reduce my carbon footprint

http://www.charityguide.org/volunteer/fifteen/junk-mail.htm

a site with links to effectively reduce junk mail.

i am working to reduce the number of mails i receive.

paper is recyclable. but it takes energy for the postmans and such to deliver junk mails that i certainly don’t need.

opt for e-statements for unavoidable bills. set up remainder for bill payment online so i don’t need paper bills as a remainder.

i called up some places to remove my subscriptions for some quarterly catalogues.

i will continue to review all the mails that i receive. and investigate the option for no mailers.

update on my compost. it is feb now. it is cold out. so, i think the degradation process is slowing down. however, it is really strange that the bin never gets full. i have been dumping so much stuff in it. even garden leaves in the fall. i am impressed by the volume of garbage that it takes care of.

http://www.seattletilth.org/resources/compost i got the “food scrape digester”

i just realized that my employer is associated with a city’s rideshare program. i would receive $1.50 incentive per day for their so called “smart trips” for each day that i make a “smart trip”.

there is a website for me to log my smart trip and the incentive goes to my pay check.

i am going to give it a try. may be walk to work and have my DH to pick me up at night. i am not doing it for the $1.50. i think having a website to track it is a great tool..

finally, i started to bring my own cup to work. instead of using 2 to 3 paper cups per day, i have got my own large mickey mouse mug to use.

not a big deal. but, every little bit adds up.

i started a compost april 2008. it has been 6 months now, and i see a drastic garbage reduction. to the point, we change our garbage collection from once every 2weeks, to once every month 3 months ago.

not only the organic wastes go to the compost, but also the awareness to recycle and reduce waste help with this.

cutting down my plastic bags usage. before, i ask for paper bag at grocers check outs, now, i bring my own reusable canvas bags. great job!