For the last many days we’ve been living in a world with events that fill us with fear, distrust, anxiety, and all sorts of emotions that separate us from each other as we crawl into our shells seeking safety. To counter this, I want to start your week with a reminder that we’re all in this together and we’ll get through it together. To do that, we must reach out to each other. That’s what the man in this video does. It makes me want to reach out and hug each of you and everyone else I meet.
You still have a few days to find the perfect chocolate for your Valentine—fair trade chocolate that promotes social, economic, and environmental projects, protecting both the workers and the Earth. Look for the Fair Trade label on products where you shop.
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Cities in the San Francisco Bay Area now have bike-share programs. Rent a bike for an hour or a day to run errands, sight-see, etc. (More details can be found at http://bayareabikeshare.com.) Your city doesn’t have such a program? Propose it to your local governing board.
Why? Because if all Americans aged 10-74 walked or biked half an hour a day instead of driving we would save 6.5 billion gallons of gas and lose 3 billion pounds off our bodies!
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92,000 pounds of broken, discarded crayons—that’s what Crazy Crayons has prevented from going into the landfill by recycling them into new ones. PLUS they hire people with developmental disabilities to do the work. So, pack up your kid’s old crayons and send ‘em in. Details at http://crazycrayons.com/recycle_program.html.
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It works! It actually works! And it’s free!
This is NOT a commercial. I’m just sharing my delight.
I’m one of those people who still have a landline. I have my iPhone, too, of course. But it’s the home line (which I still need for purposes I won’t go into) that has been driving me crazy with cold-calls, scam artists, and telemarketers, especially ones with only a recording on the other end to yell at or humans who won’t give up. As you likely know, yelling does no good whether at man or machine.
Then I signed up with a company who stops robo-calls after one ring of my phone so I don’t have to deal with them. They charge for the service to cell phones but not to landlines. Now I smile when my phone rings once and stops, and I think, GOTCHA!
I don’t miss the frequent calls from somebody “from Microsoft” asking me to turn over control of my computer so they can “fix” the dangerous bug in it. Or the fake charities and telemarketers. So far I’m not getting those calls on my cell, but eventually I know I will, at which time I’ll pay the $5 a month to add my iPhone.
If you’re interested, the company is Nomorobo. You can find them at https://www.nomorobo.com.
All I can say is, It works for me!
This also works for Hanukkah bushes, of course.
You know you can cut it up and put it by the curb. Here, from the National Christmas Tree Association, are ten more ways to dispose of it without it’s ending up in the landfill: “Recycling your Tree.”
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University of Washington engineers looked at grocery delivery in Seattle and discovered that 20%-75% less carbon dioxide was produced by the delivery trucks than by personal cars going grocery shopping. Buy groceries online at a store that delivers.
[For more easy, money-saving, earth-friendly tips, download a FREE copy of Green Riches: Help the Earth & Your Budget. Go to www.Smashwords.com/books/view/7000 or your favorite e-book seller and download to your computer or e-book device. Totally free, with no strings attached.]
Reduce the need to use your vacuum cleaner so often. Place a doormat just outside and inside your doors to catch the dust and debris brought in on shoes. Or have everyone remove shoes before entering. Save lots of energy—yours and the Earth’s.
[For more easy, money-saving, earth-friendly tips, download a FREE copy of Green Riches: Help the Earth & Your Budget. Go to www.Smashwords.com/books/view/7000 or your favorite e-book seller and download to your computer or e-book device. Totally free, with no strings attached.]