For the past 2 1/2 years, I've been pushing news, events and my personal options on the globing warming trend.
I originally began by describing the changes I've been making to reduce the impact that our household makes. Changing light bulbs, reducing waste, recycling, choosing environmentally responsible energy options, eating locally produced food and spreading the word to anyone that wants to know. In the end, this blog was created.
Of course, there are only so many things we can do. I quickly ran out of things to post about. The blog became a board to post other news, information and events from around the world. This relied on finding relevant articles either from my sources or those referred to me.
This year, I began trying to post more personal items but I've been having a hard time. My support of other networks takes a lot of my time but I believe they have a far greater reach.
There are a lot of things I still need to do but my current budget will not allow. I'd love to put in a solar hot water and electrical system. I'd love to produce as much electricity during the day that I use at night. But, these will have to wait a bit longer.
I've been hoping for more comments and emails from readers but, I'm not sure I have many. A few of you have contacted me in some way, so I know I have a couple of followers.
Well, today is Blog Action Day and this is my contribution.
What I want to know is, What are you going to do?
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Hi Barry,
ReplyDeleteSince meeting you at our first experience with the Shelter Valley Folk Festival and its incredible dedication to sustainable living (not to mention fabulous music and wonderful comaraderie), our family has also taken many steps to reduce our carbon footprint and be better to Mother Earth. Here are some of the things we have done and would like to do:
- Replaced all incandescent bulbs with CFL's
- Increased our recycling by 70%
- Decreased our garbage output to less than 1 bag per week (we're a family of 4)
- Use our own recyclable grocery bags (or choose paper when we forget)
- Purchase all our produce from local vendors (there is lots of choice in SW Ontario)
- We've found local producers of chicken and beef
Just to name a few.
We hope in the future to add a wind generator to our power source so that we can use less from the grid. We stopped using our air conditioning this year and use a ceiling fan to circulate air in the house so our systems work more efficiently.
With luck, we will continue to make changes that improve our interactions with our environment and ensure a better life for our children and future generations.