Something I've been thinking about lately is the recycling chain. We've recycled a lot of things in our project, and it's felt really good. But that twingey guilt still sets in occasionally. Why? I think it's because I realized that, to actually be green, we need to complete the circle - not only should we recycle, but we should, as consumers, buy green materials. For example, we're doing ok (but not awesome) if we recycle our old paper and then buy new paper that was created from recently killed trees. Buying recycled paper is really the way to go, even if it's a little more expensive.Being green is a big part of our changing lifestyle here at the house of declutter-in-progress. A great site that's green is today's Site I Like!
Today's site: greenUPGRADER
This site is amazing. They post helpful links about everything environmental, ranging from "return to waster" junk mail stamps (I never realized just how much paper those stupid companies are wasting!) to scientific articles on global warming and green inventions. This graphic about the world "greendex" shows the alarmingly bad habits of the U.S. in comparison to 13 other countries. It's pretty much horrifying.
The site has a great organization and navigation, with sections from DIY Green projects to a fun and games section with comics and videos. From the DIY section, I love this idea of an invisible book shelf! That might segue nicely into a post I'll do later on book storage. :)
Credit to today's picture, oddly enough, to Alternativechannel.tv, not our featured site.
eh? maybe i missunderstand you, but if you have some old crap that can still be used, even if it's not green (Example: 0% recycled paper) you should still use it rather than recycling it straight away, just remind ur self to by recycled paper next time...
ReplyDeleteYeah, I neglected to mention the reuse part, but my point was that when it's time to buy new paper, recycled tends to be the better choice!
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