~ John Lee ~ Yes We Can ! in United States is doing 43 things including…

make a smaller ecological footprint

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~ John Lee ~ Yes We Can ! has written 49 entries about this goal

pantaloons  — 1 week ago

so I totally slaughtered a pair of jeans today, and not being one to do the cut off thing, they are now in the church donation bag. The brilliant thing about those donations is that the items that are not chosen by homeless people are bundled and sold to a fabric recycler – keeping them out of a landfill. Somehow those Levi’s will find a new life.

Aug 21, 02:31PM PDT | 1 comment

Recycling Compact Flourescent Bulbs At Home Depot  — 2 months ago

Home Depot just announced that they will start a recycling program for Compact Flourescent Bulbs. At issue was the small amount of mercury in these bulbs. Under the program, any manufacturer’s bulbs will be accepted for recycling.

Jun 27, 04:36AM PDT 5 cheers | 1 comment

Holy Water  — 2 months ago

In 2006 the National Council of Nuns came out against bottled water for the moral reason that life’s essential resource should not be privatized. In their declaration they stated that approximately 17 Million Barrels of Oil are used to make the bottles for bottled water. Yikes.

Jun 14, 01:59PM PDT 4 cheers | 3 comments

Late To The Earth Hour Party  — 5 months ago

There is a team goal regarding Earth Hour which was actually started by a 43T newbie (go newbies!)

Drop me a line if you would like to be a part of that team, even if you reply after Earth Hour, we’ll have some of the groundwork in place for next year.

From what I understand only a handful of American cities (Phoenix, Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco) are participating, but who knows, maybe next year you can convince your town or even company to participate.

I for one would love to see the World Wide Anglican Communion come together with a candlelit service next year.

Mar 29, 02:27PM PDT 2 cheers | 0 comments

Like A Virgin !  — 6 months ago

The world’s first biofuel-powered commercial aircraft touched down in Amsterdam on Sunday following a demonstration flight from London’s Heathrow Airport. Brilliant billionaire Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic, along with GE and Boeing, played a role in this historic flight of a 747.

The fuel in the flight was a 20% biofuel mix of coconut and babassu oil in one of the plane’s four main fuel tanks. Neither oil source competes with food and fresh water resources – one of the primary concerns of other biofule sources such as corn is that food resource will be directed to the more profitable fuel market.

Once again Sir Richard has questioned the status quo and come up a winner.

Feb 24, 12:42PM PST 1 cheer | 1 comment

Simple Footprint Solution : eco sneaks  — 6 months ago

I just got my first pair of eco sneaks from SimpleShoes.com

The men’s ecoS contains no animal byproducts or even regular animal products. This shoe is vegan friendly and veggie friendly.

Hemp uppers

Yes, the sidewall of the ecoS is made from a recycled bike tire

Organic cotton linings

Recycled PET (that’s recycled plastic bottles) laces

PET pedbeds

Yes, that outsole used to be a car tire

100% post consumer paper pulp foot forms

They are freaking awesome !

Feb 22, 04:22PM PST 7 cheers | 6 comments

It's Profitable  — 6 months ago

By allow my values and morals lead me in business decisions I find that I am not only making wiser business decisions, but I am giving people the opportunity to practice mindful consumption at the same time.

More details on what I am doing will follow in future entries on other goals.

But dang, there is some green to made by going green!

Feb 03, 07:40PM PST 4 cheers | 0 comments

Tree Curbing  — 7 months ago

There are still discarded Christmas Trees waiting for the trash hauler or mulchers to pick them up. If it is not illegal to go curbing (i.e. taking things from the curb that are meant to be discarded/recycled) why not grab one or two like I did ?

With hand clippers I took off the branches so the can be used on top of the planting beds in the garden. They will actually serve several purposes :

- first they will hold the leaves and other top mulches in place over the course of the winter

- they will help shade the soild on warmer days to prevent the freeze-thaw cycles that can disturb bulbs, seeds, and plants

- the garden beds will look better with greens on them

- come spring they will find themselves chopped up to become mulch and compost

( so get out there, and go curbing for Christmas trees! )

Jan 13, 05:18PM PST 4 cheers | 7 comments

Buying Green  — 8 months ago

(I posted this 11 months ago, but after jumping on board Chris’s team regarding the bottle tops, I thought it was worth a repost)

All you gardening types in the US, and those of you in the rest of the world who like eco-commerce, take note:

www.TerraCyle.net

Terra Cycle makes garden products and uses recycled materials for their packaging. (recognize the contour Coke bottle shape on these items?) I can go on an on about them but you are better off checking them out yourself.

Dec 28, 04:31PM PST 3 cheers | 0 comments

American and European Industrial Competitiveness  — 10 months ago

The Toyota Prius is the hybrid car. The body design is unique to the Prius. When people see a Prius they know its a hybrid. American and European manufacturers offer hybrids, but they are variations of current models. (the only way to determine that it is a hybrid is by looking at the nameplate on the rear of the car) Do you think that if American, and even European, automobile manufacturers built a car whose design was exclusively available as a hybrid, that more buyers would be attracted to their product ?

Oct 13, 2007, 09:58AM PDT 1 cheer | 21 comments

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