Go Green Thread

[Tom_Kaulitz_Love]

Okay...I've search the forum for this kind of thread and I didn't find one....or one close to it...so I decided to make one (if I overlooked one, the feel free to delete this one)

Okay...now that I have gotten that outta the way...I decided I wanted to make this thread because people, media have been thinking of ways to help the environment and making ways to go greener....

I want to know how you go green, how you help the environment or how you want to but don't have support any anything else......etc...

Welll...let's start the discussions.....:smile:

[.Go.Be.It.]

I don't know if it's a "green" thing, but I absolutely CANNOT stand anything plastic. Whenever I eat something kept in a plastic container, I feel like I'm eating the container instead of the food. *shudders* I try to use glass or metal where I can.
(/rant xD)

I also try to walk wherever I can to avoid using gas (also good for health (= ).

[DarkSideOfTheSun]

I don't know if it's a "green" thing, but I absolutely CANNOT stand anything plastic. Whenever I eat something kept in a plastic container, I feel like I'm eating the container instead of the food. *shudders* I try to use glass or metal where I can.
(/rant xD)

I also try to walk wherever I can to avoid using gas (also good for health (= ).
+1,
I totally undestand it,

I try to chose non-plastic natural stuff, I don't mess anything unlike some... ehem, idiots from school, earth day - I'm in, and of course helping animals, volunteering, feeding them, taking care of them.

:]

[lulululoved]

Ooh, my type of post.

Okay, I recycle everything that I possibly can: paper, plastic, metal, glass.
I use energy conserving light bulbs. All of my cleaning chemicals, dishwasher stuff, clothes cleaning things are Earth friendly and free of any harsh chemicals. I use material bags for groceries. My bath/shower stuff is all Earth friendly, and I save as much water as possible when in the shower.

I use the dishwasher three times a week, and wash laundry once a week to get it all done at once and save water. I have power strips for every electrical plug that is used frequently. I'm pescetarian/vegetarian, so I don't eat meat and I very, very, very rarely eat fish. I re-use all plastic bottles that I buy multiple times before tossing them in the recycling. I don't get the newspaper, my bills are done all online and the rest I recycle.

Also, I either ride my bike, ride the bus or walk to all of my destinations, unless it's necessary that I drive. (I have to have 40 hours on my permit to get my license.) I leave the lights off during the day and open the blinds/drapes to let in natural light. The heater/cooler for my house is kept off. On cold days, we use the fireplace; on hot days, we turn on all the ceiling fans in the house. (Did you know that ten ceiling fans uses about 1/4 of the power that one cooler for a house uses?)

There's probably more, but I can't think of much else, right now. Hehe~

[lulululoved]

+1,
I totally undestand it,

I try to chose non-plastic natural stuff, I don't mess anything unlike some... ehem, idiots from school, earth day - I'm in, and of course helping animals, volunteering, feeding them, taking care of them.

:]

Metal is just as bad for you as plastic is, if not worse. Glass or paper is the healthiest forms of packaging, although, most things are not packaged that way. Also, it depends on the type of plastic used. Certain plastics are worse than others.

I also avoid microwaving stuff. It's horrible for you to microwave food and such. :/

[DarkSideOfTheSun]

I don't use mircowaves :P , btw, why is metal worse?

[lulululoved]

I don't use mircowaves :P , btw, why is metal worse?

Tin cans are widely used for packaging of pasteurized and sterilized food. They present corrosion with acid medium. Zink, iron and all other metal ions are the increased in food. Many poisoning cases were caused by the use of zinc bowls.
Metal ions were drastically reduces by internal coating the cans with layers of varnish. The wrong varnish can also create a high level of BADGE.
Small cracks of the varnish layer can cause black dots when chicken meat is present. The iron of the can reacts with the sulphur of the protein molecules of the resulting iron sulfide. Quality inspection of the varnish coating is therefore very important.
[Source (http://www.ourfood.com/Packaging.html)]

↑ That site also has many other interesting facts/educational things on it, if you are at all interested. :)

[lulululoved]

Also, if you buy vegetables in cans, they are already pre-cooked. Then, when you warm them up on the stove or in the microwave, the healthy properties in the veggies are no longer in existence and you're pretty much just taking in empty calories. Buying fresh/frozen veggies are, honestly, a lllloootttt better for you.

[VanessaM]

I am absolutely fanatical about not wasting paper. If I print something out that I don't end up wanting or using, I use the back of the page as scrap. I haven't bought a notepad in years.