are two other R's other than Recycle. Often times, the majority of us can pat ourselves on the back on how much we recycle our containers and cans, but why not take it a step further?

What kind of city do we want to live in during the garbage strike? What are you going to do? Just ignore the growing smelly pile of bags around your dumpster or refuge bin, as the crows spread junk over your alley?

I am switching all lights to cfls, unplugging anything not in use and using power bars for all electronics to turn them off more easily.  Any other suggestions?

I'm fairly green, I think. Try not to consume too much,we own a Prius, I mostly walk to work. But we have never composted before. I can't quite say why.

We were in Seattle over the holiday and they have mandatory recycling, which is amazing. They also have a city-wide yard and food waste pick-up program. This floored me.