How will my children's books on social responsibility ever get published OR SOLD if I can't even pull up this new site's PR to 1. Maybe that's the problem. I've been spreading myself too thinly these days -- 3 blogs and a full-time job, hula-dancing on the side which has been dominating the after-hours lately for an upcoming show, wifey duties -- whatever you imagine (mostly cooking, what were you thinking?) and then some. There's practically no time to pause and roll out the red carpet for my muse's much-awaited visit.
Earth Day yesterday just rubbed salt to the wound since I've been aching to come up with something to give back to the environment -- something in my own very little way that can hopefully create tiny ripples of change. I'm far from being a hardcore tree-hugger but I am slowly evolving...uhrm...maturing...into a realistic (not one with highfalutin goals through highfalutin means) environmentalist lately, more than I've ever been in my whole life! It comes with age, I guess.
Earth Day yesterday just rubbed salt to the wound since I've been aching to come up with something to give back to the environment -- something in my own very little way that can hopefully create tiny ripples of change. I'm far from being a hardcore tree-hugger but I am slowly evolving...uhrm...maturing...into a realistic (not one with highfalutin goals through highfalutin means) environmentalist lately, more than I've ever been in my whole life! It comes with age, I guess.
Since being a bonafide environmentalist will involve a major overhaul in my way of life, I'm gunning to achieve the SMART goals at the moment as an ordinary dweller. SMART Goals...anyone in this day and age especially if you're in the workforce should know what these are, right?
These are:
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Relevant/Realistic
Time-Sensitive/Time-bound
Do you want to join me on these very minute lifestyle changes? I promise you, they sound big and hard when we hear or see them on campaigns but they are really simple negligible tasks that we will barely notice the changes if we try to incorporate them into our lifestyle a little at a time. Traveling the extra mile, inch by inch. Tiny ripples can go far remember?
"RECYCLE" is a big word. I am not going to promise that -- Instead:
1. I will throw my trash on the proper bins, I will not save the sorting for later since it will take the same amount of time for me go to the bins anyway, and thus leaving no secondary task (with the possibility of not being able to accomplish) hanging.
2. I will bring my own huge canvas bags to all my trips to the grocery. One for dry goods, one for produce and one for meat.
3. I will minimize the use of non-biodegradable stuff like plastic bags, plastic cups and water bottles. I will use my double water-filter at home and fill up travel jugs if I need to bring water on my trips outside the home. The bottled water will be my last resort, if there are really no other options left. I will try to make sure there are other options left!
4. I will keep using the back of printouts for scratch papers until they are all written and doodled out. I will not buy fancy TO DO list pads from the store and I will use scratch papers instead. Anything for the trees!
"CONSERVE WATER" is big as well. But how many times have we let the water run on showers, the kitchen sink when we're washing dishes and the bathroom sink when we're brushing our teeth?
5. I will turn the faucet off if I'm not: A. filling up a container (bowl, pot for cooking, bottle, kettle, cup) B. getting stuff wet in preparation for washing or cleaning C. taking soap off surfaces like dishes, cars or myself snd D. "feeding" the plants
"CONSERVING ENERGY" is even bigger. But if I:
6. Unplug appliances that I'm not using -- VCR in the guest room, computer and printer in the home office, the Wii and Playstation that we use usually only every other weekend, lampshades, humidifier and the motley of chargers for today's gadgets -- cellphone, iPod, digital camera yada yada...
7. Turn the lights off rooms when no one's in them
8. After a trip to the grocery, I will gather all items that will go to the freezer and the refrigerator and make sure I'm ready before I open these doors. That way, I will shove everything in at one time without having to open and close several times. (I think this will help)
...maybe we'll get there.
and lastly, SAVE THE AIR. The biggest of them all? Vague and so waaaay out there. In my little way, I will simply:
9. Cluster or clump together all my errands per area and thus saving on car trips. I usually like to hit the post office, the grocery, the dry cleaners and the drugstore, even a little bit of shopping too, all in one shot. I can save on gas and pollute the air less too. I'll walk it if I can *if I can*.
9 little achievable things. Not even 10. These are not radical changes.
Remember, tiny ripples, if we are mindful of them, can go a long way.
"CONSERVE WATER" is big as well. But how many times have we let the water run on showers, the kitchen sink when we're washing dishes and the bathroom sink when we're brushing our teeth?
5. I will turn the faucet off if I'm not: A. filling up a container (bowl, pot for cooking, bottle, kettle, cup) B. getting stuff wet in preparation for washing or cleaning C. taking soap off surfaces like dishes, cars or myself snd D. "feeding" the plants
"CONSERVING ENERGY" is even bigger. But if I:
6. Unplug appliances that I'm not using -- VCR in the guest room, computer and printer in the home office, the Wii and Playstation that we use usually only every other weekend, lampshades, humidifier and the motley of chargers for today's gadgets -- cellphone, iPod, digital camera yada yada...
7. Turn the lights off rooms when no one's in them
8. After a trip to the grocery, I will gather all items that will go to the freezer and the refrigerator and make sure I'm ready before I open these doors. That way, I will shove everything in at one time without having to open and close several times. (I think this will help)
...maybe we'll get there.
and lastly, SAVE THE AIR. The biggest of them all? Vague and so waaaay out there. In my little way, I will simply:
9. Cluster or clump together all my errands per area and thus saving on car trips. I usually like to hit the post office, the grocery, the dry cleaners and the drugstore, even a little bit of shopping too, all in one shot. I can save on gas and pollute the air less too. I'll walk it if I can *if I can*.
9 little achievable things. Not even 10. These are not radical changes.
Remember, tiny ripples, if we are mindful of them, can go a long way.
Will you care to join me?
~Clarisse~
Thank you for caring about our planet. I'm pretty excited about all the interest that’s being generated over environmental issues. We are an environmental company and our goal is to leave our planet a better place for our children and future generations. We started ENSO Bottles because we saw a huge growing problem with plastic bottles. We felt that the most realistic approach was to design a plastic bottle that would biodegrade in a landfill environment. With more than 150 billion bottles being produced annually and less than 30 percent are recycled, we felt the first place to make a difference would be with the biodegradable bottle. Our bottles biodegrade in 1-5 years. It's not the final answer but it is a step in the right direction.
Thanks again for the effort you put forth to let all of us know what we can do to make our earth healthier.
Max
Ensobottles.com
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