The Following: What’s Something ‘Green’ You Did Today?
If you’ve been floating around in the “green” scene for more than five minutes, you’ve probably noticed some significant trends. Among them, you’ll find that people love sharing what they’re doing to be eco-friendly with their friends, family – anyone who has an interest and an ear and a few minutes to spare.
People aren’t just excited to be doing something positive for the planet, but also to learn from each other through their collective experiences. Here at Earth911.com, we’re all about the three R’s: reducing, reusing and recycling. So, what are you all about?
To find out, we asked our Twitter followers, “What’s something green that you did today?” Here are our favorite responses:
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Green tweets are fun! Photo: dougjumper.com
miql: @Earth911 I ride the train/bus/walk about 2-3 days out of the week. Otherwise, I take the car (runs on bio-diesel).
- dupontchick24: @Earth911 Where I work there is no recycling bins. I take a reusable shopping bag & leave it near the trash & cart home recyclable when full – oh & i even pull them out of the trash. lol
- frugalforlife: @Earth911 I was green today by walking to the bookmobile instead of driving to the library
- GlobalGreenInt: @Earth911 Will be giving free recycling service of plastic water bottles and aluminum cans to a client for three months
We think these are pretty cool answers. From taking public transportation and using biofuels to recycling, there’s obviously a number of different steps we can take to make an impact on our communities.
If you want to be part of the conversation, follow us on Twitter. Or, leave a comment below. And if you’re really into sharing your eco-story, check out our Earth Day 2009 Channel, where you can tweet pledges to celebrate your eco-efforts this year.
As of June 17th 2011 we have upgraded our comment system to use Facebook comments.
The below comments are closed and are listed for historical purposes.
Trey Granger
posted on March 30th, 2009 at 11:57 am
I went out of town this weekend and moved my indoor plants outside to get them some sunshine. Hopefully they’ll return the favor by absorbing any of the toxins I release while cleaning my place this week.
Lori Brown
posted on March 30th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
I celebrated Earth Hour 2009 this weekend and carpooled this morning to work as usual.
Charity Akers Durham
posted on April 1st, 2009 at 2:04 pm
I found a reycling center less than a half mile from our home office and set up recycling bins so its EASY for everyone to recycle.
Peaceout25
posted on April 2nd, 2009 at 8:11 am
I work in a small office & I have recycling boxes/bins everywhere. Every time I learn a new way to recycle something, I set up another box & send out another email to my office. I take the recycling home w/me & send out other things to be recycles by others (pens to the Pen Guy; #5 caps to Whole Foods or Aveda; ink/toner cartridges to the local school….) I am CONSTANTLY pulling things out of the trash – my office mates call me Oscar – LOL I do what I can – it’s easy enough that everyone should.
Dee Lyon
posted on April 3rd, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Since I took out my lawn, my California Native plants that I put in have taken over and don’t require much water, no fertilizer, pesticides or mowing. My vegetable garden that I weeded today will provide food without trucks and planes moving it around.
Marion Napier
posted on April 10th, 2009 at 8:29 am
I collect wire hangers from the cleaners. When I get a large collection, I return them to the cleaners. It gets them out of my closet and the cleaners can reuse them instead of buying more. When my groceries are placed in plastic bags to carry home, I return them to the grocery’s recycle bin. I purchased several re-useable cloth bags to carry my groceries home instead of using plastic.
R.C.W.
posted on April 22nd, 2009 at 11:19 am
Here at work we have adopted the mantra, “Say No To Styro.” Instead of employees using two or three Styrofoam cups a day, costing upwards of $5,000 annually, our boss issued plastic travel cups with lids. The initial cost was a $250. It was a cost cutting matter at first, but now my co-workers are looking around to see where else we can make our workplace greener.
Denise
posted on July 8th, 2009 at 7:45 am
I have been green by getting bins at my work, and got everybody informed and recycling in the office. I also am starting a Green Club at my college. We had our first Earth Day celebration at school this past semester, with free food and drinks and some business such as Florida Refuse, Progress Energy and Southwest Florida Water Management District. I have alot of ideas in store for these next semesters. At my college we now have recycling bins throughout campus. And are finally getting rid of all of our styrofoam in the cafeteria! I also bought 2 more re-usable grocery bags yesterday, and I plan to get a lot of fabric (hopefully donated) and make bags myself and give them out.
James
posted on September 28th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
I recently purchased a large 45 gallon lidded trash receptacle made of recycled plastic along with an aluminum can crusher and installed them at my workplace. I just took the first load of workplace recycling to the city’s recycle center after only 8 working days of collection! That was last Thursday and the can is about 1/2 full now. I also reuse the blank side of paper used in the office when the content on the printed side and the printed use purpose of the reused paper permits. I go behind everyone and turn off the lights in the employee restroom (men’s!). I take home my compostable lunch waste from work. I avoid using paper cups at work and bring a handtowel from home to avoid using paper towels as much as possible at work.
At home we leave off lights unless it’s necessary to see while in the room. We use an electric power utility company that uses only renewable power generating sources such as wind, water, geothermal and solar.
We use CFLs in all our lamps and ceiling lighting. We compost. We recently purchased new washer and dryer appliances that use less than a third of the water our old ones used and less power. I even selected the make based on where it and its parts were made in addition to the dryer being a condensation dryer, eliminating the need for a air vent hose. The manufacturing source is relatively local, reducing the carbon footprint of the transport of its material and the finished product, not to mention supporting local (US)manufacturing and employment. My most recent order of company uniform clothing is made of recycled and renewable material (recycled polyester and bamboo). I drive 55 on highway enroute home to reduce emissions and increase fuel economy. My coffee maker is a thermos type that runs only while the coffee is brewing. We eat and drink organic as much as possible. We use our own cloth and recycled material shopping bags everywhere. The soap I use is handmade locally instead of from a large commercial store bought brand. I collect rainwater for watering our plants. I’m in the process of building a greenhouse from found lumber and concrete to more cost effectively transform my current non-native suburban lawn into mostly beds of native species to ultimately save water and create a more diverse wildscape to attract beneficial wildlife. I garden organically. We do restaurant take out or leftovers with our own plastic storageware instead of the restaurant’s usual packaging fare made from styrofoam.
But I’m not obsessed, if that’s what you’re thinking!