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Post by auntieannie on Apr 27, 2012 9:57:00 GMT
I am becoming lazy in my green ways.
I take comfort in longer warm showers, this continuing cold weather makes me turn the heating on almost every day (the temperature here is just at the limit between heating on and off at the moment), etc...
At the same time, nature doesn't really take a break, does it?
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Post by imec on Apr 27, 2012 11:20:04 GMT
At the same time, WE are part of nature - and we need to look after that part too.
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Post by auntieannie on Apr 27, 2012 13:11:41 GMT
very true, Imec!
amended to add: thank you!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2012 5:24:39 GMT
I am tired of sorting my rubbish, because the man who takes out the trash empties the recylable bin into the other bin 95% of the time so that he only has one item to take out. (The other 5% of the time is when both bins are already full and he can't do it.)
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Post by auntieannie on Apr 28, 2012 13:44:01 GMT
argh! that's so disheartening, K2!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2012 17:30:27 GMT
Living alone, I can't really take advantage of the trend in weekly produce baskets that you can get just about all over Europe now (and I think in a lot of North America). However, in the Grenoble train station a couple of weeks ago, I thought that this was an excellent initiative of the commuter rail service and the produce people -- you pick up your package at the station every week at the designated hours. Less fatigue for everybody, since people have to pass through there anyway, and no extra transportation for the farm providers.  |
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Post by auntieannie on Aug 11, 2012 19:55:47 GMT
oh, that's great!
here, the best local provider of such weekly veg boxes, who wasn't delivering into town centre although the farm is about 3 miles out of town, max... has now teamed with someone who organises orders and collection from the town centre. haven't used it yet as I am all over the place, so I only buy what I need when I know I am going to eat it.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 2, 2019 18:23:35 GMT
I am tired of sorting my rubbish, because the man who takes out the trash empties the recylable bin into the other bin 95% of the time so that he only has one item to take out. (The other 5% of the time is when both bins are already full and he can't do it.)
Since I wrote that, the building person has reformed, so that is good.
On the news tonight, there was a big report about the most ecological country in the world -- Slovenia. Everything they are doing is very interesting.
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Post by onlyMark on May 2, 2019 19:15:24 GMT
Very underrated country.
As a rule of thumb I find the poorer the country, the better they are at recycling.
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Post by lagatta on May 3, 2019 0:02:59 GMT
Slovenia is not wealthy by European standards, but it is a far cry from the world' poorest countries. They have made an admirable commitment to sustainable development. They studied pedestrian and cyclist-friendly planning initiatives in Denmark and the Netherlands, along with other planning and remediation initiatives.
Fortunately, I believe Melania stays far away.
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Post by onlyMark on May 3, 2019 6:08:52 GMT
Ooops, I didn't mean Slovenia is poor though it does come across like that. I meant that Slovenia is an exception but there is the rule of thumb. I was too brief.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 1, 2019 20:30:23 GMT
Today I bought a kilo of yellow onions at the supermarket. They were the cheapest because they were a small size, but they were exactly the size I wanted. They were imported from Australia. I just hope that they came by ship.
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Post by lagatta on Jun 2, 2019 12:02:02 GMT
We get produce in the winter from the opposite end of the Americas: Chile and Argentina. And the origin is not always indicated, though it is supposed to be.
Only Mark, you were certainly correct about poor countries recycling everything. I know people who have lived in poor American countries such as Haiti and Guatemala...
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