Reducing your carbon footprint.

[Da Klugs]

I conscientiously avoid stepping in carbon.

[Blueface]

I regularly wipe my feet on the door mat to avoid footprints.

[hotreds]

Originally Posted by Da Klugs

I conscientiously avoid stepping in carbon.

Originally Posted by Blueface

I regularly wipe my feet on the door mat to avoid footprints.

Yup, that's basically it!

[Ashcan Bill]

Originally Posted by Blueface

I regularly wipe my feet on the door mat to avoid footprints.

I AM the door mat.

[SSatVT]

I recycle pretty much everything that I can. Turn off the lights. Don't run the water when brushing my teeth or shaving. I also have a valve on my shower head that allows me to turn off the water when I am soaping.

Originally Posted by Da Klugs

I conscientiously avoid stepping in carbon.

You must have a hard time walking then.

We recycle glass, paper and plastic. Reuse plastic bags, observe watering laws and most often water for only 30-50 minutes per zone.

On the down side, I drive like I want to and enjoy it. If you're in a Prius and taking off nice and slow, I'm the guy flying around you using up the gas you're saving. And I'm all for enforcing the "slower traffic keep right" signs to the fullest extent.


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Now playing: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Back My Bullets
via FoxyTunes

Originally Posted by borndead1

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"If it's yellow, let it mellow...." yeah, I do that
Reuse plastic bags

errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrr

[RGD.]

Previous conversation with my daughter in college:

Phone rings

Me: Hello
Her: Hey Dad.
Me: Hey. What's up.
Her: Well we were figuring up carbon footprints, and do you know how much your carbon footprint is?
Me: Size 11?
Her: Serious Dad. Your truck is the biggest problem, spewing out crap and all.
Me: Well . . . I could sell the truck that is helping me earn enough money to pay for your college. Buy me a sky blue Prius or some damn thing. And then you could pay for your own college.
Her: So - you need a new air freshener or something for the truck?
Me: Uh-huh. LOL


Like most - we do recycle, to an extent. Lawn debris get put in the back woods and stuff. Compact bulbs where I can, etc etc. Really though - I worry about Carbon Footprints as much as I do about Global Warming. Pretty much not.


Ron

[Mr. Ed]

I recycle as much as possible, paper, plastic, glass. Turn lights off when I'm not using them. My apartment doesn't even have AC so there goes that right there.

I don't see any problem with keeping the environment around us clean and nice and tidy. If you've ever visited some places in the former Soviet Union or Eastern Europe you can see what happens when you have people that don't care about their environment.

I recycle paper, bottles, plastic jugs etc.

I try to conserve utility use, but not so much for "Mother Earth", more for my bank account. Electric is a tough one in my house, with a 9-year-old son, a wife that has got to leave some lights on while I'm gone (I work 24 hr shifts and travel a bit) even with an 80 pound Boxer on constant watch. Who the hell is going to break in...turn the lights off, woman!!!
Sorry, I'm getting carried away.

[Scothew]

I help put out fires...... thats gotta help some right?

Um.. we swapped all the bulbs in the house to FL, i work from home now for my computer job and hardly keep any lights on during the day... the 3 computer monitors and laptop and other gizmos more than make up taht difference

Oh and I hunt... eat what ya kill, only kill what you'll eat.

I only use biodegradable plastic bags to dispose of the bodies anymore

[The Poet]

I have no car, no house, no wife, no kids, no pets - well, pretty much no life. If I wanna flush the john or toss a beercan in the trash, WTF?

[Sr Mike]

I use the left over carbon in my ashtrays as fertilizer.

As the incandescent lights burnout, I replace them with CFL. Since Im Jewish, I don't do Christmas lighting. I use non-drip candles in my Menorah.

I ride a motorcycle to and from work all year round. I telecommute once a week.

I try to use plants that don't require much h2o

I recycle everything possible, I turn of any lights not in use and ***** at anyone who leaves them on, I open windows for a breeze rather than running the A/C 24 hours a day, all of my outside lights are solar powered, I feed my worms scrap food as to not fill up the trash can with it, etc.

This is MY planet.

[shilala]

I can't do the "yellow let it mellow" thing. I feel bad enough about peeing in my cat's water dish, plus he won't drink the yellow stuff.
He appreciates the sentiment, and every time the toilet flushes, he goes and gets a drink. Occasionally he falls in. I can tell by the puddles on the toilet seat.

It hadn't occurred to me, but I do use compact flourescents everywhere except the bathroom vanity lights, because they don't fit. They sell the flourescent round ball kind that would match, but I'm not paying 10 bucks for a light bulb. Ever.

[AD720]

I enjoy taking public transportation or walking as opposed to driving (but a lot of that has to do with living in the city), I like to open the windows instead of running the A/C when possible, we recycle everything that is possible in our area, stopped buying bottle water, drive fuel efficient vehicles, reduce the amount of waste we create by using re-usable as often as possible (no plastic plates or cups, reusable grocery bags), go "green" with our correspondence by opting for paper-less billing. If we had any outdoor space we would definitely compost but for now we put as much food waste as possible in the garbage disposal to cut down on landfill usage.

It's about doing a lot of little things that really add up.

The nice thing about most of those things is that they save us money as well. Win-win.

[jjirons69]

I pee outside when and where I can. I'd do it anyway even if it wasn't conserving water.
I have a HUGE compost bin. We compost grass clippings and anything in the kitchen that can go out there, including Kleenexs, tea bags, coffee filters, etc.
I don't throw out tree or shrub limbs or clippings, I make a giant pile and let nature get rid of them.
I use grass clippings to carpet my garden. Good for moisture retention and weed barriers.
I raise hell about any light being on outside of room we're in, as well as any outside door being left open, or frig door for that matter.
I change the oil in our cars and take it to the recycle center.
We recycle cans, paper, cardboard, batteries, and plastics. The recycled cans go to the Youth Group at church and the rest to the county center. I don't write our name on the can bag, lots of barley pop cans in there.
We eat veggies from our garden year round and try to eat venison and fish we caught at least once a month or more.
I try to breathe as little as possible.

[Ratters]

I sit in my Dodge Ram Hemi and rev the engine as much as I can. It's too damn cold around here.