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The kitchen can be a huge carbon footprint! Listed below are some areas of where you can save money in the kitchen with the added benefit helping the environment.
Refrigerator:
The refrigerator is the single biggest energy-consuming kitchen appliance.
What it cost:
Opening [...]
Trying to get my 10,000 steps in yesterday. Am I sore from picking up trash. Am surprised it is not more because it’s after trash day and usually bits and pieces are flying all over.
Am much happier with better gloves. It is so yucky!
Chapalita St: 132 pieces, Cigarette Butt Major Pickup.
Las Flores to Cerro: 106 [...]
Making New Habits
All of these might seem time consuming and a hassle. Forming a new habit of turning off the lights and shutting down your computer is simply a process of time, repetition and growth. Just make it a point daily to do at least 1 of the below listed tasks and it will happen. [...]
Walking green April 24 Encinitas to Cardiff to Encinitas
Filled and emptied 1 trash bag, way to numerous pieces of litter to count, got to 293.
7-11 in Cardiff has no recycle bins outside, trash is filled with bottles and cans. Will not go there again.
I think that these convenience stores and fast food restaurants should have [...]
Where to go with Water Misuse in San Diego.
Call
San Diego Water 619.515.3599
Hit #5: Conservation
Report excessive water misuse including watering at inappropriate time, water runoff and collection. All information is kept confidential.
Hope this is helpful to all of you who asked.
Willowsprings Rd Encinitas:
This time I came prepared, have trash bag and gloves to pick up trash. Got all of 1 mile, 300 pieces of trash (1 side of road) The major amount of trash was cigarette butts. The worst area, Park Dale Elementary School.
Here’s a suggestion: Teachers teach their students to pick up trash. [...]
The Contractor Story:
First I went on trusty Angies List and got some names. After much google research for eco- knowledgeable contractors came up with 1 name in San Diego. Now I grant you this was last year, before Green was the New Black! But still, it’s not a new concept! Why is it so difficult?
Contractor [...]
Why?
Recycling creates 36 jobs per 10,000 tons of material recycled compared to 6 jobs for every 10,000 tons brought to traditional disposal facilities.
Approximately 1 Billion trees worth of paper are thrown away every year in the US
An Aluminum can that is thrown away will still be a can 500 years from now!
Plastic bags and plastic [...]
I got the idea for this blog one day at work. Taking a break outside I noticed the small park was being watered at 11:30 am? How could that be? At Oceanside Industrial Park (between College Blvd and Oceanside Blvd,) there is a small park for the business tenants. What I didn’t understand that agriculture [...]
Jan. 3, 2007 my tenants informed me I had Mold. Mold is a four letter word. The first thought when you have tenants, is lawsuit! The next thought, is how much is this going to cost? The last thought, was how am I going to sell this! The stigma of MOLD is horrendous. So begins [...]
