I Am Trying to Be More Green - Forum & Chat Board | What are you doing to be a little greener?

I      1. recycle everything possible

        2. traded in my gas guzzeling SUV for a more fuel-effiecient model

        3. buy organic whenever possible

        4. eat less meat

        5. am looking into alternative energy sources for my electricity

- I have a worm bin for indoor composting - amazingly clean!

- I turn off my power strips.  I have one for my stereo and one for my computer.  When I shut down for the evening the power strips go too.  It's like unplugging it all.

- I have a drying rack for my clothes, since i don't have a yard.  It takes up a little space in my living room, but in a few hours everything is dry and ready to put away.

Every little bit counts!

These are all really good tips.  I do a good number of these things.  However, I don't think anyone mentioned buying locally. 

Support your local farmer's market(s).  Better for the environment and usually tastes better, too.

It you can grow some of your own food that is even better but I know that is not possible for everyone.  I have a small garden myself - herbs and tomatoes.

And invest in reusable canvas shopping bags.  I probably have over a dozen of these and I try to always have at least two or three in the car just in case I need to make a stop.  Some stores will give a bag rebate, too.

All good tips!

I compost all vegetable matter and any cardboard package.  I give the meat to the birds.  I had a solar hot water system installed.  I don't buy grocery items that have lots of packaging.  I turn off lights that aren't being used. 

We recycle everything possible, aluminum, paper, glass, plastic bottles, we also pick up a lot of these items when we walk our dog. (we live in a white trash wonderland) We recycle so much that we only throw out a kitchen bags worth of trash every 7-10 days. We also do not get into the consumerist lifestyle that has been destroying the planet.

We drive small fuel efficient vehicles and drive them less.

We have had CFL bulbs for the last 5 years and a water saving showerhead. We also line dry clothes, this saves way more than a CFL bulb.

Interesting recycling facts here.

www.recycling-revolution.com/recycling-facts.html

Lots of good tips here! I try to live frugally, which in general is usually also green. I try not to buy things unless neccessary. I try to reuse and recycle as much as possible. I use cloth grocery bags, I buy about 75% organic/all natural cleaning and beauty supplies, I try to walk places instead of driving as much as possible (though in California this isn't always easy) etc etc

I also wrap presents in used paper such as comics or scrap paper.

Sorry, not much new to add.

Being green, very important, but the problem is, the greenest technologies, are the most suppressed.  Sure hybrid cars are now all the rage, for 3K or more, you get a battery generator and electric motor, that gets you between 15% to 25% increase in mileage.  But did you know those lead acid batteries are horribly harmful to the enviroment to create?  The plants that create them cause horrible acid rain, there's no vegetation anywhere around those battery plants.  These major companies and corporations are releasing technology as slow as possible so they can make as much money off of it as possible.  Sure going green is the best thing to do, its in high demand now, and if you remember economics 101, demand means profit.  I don't mean to slam green technology, but much of the newest "green" technologies, aren't green at all.  Ethanol from corn is just a joke.  Ethanol from switchgrass is a decent technology, but isn't needed.  Let me explain....

1K or less in a HHO hydrogen generator will increase the mileage of any gasoline or diesel burning vehicle by a minimum of 40%, averaging 50% to 60% with the right system.  NEARLY ANY VEHICLE IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 50% BETTER MILEAGE!!!!

So why isn't detroit doing so?  Cause the petroleum companies don't want you to know that HALF OF THE GASOLINE THAT GOES IN YOUR TANK GOES OUT THE EXHAUSE UNBURNT!!!!

Which completely explains why if you add a little bit of rocket fuel (rocket fuel: generated from water, hydrogen and oxygen) then all of your gasoline is burnt, not half of it, which means your injectors only have to put half as much gasoline in your cylinders, again I repeat:

EVERY VEHICLE CAN DOUBLE IT'S MILEAGE!!!

So for any of you who are looking into buying a hybrid, realize, you don't need to buy a hybrid, any car can be far better than a stock hybrid, with the right technology, not technology that detroit can continue to profiteer from.  But if you still want that hybrid, well, put a hydrogen generator on it, you'll be getting 100 mpg not 50. 

But this is only one of the true technologies that is suppressed, cold fusion being number one.  The wide scale implementation of cold fusion would ultimately lead to a 100% green and nearly free energy structure.  Electricity would cost next to nothing.  The energy required to manufacture goods, to move goods, to move us, to do anything, would cost next to nothing.  The world's economy would recieve the biggest kick in the *** this world's ever seen.  And not only would the people of the world benefit, but also the enviroment.  But the powers that be don't give a rat's *** about what's good for the people or the world, in fact they care just the opposite, they would have us their slaves forever, break free of those dirty chains.  And that's what this forum is about, what have we done to be greener, sorry I rant and rave, this subject brings up strong emotions with me.  And the public needs educated on these suppressed technologies so we can force them to come about. 



But onto what i've done to be greener.  I bought a car 2 years ago that runs on natural gas.  The gas that's in the pipelines to your stove and furnace and water heater.  It's mostly methane, (CH4) a simple molecule that burns cleanly, so yeah, my car produces 40%-70& less carbon emissions and 95% less other noxious fumes.  Not only is natural gas clean, it's cheap (97 cents a gallon in utah) and we're sitting on top of huge reserves of it.  If anybody has any more questions on the subject, message me.