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A green b'day...cool Mia!

And I hate to say that I haven't got to your book yet!  Sorry!  It's in the pile on my night table and I will get to it..I promise!! 

posted by ginnieb on March 3, 2009 at 2:05 PM | link to this | reply

I'm throwing my son a green birthday. =)

Oh...and did you ever get around to reading my book and if so, what did you think?

posted by MiaElla on March 2, 2009 at 9:30 PM | link to this | reply

Balance is what it's all about Kabu...

....it's finding it that's often the hardest eh?

posted by ginnieb on March 2, 2009 at 8:41 PM | link to this | reply

Oh I'd like to get one of them scotcanada!

I drink my tea from Tim's mugs all the time...I have a few from their collections. 

posted by ginnieb on March 2, 2009 at 8:40 PM | link to this | reply

Oops Wiley..I meant my bottle is stainless steel!

Like everything else, some things get taken too far one way but I think getting back to being less wasteful is always a good thing...we consume more than we need...take too much from Mother earth.  The old ways are often the good ways!

posted by ginnieb on March 2, 2009 at 8:40 PM | link to this | reply

Hi TIMMY!

Yes those bulbs are expensive but worth it!

posted by ginnieb on March 2, 2009 at 8:37 PM | link to this | reply

I try to use a balance of environment concious and sensible living. I think

Wiley and I do a decent job of balancing. I 'm not one who believes that a bit of smoke on the odd day from the drum is going to ruin Canada's enviro.

posted by Kabu on March 2, 2009 at 8:29 PM | link to this | reply

oops--

But I fill it at home so use fewer bottles. My husband must go to Tims once daily-- and he likes me to go along. Oh-- what a tough life!

Thanks for checking my stuff!

posted by scotcanada on March 2, 2009 at 8:26 PM | link to this | reply

I take a water bottle bearing the Tim Hortons logo into Tims each time.

posted by scotcanada on March 2, 2009 at 8:24 PM | link to this | reply

GinnieB

Well I recycle all the cans and plastic and glass, but I burn all the paper in my 45gal drum.

I am not a great believer in the idea that man can change climate warming at all or that he is totally responsible for it. A lot of Catholic's had a hand in that guilt stuff.LOL

I think Al Gore is just another half wit that needs that fame even if it means going off half cocked. And a lot of American's would like to be able to get their hands on Canada's oil from the oil sands at the cheapest possible price. So all this environmental crap has many people building it up to a financial windfall since everything else is screwed up.

Now, I do trust and pray you won't get aluminium poisoning or early onset alzheimers from using an aluminum can luv............

posted by WileyJohn on March 2, 2009 at 8:10 PM | link to this | reply

ginnieb

I use those new light bulbs and I cut my plutonium burning down to twice a week.

posted by TIMMYTALES on March 2, 2009 at 6:02 PM | link to this | reply

Seriously Naut?

That's a sad story...it's like running out of corn from its ethanol use and soon bamboo won't grow fast enough to keep up with the demand.  Why can't we ever get balance!  Hmmm...sponge on a stick....Sounds like a lot of cleanup to me!  Ick! 

posted by ginnieb on March 2, 2009 at 5:46 PM | link to this | reply

I need more containers too sam!

Sometimes it's seems obscene...the amount of recycle stuff we have each week but better than in the dump!

posted by ginnieb on March 2, 2009 at 5:44 PM | link to this | reply

Ginnie

Like you, we recycle. Now another problem has arisen: there's too much recycled stuff around, and there aren't enough storage facilities. Because of the downturn in the economy, the 'waste' goes to waste...

Corbin had a post on toilet paper as well. I suggested the old Roman method of a sponge on a stick, called the xylospongium...However, I shall stick with Charmin...

posted by Nautikos on March 2, 2009 at 5:25 PM | link to this | reply

I recycle too and so happy there is someone else out there who cannot put even the smallest piece of cardboard in the garbage! I recycle so much I was given a second container! lol sam

posted by sam444 on March 2, 2009 at 4:51 PM | link to this | reply

Hi Ciel!

So you are living and driving in your truck...saves on hotels and they are not too eco friendly! 

posted by ginnieb on March 2, 2009 at 12:15 PM | link to this | reply

I still drive my pre-millenium truck

because I like being a bit taller on the road, able to see farther ahead.  Particularly when traveling on road trips, I want something big enough to camp in.  Though it is fun to drive small sometimes, scooting along, going twice as far or more on a gallon of gas...  I drive less than I used to, but still, I drive.

posted by Ciel on March 2, 2009 at 11:56 AM | link to this | reply

LOL SpitFire!

I'll meet you there!  And I like a wad too! 

posted by ginnieb on March 2, 2009 at 11:33 AM | link to this | reply

I'm with you on the soft kleenex too Taps!

I forgot about that extra vice! 

posted by ginnieb on March 2, 2009 at 11:32 AM | link to this | reply

ginnieb,

I try to do my part but T.P. has got to be comfy. I just can't use one square or use what feels like sandpaper! I'm going to hell for sure.

posted by SpitFire70 on March 2, 2009 at 11:13 AM | link to this | reply

I'm too busy to really care.

posted by shelly_b on March 2, 2009 at 9:57 AM | link to this | reply

I must have Charmin Toilet Tissue and Puffs plus lotion for my nose.  Those are my two vices.

posted by TAPS. on March 2, 2009 at 9:55 AM | link to this | reply