Comments on: 12 Daily Activities to Save Mother Earth… and Money

By: Enigin

Enigin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:37:34 +0000

Great tips – everyone should be looking to save energy in these tough economic times to save money and help the environment.

By: Kristina Richardson

Kristina Richardson — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:27:01 +0000

Most CFLs today on the market contain less than 5mgs of mercury and there are CFL options out there that contain as little as 1.5mgs of mercury- which can hardly be called a “significant amounts of mercury” considering that many item in your home contain 100s of times more of mercury including your computer. Mercury levels in CFLs can never be “nonexistent” since mercury is a necessary component of a CFL and there is no other known element that is capable of replacing it. But CFLs actually prevent more mercury from entering the environment. According to the Union of Concerned Scientist, “a coal-fired power plant will emit about four times more mercury to keep an incandescent bulb glowing, compared with a CFL of the same light output”.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:03:46 +0000

Jenni, I haven’t heard about taking things to the post office for recycling. It seems like a good idea because there are post office everywhere, but I’m not sure it would make economic sense for the postal service.

Shanti, It’s good to hear you’re doing a lot of these things as well.

By: Shanti @ Antishay

Shanti @ Antishay — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:03:20 +0000

This is a great list I always love reading suggestions for reducing my footprint because I always feel that I can do more – but reading this list.. I do all these things already. Yay! It’s nice to finally feel like I’m doing some good for the world, lol.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:18:10 +0000

I do what I know how to do, and that is most of the stuff on your list. I don’t drive, so I don’t worry about that area, but I limit the rides I take with public transportation, and private, so as not to make so much waste. And save money. I wish there was a way to box up and mail recyclable stuff from some of those rural areas. I read somewhere that you could do it through the post office, and those are everywhere. But I know people who save their aluminum cans, and what they could sell, to compensate for driving them to another place that does recycle. Could you do a list on places that can be done over the mail, for people that don’t have easy access to locations? That would be great to know as much as you can, to do as much as you can.

By: Dividend Growth Investor

Dividend Growth Investor — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:28:41 +0000

stngy1,

Thanks for reminding me about the http://buymytronics.com/ site. Incidentally I saw something on TV yesterday about this site.

Ryan,

Thanks for the “Green List”. I have heard somewhere that in Germany, drivers are required by law to turn their cars off at traffic lights/intersections.

By: Save Money

Save Money — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:47:39 +0000

Driving efficiently is just as important or more important then the rating your car is supposed to get in mpg. Those figures are based on certain criteria on how you drive. Find a local super miler club and see what you can learn from those people who regularly get 20mpg over there expected mpgs.

By: stngy1

stngy1 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:03:25 +0000

Thanks again for the thoughful list!