Comments on: You can’t save the planet with a brick in your toilet… http://thegldc.com/blog/2009/12/22/you-cant-save-the-planet-with-a-brick-in-your-toilet/ Greening America one blog post at a time Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:32:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Barbara Forsyth-Bowley http://thegldc.com/blog/2009/12/22/you-cant-save-the-planet-with-a-brick-in-your-toilet/#comment-6732 Barbara Forsyth-Bowley Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:06:44 +0000 http://thegldc.com/blog/?p=1339#comment-6732 Thank you Robert. I enjoyed this very much. I seem to have reuse and recycle in my bones. My family laughs at me because of what they call my "Scottish" ways. I always try to find another use for something before tossing it out. I am troubled by waste. There is much more I can do, but I already do much of what you suggest. Thank you Robert. I enjoyed this very much. I seem to have reuse and recycle in my bones. My family laughs at me because of what they call my “Scottish” ways. I always try to find another use for something before tossing it out. I am troubled by waste. There is much more I can do, but I already do much of what you suggest.

]]> By: Robert Stockham http://thegldc.com/blog/2009/12/22/you-cant-save-the-planet-with-a-brick-in-your-toilet/#comment-6721 Robert Stockham Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:16:07 +0000 http://thegldc.com/blog/?p=1339#comment-6721 I haven't bought a tupperware container...ever! I did buy some ziploc bags and wash them and reuse them. Bud thinks I am crazy because I wash aluminum foil, but there you go.... I haven’t bought a tupperware container…ever! I did buy some ziploc bags and wash them and reuse them. Bud thinks I am crazy because I wash aluminum foil, but there you go….

]]> By: the casual side of SG http://thegldc.com/blog/2009/12/22/you-cant-save-the-planet-with-a-brick-in-your-toilet/#comment-6715 the casual side of SG Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:01:52 +0000 http://thegldc.com/blog/?p=1339#comment-6715 <strong>10 Tough Things To Do To Save the Planet...</strong> Earlier this month, upon finishing the book “Hot Flat and Crowded” by Thomas Friedman, I was pretty depressed. Mr. Friedman has a woefully realistic view on the need for change being driven by legislation, then enforced and innovated by all... 10 Tough Things To Do To Save the Planet…

Earlier this month, upon finishing the book “Hot Flat and Crowded” by Thomas Friedman, I was pretty depressed. Mr. Friedman has a woefully realistic view on the need for change being driven by legislation, then enforced and innovated by all…

]]> By: Great Lakes Design Collaborative - Nice Red Shorts http://thegldc.com/blog/2009/12/22/you-cant-save-the-planet-with-a-brick-in-your-toilet/#comment-6714 Great Lakes Design Collaborative - Nice Red Shorts Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:56:55 +0000 http://thegldc.com/blog/?p=1339#comment-6714 [...] by Rachel Downey at Studio Graphique and written by the Great Lakes Design Collaberative, here’s a list of 10 tough things to do that will actually help to save the [...] [...] by Rachel Downey at Studio Graphique and written by the Great Lakes Design Collaberative, here’s a list of 10 tough things to do that will actually help to save the [...]

]]> By: Steve Cadwell http://thegldc.com/blog/2009/12/22/you-cant-save-the-planet-with-a-brick-in-your-toilet/#comment-6713 Steve Cadwell Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:01:40 +0000 http://thegldc.com/blog/?p=1339#comment-6713 Brilliant post, and good timing just before we start thinking about resolutions. Thanks to Rachel for your inspiration AND for mentioning it on her Facebook page. Birds of a feather... Brilliant post, and good timing just before we start thinking about resolutions. Thanks to Rachel for your inspiration AND for mentioning it on her Facebook page. Birds of a feather…

]]> By: Rachel http://thegldc.com/blog/2009/12/22/you-cant-save-the-planet-with-a-brick-in-your-toilet/#comment-6712 Rachel Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:01:08 +0000 http://thegldc.com/blog/?p=1339#comment-6712 Thank you Robert for stepping up to my little challenge. ;) This is a great list. I love #1 - how do you keep yourself (and others) from buying all that cheap little Made In China trinkets that litter your home? Imagine that each branded toy from Burger King or decorative junky knick-nack had to come from all the way across the globe! Does it really bring that much pleasure or value to your life? Or your wallet? Add up those $1 items and you have a nice little investment in something more worthwhile. I have also have been going back to #6. It is funny how easily we forgot that before Glad made plastic food containers, we were getting them anyway with our regular groceries and simply washed the cream cheese out before we put our leftover rice in. Free, easy and responsible! Looking forward to your next installment. Cheers to a sustainable 2010! Thank you Robert for stepping up to my little challenge. ;) This is a great list. I love #1 – how do you keep yourself (and others) from buying all that cheap little Made In China trinkets that litter your home? Imagine that each branded toy from Burger King or decorative junky knick-nack had to come from all the way across the globe! Does it really bring that much pleasure or value to your life? Or your wallet? Add up those $1 items and you have a nice little investment in something more worthwhile.

I have also have been going back to #6. It is funny how easily we forgot that before Glad made plastic food containers, we were getting them anyway with our regular groceries and simply washed the cream cheese out before we put our leftover rice in. Free, easy and responsible!

Looking forward to your next installment. Cheers to a sustainable 2010!

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