Happy 40th anniversary Earth Day!
Make a commitment to change
In honor of Earth Day, commit to making 3 changes in your lifestyle to help the environment.
What items do you use the most that you could find a more environmentally-friendly alternative for?
Here are my 3 Earth Day resolutions:
Rechargeable batteries
We seem to go through batteries like milk in my house, and I am embarrassed to count how many are in the to-be-recycled box. This year I plan to invest in rechargeable batteries. If anyone can recommend a good set/charger that works well, I would greatly appreciate the advice.
Reusable lunch bags
I pack two lunchboxes each day and use plastic containers when I can, but I find it difficult to fit more than a few in the lunchbox. I found some reusable, dishwasher safe bags called Lunchskins.
Recyclable lunch bags
Now they also offer recyclable bags. 50 eco-disposable paper bags that are perfect for all your food storage needs.
Recycle crayons
I wanted one resolution to include a new recycling program and found a company that recycles old crayons called CrazyCrayons.com. The crayons are recycled into new cool crayons in different shapes and sold at their shop.
This program is helping to reduce the number of petroleum-based wax crayons discarded in land fields. They also frequently employee people with disabilities through Opportunities Unlimited which just makes this program that much better in my opinion.
I will begin recycling the crayons in my home as well as set up a few collection boxes for the organizations I am involved in to collect more.
These are great resolutions! I am putting my foot down on convenience foods this year. The garbage they create is crazy! Along with this I am hoping to set up a worm bin…again. My worms died the first time…and I didn’t have the heart to start all over again! Also, committing to buying more in bulk.
LOL I tried the worm farm and was a failure. I can’t keep plants alive, I don’t know what made me think I could handle worms. Plus I didn’t want to touch them and almost had a heart attack when the woman I got them from used her bare hands to bag them. ha ha I will have to focus on non-animal ways to change 🙂
I’m going to try out a local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm. You essentially pay for a season of vegetables up front and then get a box of fruits and veggies each week containing whatever is in season at that time. It’s cheaper than the grocery store and supports local farmers.
That will help with my other goal of eating more unprocessed foods to minimize packaging and avoid added preservatives, salt, sugar…
That sounds interesting. I will have to see if we have a CSA program around here.