continue doing all I can to be environmentally responsible

I cant believe how few people are doing this. Maybe theres another goal similar?

Anyway, I’ve gotten our recycling sorted out finally, I could never remember what we were allowed to put in which bins on the street, but I now have a list next to the bin in our flat – we cant recycle glass or plastic bags on our street, so those will have to be taken further afield in the car. Of course, the plastic bags are reused lots first too.

_“Service is the very purpose of life.
It is the rent we pay for living on the planet.”_
- Marion Wright Edelman

I almost always refuse a carrier bag now, and i refill my 1.5L plastic bottle with tap water instead of buying a new one every day. Bottled water has got to be one of the worst everyday things for the environment – firstly the plastic, which usually just gets dumped, second it gets filled with water and then transported wherever its needed, which may be by plane, and is stored in fridges using up electricity, all when a high proportion of people who buy it have free and constant access to clean safe tap water!! Its shocking!

My own ecological footprint has changed sizes with each episode of my own life.

My husband and I seriously need to reduce ours. But it’s going to take a lot of work on both our parts.

Neither of our E footprints are outrageous. They are less than the average U.S. citizens. There is always room for improvement.

I try to reuse as much as i can, and recycle glass and alu (thats all you can recycle in shetland, appart from things like furniture etc). And I try not to use much electricity, and use the bus rather than going in a car with only 2 people as much as is pracical.

I already buy recycled paper and other products whenever possible (including my toothbrush!), choose organic and locally grown produce (farmers’ markets rock!), re-use bags, recycle, have compact fluorescent bulbs in the light fixtures (admittedly my boyfriend’s doing), drive a fuel-efficient Civic (and would kill for decent public transit in my way)... but I’m on the lookout for more.