Petaluma360    360 Chatter    Discussions  Hop To Forum Categories  Petaluma 360  Hop To Forums  Green living    Green living - Top 10 wild ways to go green
Go
New
Find
Notify
Tools
Reply
-star Rating Rate It!  Login/Join 
Posted
Green Lovers....welcome to my thread.

Here are the Top 10 wild ways to go green. I’ll start and you jump in for smiles and giggles.

1. Child eco-powered vehicles– are you forever running your kids from place to place and want to try and cut down on your carbon footprint? Why not put a cycle rack on top of your car and then attach a chain to the axle! The kids get exercise, you get to make sure they arrive safely from the comfort of the car and the whole thing is better for the environment – it’s a win-win situation.taiwansolarcar1

2. Annual bathing – if it was good enough in medieval times why can’t it be good enough now? The savings in water will be huge, not to mention the money saving benefits that will come from the drastic decline in your social life. Americans like to bathe a lot. We’re bath crazy. Although you may not believe me, you don’t need to bathe everyday. A couple times a week is good enough to keep you healthy. (If you are very physically active or work in the sewers/morgue/infectious disease ward, you are probably an exception.)

3. Forget fair-trade, source it yourself – if you want to ensure that products you buy are really ethical then what better way then compiling your own list of producers and sourcing everything direct from the point of origin? From fruit and veg to shoes and socks, you’ll be paying retail prices so the producers get an even better deal. Of course some producers may object to the paperwork and insist you buy in wholesale quantities, but hey, you can never have too many bananas!

4. Become a hermit – if even ethically sourcing everything yourself seems to resource intensive then why not shun worldly possessions altogether, live in a cave and eat what you can forage? You can’t get much closer to nature than that! You may cause a few pollution incidents in the early days as you learn which berries and fungi are good to eat, but at least you’ll have plenty of peace and quiet to recover.

5. Coat your house in tin foil – When all else fails there are always geo-engineering options. By coating your house and garden in tin foil you can reflect more of the Sun’s energy back in to space, thus reducing the global temperature and helping to reverse climate change.

OK LETS GET MORE PRACTICAL FOR THOSE WHO THINK I’M ON DRUGS

6. Eat Over the Sink
If you hand wash dishes, then you may waste more water washing a cup than you drink from it. Save water by eating your sandwich, toaster waffle or chicken strips over the sink.

7. If It’s Yellow Let it Mellow
It takes about 3 gallons of water to flush a toilet. If you don’t flush every time you pee, you’ll save three gallons per pit stop. And, Pee Outside. That’s right. You can save three gallons of water by urinating on the earth we’re all trying to save.

8. Do Laundry Less
You can wear your clothes two or three times before you need to wash them. When I was younger I would wash my clothes when they started to itch. ewwwwwww….isn’t that kind of repelling. Hey…c’mon work with me here, that’s how I knew they were ready.

Learn more about green living.
 
Posts: 1 | Registered: 13 July 2009Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Posted Hide Post
This reads like something George Bush would write about green living. It is about as funny as that time he was looking for WMD's under his desk and I sure that those who found humor in that, will laugh at what you wrote. Sorry, two thumbs down.

The good news for you is that it is possible to survive without eating any vegetables at all. Makes way for more jumbo muffins. Enjoy.
 
Posts: 532 | Registered: 02 December 2008Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Posted Hide Post
you'll have to excuse Boopitydoobiedo... Absolutely no sense of humor whatsoever.
 
Posts: 279 | Location: Petaluma | Registered: 03 May 2008Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Posted Hide Post
After the past eight years of a Baffoonarama going on in the White House encouraged by the weakest minds in a hundred years, you are probably right. I have no more humor for those that have tried to tear this country down for quick profits and, even less for those that were the unknowing enablers waving their misplaced flags and patriotism. Go ahead and yuk it up and make fun of the Green movement, we'll just charge those like you a little extra for the breathing and water filters we are developing!
 
Posts: 532 | Registered: 02 December 2008Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Gnu
Posted Hide Post
Hey Darenliving, you're a comedian, on something, or both. Not too practical though.
C'mon Patrick, Boop may be off in left field sometimes, (right Tahoe, Whippis,....) but there is a sense of humor there somewhere - surviving without eating vegies!
 
Posts: 6 | Registered: 19 February 2009Reply With QuoteReport This Post
  Powered by Social Strata  

Petaluma360    360 Chatter    Discussions  Hop To Forum Categories  Petaluma 360  Hop To Forums  Green living    Green living - Top 10 wild ways to go green