Happy Earth Day to everyone! Today is the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, founded in 1970 by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson. Thank you, Gaylord! Some of you may know that I am an avid recycler, now that I have left the non-recycling Midwestern ways (that's not to say that no one recycles in the Midwest, it's just not nearly as prevalent and easy to do as in the Pacific Northwest). At the office, I started using recycled paper only in all of our copiers and printers when I was the office manager, and it made a noticeable difference in the amount of new paper we used. There is a rumor happening now at my work that recycled paper "sucks the moisture out of the paper" and causes the copier to jam, but I don't buy it! I'm the girl who relentlessly hounds everyone at work to recycle and digs through the trash to pull out recyclables. One person in particular at the office gets so fed up with my green ways that he threatened to compost me today in celebration of Earth Day! How rude! But I guess I call this person "Earth-killer", so we're even :)
I feel a little guilty that Chelsea and I will be on an airplane on Earth Day, but I'll be wearing one of my many "green" t-shirts to help spread the word, so maybe that helps? Today's shirt has a picture of the Earth and says "I'm too hot"--clever, right? Global warming is real, people! Happy Earth Day :)
For those who would like to find out what you can do, please follow the link to get easy, daily tips on how to be "green": http://www.thedailygreen.com/going-green/ .
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I have to say I am slightly offended my name is not mentioned in this post.
ReplyDeleteJust kidding! I forgot you had a blog- this is fun reading :-)