What are you doing to preserve the earth?

well. right now the only thing i'm doing to minimize consumption of power, that is turning off lights, and a/c that are not needed, and also not wasting water.. at home i already started putting up some solar garden lamps, at least to save some electricity.. later on i'm planning to set-up a small solar panel system for our perimeter lights... i've been researching idea on how to be greener.. in work, i'm re-using papers to save consumption.. i also encourage my fellow co-workers to do the same.. (if there is no need to print e-mails, just read them).. at home, i will be starting to collect rain water for re-using like cleaning or watering the plants (i already made our drainage to let grey water water our plants).. these are some simple few things we can start on..

I also re-use plastic bags. More than that I make it an option to actually have my goods wrapped - if there are only a few items then I ask the clerk to keep the plastic so I could just put them all in my bag or hold on to my items by myself. I also close the lights when I don't use them and use florescent light because even though the bulbs are more expensive, they consume less energy and they last longer :) Thanks for the comment on my discussion!

I agree that people seem to avoid becoming environmental conscious for whatever reason. Whether it is too time consuming or too inconvenient. I always try to influence many friends and family members to get involved environmentally to clean up our World with mixed results. There is so much that can be done with little to no effort like just conserving energy usage, which will result in lowers carbon emissions levels in our atmosphere. Recycling will do the same because plastic for instance is made from oil. So get the word out and help the environment by using the 3 R's; Reuse, Recycle, and Reduce.