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Day 160- Cell Phones for Soldiers
Each year, millions of cell phones are retired but I found statistics that say less than 1% of these phones are recycled. Granted I have only had three phones in my life. I more than likely would still have my last one if I didn’t drop it so I ...
Day 158- Get the Point and Have the Power
For those of you who are new to the site, no this is not my primary writing gig. I am an environmental super hero. By day I am the mild mannered regular guy who works for a well known mortgage company in default compliance as a technical writer/edito...
Day 157- The Great Garbage Patch
There are quite a number of patches that I am aware of: Cabbage Patch Kids, pumpkin patch, anti-smoking patches, patch quilt, patchwork, eye patch, software patches, Patch Adams, contraceptive patches, and the little green patch. I could go on, but y...
Day 156 A Year to Remember
Wow, time sure does fly when you are having fun. I can’t believe that it has been a whole year since I have started this project. I had originally planned to do one article per day for a year, but my ambition greatly outweighed my skills as the own...
Day 152- Turn it off for the planet
Back on Day 129, I wrote about taking the time to turn off all non essential lighting. I recently stumbled across a cool event that is actually happening around the world on Saturday March 28, 2009 called Earth Hour. It is basically turning off all e...
Day 151- Monitor your Monitor
Let me first apologize for being a little lazy on this project. I recently picked up a new full time writing position. This one has a paycheck attached to it–and can you believe health insurance? Who knew writers could get health insurance with...
Day 148- Tear it up
I bought a paper shredder many years ago, but I have been a bit more reluctant to use it now that the container is full. It actually came with a smaller can–which I filled up many times. I took the top off of the original can and placed it on ...
Day 147- You got it this far
I went down to South Florida this past weekend to help move my grandmother into an assisted living center. It was nice to see relatives that I haven’t seen in a while. We all had a few laughs and got a lot done in a short amount of time. It was als...
Day 145- Oh, Baby Baby
A few years ago, Beanie Babies were all the rage. I didn’t get into collecting them myself, but I know that there were a few friends of mine that went nuts over collecting them. There were even little plastic things that protected the tag. I c...
Day 142- Greeting Cards From the Edge
We spent the weekend taking down our indoor holiday decorations. I still have the outdoor things in the yard since it has been raining here for the past few days. I really do not want to put them away while they are still wet. I have them unplugged t...
Day 140- Little Orphan Document
I consider myself to be pretty good at formatting and customizing text in a variety of word processing platforms. Many of them do not exist anymore like ClarisWorks, which is now AppleWorks, AppleWrite and Word Perfect. Everyone has their own prefer...
Day 138- Bless You
I have never really been a tissue kind of guy. I rarely get sick and my allergies are usually under control. That’s good for me, but I know other people who go through tissues like they were going out of style. I may use a dozen or so per year ...
Day 135- Thank You
It is Thanksgiving here in the United States today. It is one of the last holidays out there that you virtually can’t commercialize. As I get older, I appreciate all the things that I have in life and I am even thankful for all the ups and down...
Day 134- How to Really Green Your Thanksgiving Part Two
The turkey is ready, the Detroit Lions are on their way to another resounding loss, most of your guests have arrived and amazingly there have been no family arguments yet. So far so good. As the house heats up with the oven and stove, crack a window ...
Day 133- How to Really Green Your Thanksgiving
I have been doing a lot of research on how others are instructing the masses on how to green up your Thanksgiving. Although I do agree with their many points, I feel that they are truly missing the mark on a number of topics. Don’t get me wrong...
Day 132- Turn Back Friday Into a Green Friday
It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving is just around the corner with Black Friday right on its heels. For those of you in different countries, here in the United States the Friday after Thanksgiving is typically known as Black Friday. The term...
Day 131- Share the Art
My oldest daughter, who just started Kindergarten this year, brings home more paper artwork than we can handle. It’s pretty tough to pick out the things that we want to keep out of the bunch every week. I have a bankers box for the things that ...
Day 130- Non-Point Source Pollution
Consider the leaf for a moment. Depending on where you live, you may have a few left on your trees or your trees are completely bare. Either way, I was thinking about leaves and their environmental impact a lot this past weekend as a windy cold front...
Day 129- Shoe Recycling
I never knew that there were so many ways that you can recycle shoes. I’m not really a shoe person to begin with, so maybe that’s why I never looked into it before now. A lot of people are writing about the new program that Nike has laun...
Day 128- Lose Your Accent
No, I’m not talking about how you say things, but about how you light your home. Accent lights are pretty when there are guests, but not very practical on a daily basis. The lights that I am talking about are the ones in your china cabinet, cur...
Day 127- What To Do With Your Campaign Yard Signs
Now that the Presidential race is finally over, there is an issue of what to do with the campaign yard signs. I don’t have any up in my yard, but I see them all over the place. We just got back from a 500 mile car trip and I even saw some on th...
Day 125- Spaces Are Not Empty, Period
I was looking through my style book the other day on where to put a period in relation to quotation marks and brackets. Not exactly exiting reading, but it does offer some guidance on rules that are seldom used. I also wanted to see where it says to ...
Day 124- Things That Make You Go HMMMM
This morning I met my daughters Kindergarten class up at Patterson Farm. Unfortunately, I had a few meetings way on the other side of town and was not able to stay for the whole experience, but I was there for most of the field trip. Their bus from...
Day 123- Rock the Vote
When I tell people about this project, I get a wide variety of responses. Some people are really into it, while others can take it or leave it. I usually get a ton of questions, but the two most common are: “How much money do you make off of ...
Day 122- To My Best Friend
I always knew that this time would come, but I thought it would be different. I don’t quite know how–but different. I feel as though somebody has violently ripped out my soul and has torn it apart. My first “baby” is dying a...
Day 121- Only 62 More Shopping Days Until Christmas
It’s hard to believe that the holiday season is just around the corner. Well, 63 more days to Christmas to be exact. It seems as though retail stores start decorating earlier and earlier. Pretty soon, stores will have holiday stuff for sale ...
Day 120- The Real Price
Do you really know how much you are spending at the grocery store? Many of us usually just look at the bottom line when comparison shopping. Trips to the grocery store for us is more of an adventure and an exercise in futility. Sometimes we just n...
Day 119- The Ultimate Recycling
Today, Purple Pretty, my daughters Betta fish passed away. We had to go through a similar conversation a few months ago about how fish sometimes change color (and shrink a little bit) when we go on vacation. You can only use that one once. After a ...
Day 117- ‘Cause All She Wants to do is Dance
Many of us have seen and heard of gyms that use their machines to generate electricity, but have you heard about a dance club that uses the dance floor to generate electricity for itself? According to Sustainabledanceclub.com, the “Sustainable...
Day 116- It’s Not Just Chips and a Pickle
As I sit here just finishing up the last few chips of my late lunch, I realized that I am hopelessly addicted to good deli food and sweet iced tea. There is just something about a nice club sandwich made just right. I am a bit crazy and I like mine...
