As for my contribution, I don’t throw litters anywhere. i make sure I look for grabage bins/trash cans. Coming from a place like Davao, we’re used to observing this practice. Trash are also segregated: biodegradable and non-biodegradable. I don’t request for cc paper bills also — save paper, save trees.

- we use the “katsa” shopping bags or the eco friendly bags everytime we go to the supermarket
- we have a drum and tabo in our CR instead of using shower when taking a bath
- we use CFL (compact fluorescent lamp) instead of those yellow bulb lights
- we collect used newspapers, used bottles and plastic containers and bring them to the junkshop
- we use tumblers instead of plastic bottles
- reuse plastics
- we clean our car muffler and house aircon regularly

Btw, I already posted this contest in my blog! =)

Well I don’t litter. And I don’t let my friends either. I’d rather keep the trash in my bag to throw in the bin later on than leave it anywhere. (and I’m very OC on this, even my hubby says it’s weird that I do this).

Conserve Energy. No Aircon. Turn off appliances when not in use. I turn off my Computer Monitor not the CPU though when I’m at home and not using it. Although I turn CPU off if I’m going out even just for awhile. unplug appliances when not at home.

Conserve Water. Not leave the water on the faucet running when Washing dishes, washing face, brushing my teeth, etc.

Is!

Not litter on the street. I make sure I always throw my trash (regardless how small or big it is) into a garbage bin/container. If there aren’t any around, I keep it inside my bag.

Oh. Wait. There’s more!

I love fresh air. If it’s windy outside, I prefer to open the windows to my room to let the fresh air come in then switch off the electric fan to conserve energy.

I never throw plastic bags needlessly. As long as it can be used, I keep it for future needs. Then there’s using a water bottle instead of the available paper cups in the pantry and using a towel/handkerchief instead of tissue paper.

Just small acts of kindness. ;_;

And I hereby disqualify myself from the contest, because I don’t want to contribute to global warming and increased fossil fuel use by having a reusable bag sent to me by airmail. ;-)

I dunno… somehow I end up with more tote bags than I can count. They’re as much of a hassle to get rid of as the plastic bags, sometimes. Some of this enviro-marketing is simply… marketing! It’s designed to get you to buy stuff. Buy stuff (like bags) so you don’t use stuff. Uh… how does that work again?

Anyway… I replace regular bulbs with fluorescents as the old ones burn out; no electric heat or AC in my house — just open the windows and let the breeze blow through! I’m the only stinkin’ staff member at my work place who gives a rip about recycling, and I’ve put a recycling bin outside my classroom… and I’m constantly digging bottles and cans out of the rubbish cans that are dropped in by teachers who ignore my recycling bin! (We’re doomed, people! We really are!) I pick up so much trash off the beach and the bike path every time I go for a walk or ride, it’s not even fun to go for a walk or ride anymore. I reuse most of the packing material from all the Pinky:st figures I buy on-line. We recycle almost all the cardboard and newspaper that comes into the house. I don’t subscribe to newspapers, because they just pile up, and if I need to see one I can pick it up free at work. I don’t have children, because with six-billion people on the earth, there’s more than enough resource-gobbling humans without adding more. I plant Crown Flower bushes in the yard to attract butterflies, and I pick up the caterpillars that are knocked off the leaves after a heavy rain and put them back on the bush.

And to keep this “travel-related,” on the rare occasions when I travel, I stay at cheap hotels where they let you reuse your towels for a couple of days before laundering them.

Happy Earth Day!

ahehehehehe! nag dinner kami kagabi ni toot toot.

I’m also going to take the bus to work, but I always do that, since I don’t have a permit!

how do i contribute in saving Earth?

- i reuse envelopes, bubble wraps, plastics as package wrappers http://ivan-ulrich.blogspot.com/2008/03/tackle-it-tuesday-hello-mr-mailman.html

- i unplug tv, electric fan, computer from its sockets so as to totally save electricity (unplugging them saves 25% off from your consumption)

- i switched off the light in the terrace when it’s already 4am. (it’s open beginning 12mn to ward off robbers)

- i recycle water used by my 6-month old baby for his bath as water for cleaning the dusty cement floor in the open area of the house; also used as ‘pambuhos’ in the toilet when making poo-poo…hehehe.

that’s all i can think for now.