Today is Earth Day

[4X4]

Originally Posted by red sky

I have a bunch of old paint/tarnish cans that I need to get rid of, there is some left over paint in a lot of these and I don't want to dispose of it in the dumpster, anyone know where I can drop these off?

Any fire department will take them I believe.

[IntenseFan]

To commemorate Earth day, I put my recycling out in the blue bin for the first time ever this morning.

That is all.

[skins]

Self Composting Toilets!

take a dump then spread your feces on the garden then eat it!

[old-fart]

To celebrate Earth Day I am attempting to go the entire day without farting.

If I schedule a meeting with you tomorrow though, you might want to request that we DON'T have it in my office, but rather outside on the street in the open air.

[red sky]

Originally Posted by 4X4

Any fire department will take them I believe.

From my understanding they only had designated times in the year that they take them. I will dig deeper, thanks!

Found this link: http://www.albertarecycling.ca/SiteSearchResults.aspx

Looks like the Fire Dept will take 'em

[skins]

Some recommendations for eco-reading:



The Ecology of Commerce (1993) – Paul Hawken
Mid-course Correction: Toward a Sustainable Enterprise: The Interface Model (1998) – Ray C. Anderson
Cradle to Cradle (2002) – William McDonough and Michael Braungart
The Limits to Growth: The 30 Year Update (2004) – Donella (Dana) H. Meadows
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time (2005) – Jeffery Sachs
Solar Architecture in Cool Climates (2005) – Colin Porteous and Kerr MacGreggor
The Secret History of the American Empire (2007) – John Perkins
The Daily Planet Book of Cool Ideas (2008) – Jay Ingram
Minding Your Business – Profits that Restore the Planet (2008) – Horst M. Rechelbacher

[ken0042]

I would go so far to say that I don't believe humans are the primary cause of global warming; however in preparation for Earth day:

- I reprogrammed the thermostat to a "spring" setting; cooler at night and during the day, and loger cool periods
- I seem to always leave a light on in the garage, so I put one of the banks of lights onto a motion sensor.
- This morning before I left the house I made sure any extra electronics that didn't need to be on were in fact off.

[Russic]

Originally Posted by mykalberta

Its not for awareness.

Its so a select few can try to feel better than the rest of us and have the CBC report it as an actual worthy event.

I walk to work every day, on average only drive 7-8X per month at max 50Km for the weekly inter-city trip. And I live in a condo so I am more green friendly than 95% of the people who live in Calgary.

And yet I dont care about some leftists green policy movement that attempts to shame people into thinking more about the environment. In fact the whole idea makes me sick.

LOL a touch dramatic don't you think?