Happy Earth Day 2013
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I think that a better question would be this: What are YOU, hedgie, doing daily to make the earth a better place?
Peace!
I think that a better question would be this: What are YOU, hedgie, doing daily to make the earth a better place?
Peace!
I hug my trees and speak softly to my plants :lol:
seriously, I started recycling this year, my daughter and I make sure to separate our trash into what is recyclable and not
I also grow some of my own fruit, I have lemon trees, lime trees, orange trees :shrug: going to add another orange tree and apple tree too
Good. Grow your own shit!
Just curious. Is the recycling program new to your community? Or was it just a recent conscious choice to actually do it?
Regardless, it's better than nothing, right?
Peace!
And to answer your question, hedgie....
Daily, 24/7 and much to their chagrin and annoyance, I constantly try to influence many to make more ethical choices.
Peace!
Daily, 24/7 and much to their chagrin and annoyance, I constantly try to influence many to make more ethical choices.
Peace!
Good. Grow your own shit!
Just curious. Is the recycling program new to your community? Or was it just a recent conscious choice to actually do it?
Regardless, it's better than nothing, right?
Peace!
my subdivision requires we recycle, they gave us a huge green recycling bin and I put it out every other Friday, my daughter tells me her school is required too also, so we just make it part of the routine, no glass though, which I find strange :shrug:
Here we not only Recycle but also are mandated to compost, meaning we aren't suppose to put anything compostable in the trash, but in the 'green bin'
Best thing anyone could do for the environment today is to not drive. :0008
Best thing anyone could do for the environment today is to not drive. :0008
Food scraps mostly. Plants/wood. Honestly I don't get the big deal with composts because food is going to biodegrade wherever you put it, but I'm assuming they have some reason for the separate bins. :shrug:
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Yes, because compost can be re-used in gardens to grow more food, so it doesn't go into trash heaps like other things that don't biodegrade, but rather goes back into the cycle of life.
At our house, we have four big composting heaps, and it all goes back on our garden in spring.
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And to answer your question, hedgie....
Daily, 24/7 and much to their chagrin and annoyance, I constantly try to influence many to make more ethical choices.
Peace!
I like ethically annoying people.
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Absolutely understand personal composting. But as far as citywide, I am curious/skeptical that the logistics required to setup compost pickup is paid for by the resultant compost.
If it is a serious money drain and the material would decompose in the dump anyway, it seems like a waste.
Not that I'm losing any sleep over it. I am a fanatic recycler, but really bad at sorting out my food scraps. It's icky. :violin:
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One article I read said that 29% (the majority of any category) of your trash bill goes towards composting. Also, I think over 70% of recycling is shipped to China. The carbon footprint is still "claimed" to be smaller, but it sure doesn't make much sense.
From what I read, over 90% of the compost from SF goes north to wine country (Napa and Sonoma). It does take a lot of work to produce compost. Seems like as with everything - once things get too "big", they become inefficient and not nearly as effective, but it probably still have positive benefits all around.
I used to make a twice a month trip to the local recycling center-we were only able to recycle a few items like newspaper, magazines, glass, cans, plastic 1 & 2 bottles, and corrugated cardboard. Now we can opt to have curbside in big 96 gallon bins. We can recycle so many more items now, that I fill the whole bin over the top every two weeks. Sometimes I even have to have a bin sitting next to it at pickup time to hold the extra stuff. I should compost and reuse it in my garden but I haven't built a bin for that stuff yet. Do you just put it on a pile and let it ferment or how do you go about that? What can you put in a compost pile? Doesn't it get stinky? Because I could see my neighbors pitching a fit. PaSprint makes fun of me and calls me a tree hugger. If he throws something in the garbage and I say "hey that's recyclabe" he groans. I'll eventually get him to catch on.
What do you do for the earth FDC? I bet you hug trees and drive a prius :mj07:
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Our compost doesn't smell at all - if you do it right, it shouldn't smell. There are more precise measurements, but we just throw all vegetable and fruit food scraps (no meat, dairy, anything fatty) into our pile, and then cover it with leaves or some other dry material about once a week. Then just let it sit and do its work. You can put a great deal of things in the pile - cardboard, lint from the dryer, newspaper, straw, grass clippings, tons of stuff. They also have enclosed composters you can get where the pile is not out "in the air". We have about 6 acres, and we have four huge compost piles, so no one to worry about, but even when you are a foot away, they don't smell at all.
Cheers
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What's wrong with hugging trees?
At least he doesn't drive a Ford, because they contribute lots of money to support the Gay and Lesbian communities.
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