We have officially switched over from incandescent to fluorescent. It took a while, but now 90% of the lightbulbs in our house are incandescent. The only lightbulbs that remain incandescent are a few recessed lights. We have not found a decent fluorescent dimming flood light bulb. As soon as we do, w will switch.
This is pretty exciting. We can't wait to see how much money we save in electricity this winter.
When I was a kid I had a friend who had a push reel lawn mower. I used to tease him about how long it took to mow his lawn. It seemed he would mow the same spot over and over again and it would take him days to complete his 100 square foot patch of weeds.
Guess what! Modern reel mowers are easy to push! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. People who think they are hard to push usually haven't seen or touched a reel mower in 20 years.
In the ongoing effort to go green, we recently switched from a gas powered lawn mower to the push reel lawn mower. It does a great job. The brand we bought is Great States. It is easy to find on the web and available at most hardware stores.
We also have switched from a gas powered weed wacker to a hand powered weed cutter. I'm not so sure about this one yet. It is a little harder to deal with. But I am going to give it a chance.
Today is Earth Day.
Today we are going to tread lightly. Many people are going to avoid travel by car, use less electricity and, generally, be better citizens of the Earth. Wouldn't it be great if we could do that every day. You know, live simpler. But that just isn't reality. Most people have to use a car to get to work and lots of electricity has to be used to produce all of the goods we are now acustomed to using. I mean, we all can definitely try to use less and be more energy efficient, which would help a lot. My family is definitely trying to do that, but the fact is that, we are not ready to toss away all of the things we use that makes our lives much easier.
Today I am going to make a list of all of the things, within my control, that I can do to be a better citizen of the Earth. It will be fun. I will call it my Earth Day resolution. Hopefully, my Earth Day resolution list will be a little stickier then my New Year's resoultion list. Anyway, enjoy Earth Day.
By the way, MSN.com published an article worth reading this morning. Check it out:
Global Warning: The World's Endangered Destinations
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