[SustainableTompkins] incandescent vs. fluorescent & being green daily

[Cnielsen56 at aol.com]

Marlo:
1) You may want to consider participating in the NWEI's "Voluntary  
Simplicity" course, which will be offered soon at the Unitarian Church (corner  of 
Buffalo and Aurora). It addresses many of the issues you talk about. 
(_www.nwei.org_ (http://www.nwei.org) ) 
2) Thanks for the SHEL SILVERSTEIN poem. I printed it and framed it for my  
niece when she was born. It's good to be reminded....
 
Christian
 
In a message dated 10/6/2006 2:39:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
marloco at verizon.net writes:

hi  all,
our family is making attempts at being more sustainable in our daily  
living, but many of our green habits began years ago and haven't really  
done much to update.  one thing we're struggling with is light  bulbs.  i 
really dislike lights and, though we have a few fluorescent  lights in the 
house, i won't buy any more because they affect my  mood.  i hear both that 
natural fluorescent is much better, but that  it is still pretty horrible 
light compared to incandescent.  are  there any other options?

the nyt linked to a site called ecomanor and  they had a few suggestions 
about steps people can take to be green every  day, but i would love to hear 
from others what kinds of things can be done  on a daily basis.  so far we 
have:
insulated our house (&  energy audit)
turned our heater down
cut back on some packaged  items
recycled and buy used
thoughtful about appliances and turning  lights off
canned vegs, fruits
oh yes, and we moved downtown and we walk  all the time!

off the top of my head, we could turn our computer off  when not in use 
(does this really make a difference?), hang more laundry  outside, buy more 
local.  what else?

thanks so  much,
marlo

Listen to the MUSTN'TS, child,
Listen to the  DON'TS
Listen to the SHOULDN'TS
The IMPOSSIBLES and WONT'S
Listen to  the NEVER HAVES
Then listen close to me-
Anything can happen,  child,
ANYTHING can be.

-shel silverstein  


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