Earth Day -- April 22

EARTH DAY





Earth Day is April 22, 2009

http://www.earthday.gov/

Earth Day San Diego is a huge event in Balboa Park http://eventful.com/sandiego/events/san-diego-earth-day-/E0-001-013857064-1

Last year I went to Balboa park for the day with my dad and courtney. I highly recommend it, lots of fun, cool information, food and fun booths......




I recommend everybody do at least something little for Earth Day. Recycle, don´t take such a long shower, don´t water your lawn, turn your lights off early or don´t leave them on, turn off appliances and lights when you leave the room, use the microwave to cook small meals (It uses less power than an oven.), don't let the water run while shaving or brushing teeth, take short showers instead of tub baths, keep drinking water in the refrigerator instead of letting the faucet run until the water is cool, scrape, rather than rinse, dishes before loading into the dishwasher; wash only full loads, wash only full loads of laundry or use the appropriate water level or load size selection on the washing machine. ..... just a few ideas.

Here is a recycle, reduse, reuse tip:

• Reduce:
  Buy permanent items instead of disposables.
  Buy and use only what you need.
  Buy products with less packaging.
  Buy products that use less toxic chemicals.

• Reuse:
  Repair items as much as possible.
  Use durable coffee mugs.
  Use cloth napkins or towels.
  Clean out juice bottles and use them for water.
  Use empty jars to hold leftover food.
  Reuse boxes.
  Purchase refillable pens and pencils.
  Participate in a paint collection and reuse program. For information on handling household solid waste, visit Wastes, What You Can Do (http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/citizens.htm).
  Donate extras to people you know or to charity instead of throwing them away.
  Reuse grocery bags as trash bags.

• Recycle:
  Recycle paper (printer paper, newspapers, mail, etc.), plastic, glass bottles, cardboard, and aluminum cans. If your community doesn't collect at the curb, take them to a collection center.
  Recycle electronics. (http://www.epa.gov/ecycling/index.htm)
  Collecting Used Oil for Recycling / Reuse (PDF) 750K PDF; www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/recycle/recy-oil.pdf.
  Compost food scraps, grass and other yard clippings, and dead plants.
  Close the loop - buy recycled products and products that use recycled packaging (PDF) (13 pp, 1.6 MB). That's what makes recycling economically possible.

Just trying to get people aware. Try one of them.