Jennifer Killpack-Knutsen ([info]green_jenni) wrote,
@ 2007-04-06 14:02:00
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Current location:Salt Lake City, Utah
Current mood: contemplative
Entry tags:earth month, environment, living green

Good Green/Bad Green vol. 2 no. 1
In recognition of Earth Month, I'm bringing back the Good Green/Bad Green series I did last April. This is a way for me  to evaluate what I'm doing right and what I can improve -- and publicly admit my green faults and pat myself on the back for my good green deeds.

Good Green: I signed up yesterday  to bring our Blue Sky blocks up to the amount of electicity we use each month. We had only be purchashing 2/3 of the amount we use. For an increase of $1.99 per month, our home will now be 100% wind-powered.  Blue Sky program from Rocky Mountain Power

Bad Green: My brother-in-law left us his car when he went on a trip to Chile a few weeks ago. We are normally a one car family, and we make do with one car by taking turns walking/traxing or careful planning. We took advantage of the ease that an extra car brings, and we've gotten pretty used to having a car available whenever we've wanted it for the past 3 weeks. It will take some mental preparation to go back to the old (and earth -friendlier) way of doing things.




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(Anonymous)
2007-04-06 10:32 pm UTC (link)
Here's another "bad green" I, ironically, witnessed on "no drive day" as I was riding my bike in downtown SLC:

A "Le Bus" charter bus was sitting outside Trolley Square idling while the bus drive stood on the sidewalk outside the bus. I couldn't see any passengers on it. Even if there were, the bus should not have been on while he stood outside. I stopped to ask him why, but he had stepped up into the bus by the time I reached him (you could hear the idling bus a couple of blocks away). I have plans to write to the Le Bus company and ask them to implement a more environmentally friendly policy with regards to idle buses.

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[info]voiceofutah
2007-04-07 12:00 am UTC (link)
This is fun, and effective: It immediately made me play the Good green/bad green game for myself.

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