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What actions will you take on Earth Day 2009?
Posted by greentobe • 4/17/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: climate change, Earth Day, global warming, Green Living
Hello!
Earth Day is on April 22. I was wondering who will be participating by taking action in their day-to-day lives.
My husband and I have taken pledge on 3 things :
1- we will be walking/biking to work and back.
2- There will be no electronics on at our home (meaning tvs, radios, computers, etc.)
3- all food consummed that day will be organic, local and raw... which means no appliances being used during the course of the day!
What will you do?
User Comments
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We actually just purchased a reel lawn mower to replace our gas powered lawn more. Aside from being more convenient, it's so much better for the planet!-
Nice... we have been looking at alternnatives as well for our first mower.
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I don't need a special day for being environmentally friendly...I strive to live an eco-friendly life all the time. I suppose Earth Day is a better idea than Earth Hour (which is completely counter-productive and moronic) but I wish people would live green all the time, not just once a year.-
Oh, I understand... we try and make everyday earth day as well. But Earth Day can be a very nice "anniversary date" for a lot of people that aren't so conscious already. Like making resolutions at New Years.
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- I'd like to suggest that BC members Join the Bloggers Unite campaign
This two-year initiative will culminate with the 40th anniversary of Earth Day in 2010. With negotiations for a new global climate agreement coming up in December, Earth Day 2009 must be a day of action and civic participation, to defend the Green Generation’s core principles: Family with windmills: Renewable energy for future generations.
www.bloggersunite.org/
www.bloggersunite.org/event/earth-day/comments
If you click this link you will see what I'm involved in www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/earth-day-6-ways-to-particpate -
If you are blogging about Earth Day you can submit your posts here
www.bloggersunite.org/event/earth-day/posts-
I've submitted two posts and I hope that other BC members will come on board too. It's not too late to submit.
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over 200 posts submitted.......
we'll do a press release so if you submit your post it's likely to get you more traffic and exposure.... plus it's all about doing good anyway, right ? -
I submitted a post for each of my blogs...it's a good thing. -
@AngieA
Press release? lol ... calling Rich
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I signed up, filled out forms, submitted the Earth Day post. Now we'll see what happens.
Thanks for the heads up. -
There seems to be a ten to twenty-minute lag between submission and display of a post. Could be a technical issue of being distributed through a system, human screening, or something entirely different.
Thanks again for the heads-up, TonyB, and the nudge, timethief.
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I wrote a post about my take on Saving Earth: apatheticlemming.blogspot.com/2009/04/earth-day-2009-dont-stop-breathing-to... (Caution: not all that groovy)
And, as usual, used water in moderation, kept the lights off except when needed, and recycled. That sounds groovily green - but it's actually habits learned a generation back, during the Great Depression.-
@Norski
Did you submit it to www.bloggersunite.org/event/earth-day/posts ?
P.S. My husband and I have the very same Great Depression habits that were handed down by our grandparents to our parents. -
timethief,
I tried submitting it, but that service seems to require an additional password. I'll take a few minutes, later, and see if I've got an account with that outfit. -
timethief,
Thanks for nudging me. I've signed up with BloggersUnite and their Earth Day thing. And, submitted my E.D. post. It hasn't shown up yet - which could mean almost anything. -
The Apathetic Lemming of the North's post is in the list, for now.
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@Nordski
You're welcome. I'll be over to read it later on. It's still work hours here.
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Well I car pooled and nagged everybody incessantly about performing an act of green today. I think that some of my workmates were honestly considering if tying me to a tree to shut me up for the rest of the day counted.
I also blogged it - didn't turn out quite as planned but I tried
angelalovell.blogspot.com-
Please go here and register here www.bloggersunite.org/ and submit your post or it won't be counted with the others www.bloggersunite.org/event/earth-day/posts
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OK Done that was wondering how to do it.
Thanks Timethief -
You're welcome and thanks for joining in. Bloggers Unite is totally cool.
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