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Think outside the (recyclable) box: What's an Act of Green someone might be surprised to learn about?

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Happy Axel
[info]slewinca Writer's Block: Thinking Outside the (Recyclable) Box

That you can help the earth by clicking a button on a website.
Actually, several. ;D

They're click-to-donate sites, and they're completely free. (some of them you can register for, though, still free)

 
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[info]meeblog Writer's Block: Thinking Outside the (Recyclable) Box
I think it would surprise many of my friends to know that one small way that I "go green" is to use cloth pads and a menstrual cup. My cloth pads are for the most part Glad Rags brand. My me
 
icecream
[info]frostwarning Writer's Block: Thinking Outside the (Recyclable) Box


You can lower the amount of food your household consumes by killing everyone else in it the house and eating them. TWO SAVINGS IN ONE!
 
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[info]calledafreak000 Writer's Block: Thinking Outside the (Recyclable) Box

i would like you to watch this informative video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOOc5yiIWkg
 
Rorschach
[info]alivion Writer's Block: Thinking Outside the (Recyclable) Box


Tossing banana peels on the lawn.
Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha.

But in all seriousness, banana peels make for wonderful fertilizer (with the added bonus of not smelling like a stable), and why tossing them
 
fiveyearold
[info]timecanwait Writer's Block: Thinking Outside the (Recyclable) Box
Really, most of these things are so common sense that they shouldn't be surprising, if you're willing to think for two seconds.

That said, I'm surprised how many people don't realize how bad meat and d
 
Drew, Drew Barrymore
[info]wickedisabelle Writer's Block: Thinking Outside the (Recyclable) Box
I don't know that these are acts of Green that someone might be surprised to learn about, but I think they may be "outside of the box" acts of Green because people may not think of them too often:
Boil
 
moving gin
[info]advent_child97 Writer's Block: Thinking Outside the (Recyclable) Box
that longwood university is run 90% on woodchips, which is the local woodmills trash.
 
Tribal wings
[info]dracolibris Writer's Block: Thinking Outside the (Recyclable) Box

Adopt one today!Adopt one today!Adopt one today!Adopt one today!Adopt one today!Adopt one today!Adopt one today!
Getting 100+ mpg on my scooter!
 
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[info]40alatariel Writer's Block: Thinking Outside the (Recyclable) Box
Homeschool and becoming a single income family. Seriously. We 'need' only one car. Homeschoolers learn how to economize at the thrift store and cook their own food that does not need individual pack
 
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[info]victorgreywolf Writer's Block: Thinking Outside the (Recyclable) Box
Nothing really comes to mind
 
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[info]kitteninstrings Writer's Block: Thinking Outside the (Recyclable) Box
Okay here's another one...

Sleep Naked! The more you can be naked, the less clothes you have to wash!

 
xmas
[info]iris_spiorad Writer's Block: Thinking Outside the (Recyclable) Box


Turn your oven off ten minutes before cooking times over, you save the energy but the oven's hot enough to keep cooking.

Never underestimate the warming power of a good pair of socks!
 
Tiny Tim~
[info]nazilicious Writer's Block: Thinking Outside the (Recyclable) Box
I know of a hippie couple that recycle their own urine and feces for the garden.
 
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[info]edgerr Writer's Block: Thinking Outside the (Recyclable) Box
Use the search engine, Blackle.

http://www.blackle.com

Its powered by Google, but the entire site is black pixels (which cause less harm than white pixels).
 
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[info]setdragonfriend Writer's Block: Thinking Outside the (Recyclable) Box

Keep, wash (thoroughly!) and reuse plastic containers. Use cottage cheese containers for small amounts of leftovers. This also works well for glass jars. Although don't use containers that once held s
 
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[info]kitcat19us Writer's Block: Thinking Outside the (Recyclable) Box
One Act of Green that I heard of is to be Normal. You should also change your lightbulbs to better ones that will help you do an act of green.
 
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[info]eyelinerdiner Writer's Block: Thinking Outside the (Recyclable) Box


Not eating meat.
 
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[info]popasslightning Writer's Block: Thinking Outside the (Recyclable) Box


blowing up trash compactors.
 
[info]transporter1 Writer's Block: Thinking Outside the (Recyclable) Box
well u can start by unplugging cell phone chargers n what not to save energy.
 
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[info]wilma_d18 Writer's Block: Thinking Outside the (Recyclable) Box
Unplug things that are not in use, like a toaster or your cellphone charger. They use energy, therefore, running up the bills for something you didn't use.
 

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