Happy Earth Day – are you doing anything to celebrate?

[Sarita]

I gave my rabbits some organic carrots – yummy!

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

Awwww!!! ^^^^

…I’m packing for earth day ….yeah!!

[Lisa_43]

I am going to plant a tree.

[2lops]

I think I’m gonna make a composter lol.

K&K-sweet, packing for what?

[babybunsmum]

i’ll tend to my composter and rain barrel… they haven’t been tended to since fall and i want them ready to go again. my province used earth day as the launch of a pesticide ban. i’m really happy about that! my step dad is not so pleased… i think he cleaned out all the local hardware stores of their supplies for his secret stash. lol

[Beka27]

I had to run errands in my car, and then make a bunch of copies for school…. so my earth day ended up being MORE wasteful rather than less… :o(

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

2Lops-not exciting packing LOL Just packing to move!

[wendyzski]

Not on actual Earth Day, but I’m volunterring for an event on Saturday.  I’m a member of a car-sharing service called I-Go and I’ll be working the table at NorthSide EarthFest.  I get driving credits for the work but I also really believe in the product which helps.

I-go is a local non-profit company that puts vehicles in neighborhoods around Chicago and the suburbs.  All the vehicles are either low-emission or hybrids, and there are even a couple of vans and a small pickup truck.  You pay an annual membership fee to join ($75 but they run specials all the time, and then $25 per year after that) and then you can reserve and use the cars whenever you want.  Cost varies depending on the plan you choose – I commit to paying $15/month (includes gas, maintenance and insurance! )and for that I get 3 hours use with any additional hours being $8.50/10 depending on the time and kind of vehicle.   I live and work in the city so I take public transit to work and most errands, so this works out great for a morning or evening of running errands or picking up things too heavy to take on the bus (groceries, IKEA, Sams Club, etc).

Plus I found a guy on craigslist that took down two apple trees and was listing the wood – I got him to save a BUNCH of the smaller bits for me, and he saved so many that I’m taking a big bunn-dle over to the Red Door Shelter so that all the shelter bunnies can have yummy-chews!  Pepper adores them.

 

[KytKattin]

Grr. At my school Earth day celebrations last two days. Well they had 4-H there, and really, I don’t like how 4-H teaches rabbit husbandry. It really hit a nerve because they were Polish rabbits too. I had to restrain myself from not bringing on home and giving it a life it deserves. Plus 4-H people are such snobs, or at least they generally seem to be so towards me (even though I don’t mention that my rabbits are indoor spayed and neutered pets). I have a feeling now that a 4-H person or backyard breeder took down all my ‘Make Mine Chocolate’ posters before Easter. ANYWAYS, the rest of the Earth day stuff was cool. I haven’t really done anything to celebrate, though my mom planted some of our garden.

[2lops]

Posted By Kokaneeandkahlua on 04/22/2009 07:51 PM
2Lops-not exciting packing LOL Just packing to move!

Oooh yea hehe, im so clueless. Forgot you were moving…

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