Go green :D Options

[Comptine]

It's Earth Week. Are you taking measures to be greener?

I'm a HUGE meat eater and I'm not going to change that any time soon (aka at all). However, i would love to change everything else that I can.

I took my ecological footprint quiz. I scored a 22. T.T So not the greenest person in the world.

You can take yours here: http://www.conservation.org/act/live_green...ofootprint.aspx

What do you do to be greener on a day-to-day basis?

-I recycle
-I use a Brita filter and a reusable Nalgene bottle type thing (so i don't really buy bottled water)

That's about it.

[S-Majere]

Urgh, unless the US and China commit to 'going green', there's nothing much the rest of the world can do save to put a tiny time delay on the inevitable.

The UK has some ridiculous rules regarding recyling. We have three separate bins - one for garden rubbish, one for household, one for biodegradable and a blue bag for paper waste per household. If these bins are but an inch overfilled, the homeowner is fined. If the council do some snooping and find that we have put cardboard in the household waste bin, we are fined. Same goes for the rest.

Rubbish collections are fortnightly. Crazy, if you think about 5 people trying to share the capacity of one household waste bin for two weeks. Maggots are a serious problem in most and rats are also encouraged.

Recycling and going green is, IMO, just another way for the government to control us and keep a lid on dwindling finite resources. I'm not into conspiracy theories much, but the recent ferver over our environment can only spell a serious concern over our three fuels (gas, oil, coal) that are running out.

Whoops, that was a minor rant and probably belongs in debate or locked in a padded cell under sedation.

On a more positive note, we do use low-energy lightbulbs, recycle when we're forced to, switch off lights, re-use carriar bags and put the washing on 'eco-dry'.

Not that it makes any difference