tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321084510373631678.post2535433600489792298..comments2024-03-28T17:20:47.755-05:00Comments on PRACTICAL PARSIMONY: Earth Day 2016Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14991571309786149363noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321084510373631678.post-91859944848294546632017-04-24T12:53:20.141-05:002017-04-24T12:53:20.141-05:00Anne,
We only get a basket the size of a clothes b...Anne,<br />We only get a basket the size of a clothes basket for recyclables. It usually does not need to be taken to the road but once a month. <br /><br />Some people rig up a clothesline on a porch just for sheets and rugs, sneak things out to dry and quickly bring them in. I hung a sheet to dry indoors by putting it over washer and dryer. Right now, there is still too much pollen for me to go out that long or live with the pollen brought in. I just put towels on a pants hanger and hang it in a doorway, several in one doorway. <br /><br />I went to a friend's house, bringing a guy who wanted to buy something from her. She whispered for me to hang back with him so she could get her panties off the clothesline in her kitchen. I had never noticed the clothesline because her house was so cluttered, not hoarding, just a mess. After that, I noticed she had several clotheslines all over the house. No, I am not recommending that, nor will I try that. Well, I might put one in the laundry room.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991571309786149363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321084510373631678.post-65875864588747645642017-04-24T12:00:05.156-05:002017-04-24T12:00:05.156-05:00I am more conscious of my carbon footprint now tha...I am more conscious of my carbon footprint now than I have ever been. Here we have recycling door pick up, so there is no hassle on anyone. I am amazed at how few of my neighbors actually recycle since they (the waste management company) even provide the rolling recycling bins. All you have to do it put stuff in there and roll it to the curb. I do admit to using the dryer more than I have to. I hang nearly all my clothes to dry, but towels and sheets? We have a no clothesline neighborhood covenant , so I can't hang them.Anne in the kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533249631969001657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321084510373631678.post-25334433486197256262017-04-24T11:35:03.999-05:002017-04-24T11:35:03.999-05:00Bellen,
I do some of those other things, too. Than...Bellen,<br />I do some of those other things, too. Thanks for reminding me.<br /><br />never heard of that show, but I know I will be fascinated and hate that logic. J wants to move out of friend's house and rent a house of their own. She buys bottled, sweetened water and says, when I look askance, "But, it's only a dollar and the bottle is so pretty." I want to scream, but it would do no good. Now, I am going to watch some of the Dollar Tree Hauls.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991571309786149363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321084510373631678.post-89906157474916994152017-04-24T05:48:18.870-05:002017-04-24T05:48:18.870-05:00Linda, like you we do many small things every day ...Linda, like you we do many small things every day to help our Mother Earth survive. We use cold water for laundry, have a solar hot water heater, don't heat the pool just let the sun do it, use the computer for the newspaper and magazines to save trees, use LED light bulbs, keep our electric use to a minimum, run errands & appointments if at all possible just one day a week to save gas, only buy what is necessary, don't use a dryer, and on and on.<br /><br />BTW have you ever watched Dollar Tree Hauls on Youtube. The main comment seems to be "it's only $1, how can you go wrong?" I'm kind of hooked on them as I'm fascinated with what they buy. It's not Earth Day promoting .Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249001827113998376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321084510373631678.post-49224909795177085582017-04-24T02:20:49.122-05:002017-04-24T02:20:49.122-05:00EC, Thanks. I hope I can do better. Oh, I did not ...EC, Thanks. I hope I can do better. Oh, I did not use the dryer, either. All these are normal for me, not just a one-day effort.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991571309786149363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321084510373631678.post-26876909364289796922017-04-24T01:01:39.820-05:002017-04-24T01:01:39.820-05:00If all of us made the same small steps you did, th...If all of us made the same small steps you did, the changes would rock the world.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com