Green In The Works

Starting this project has been quite the experience. All day I think about little things I can do to help reduce my negative impact on earth and replace it with a positive one. Searching through the Internet I've come across extremely interesting and crazy green ideas. For example when you think green you usually think “Hey why not reuse a container, or recycle it” yet, the people at www.ecofriendlyideas.net have thought of every way possible of going green. They even have an eco friendly funeral, which would save 130kg of CO2 a year. To put this in perspective, you can compare it to the CO2 levels of tree. A tree breathes in and converts in about 900 kg of CO2 emissions over its lifetime. However this isn’t the only ideas they have, their ideas range from eco friendly shopping to eco friendly furniture and they even have everyday tips for people interested in helping the Earth.

Though it’s bit hard to accomplish some of these goals especially being in college, I have come across other ways in which I could be greener, and I plan on using these methods during my next ten days participating in the sustainability challenge. Here are some of my ideas:

1) *For starters I plan on riding my bike everyday from now on to campus instead of riding on our campus buses to class, in order to reduce carbon emissions. Though they will continue to run I will feel better doing something that’s better for the environment.

2) *I will unplug all appliances before I leave to class, or when I am not using them such as, toasters, rice maker and my George Foreman Grill.

3) *Try to reduce my paper usage. Only print when needed to hand something in, and use both sides of paper.

4) *Limit my showers. Take faster showers and save water.

5) *Plant a tree. Though I am in college, I have a wonderful campus surrounded with wildlife everywhere where I can plant a tree and add to the lush vegetation. This would help offset carbon emissions and create an even greater habitat.

6) *Last but not least, I WILL RECYCLE! Most crucial of all. All the plastic bottles and aluminum cans from all the parties we have here in COLLEGE will be recycled. J

So with all this set its time to put it to work. I invite everyone to partake in these green activities. Though it wont be easy it’s a task I have set my mind to and will accomplish.