The Bag

Sunday is the day that I do my grocery shopping and of course right by my side are my reusable cotton bags, at first I would always forget to bring them so I would have to run home and get them. But it has been a habit for me to grab them before I leave, anyway so one of the moments I enjoy is the look on the cashier's face when I tell them that I brought my own bags.

*Cashier swipes my groceries and starts bagging*

BT: No it's okay, I brought my own bags.

*Cashier stops bagging, stares at me with a confused look*

*BT whips out his reusable cotton bags, BAM!*

*Cashier stares with a look of disbelief*

*BT starts bagging his own groceries*

*Cashier stands there with no sense of direction*

Cashier: Um...cash or credit?

BT: Credit. Thanks.

*BT walks out*

The TP

One change in my life that I made by going green is the use of environment friendly toilet paper. The decision to change from soft 3-ply to this 2-ply was a difficult one to make but nonetheless my conscience can rest at ease and at the end of the day, that is what's most important.

Where Recycled Materials Go...

• Recycled glass bottles can be made into roads, tiles, even surfboards.
• Recycled plastic bottles can be made into rugs, jackets, fences.
• Recycled cans can be made into airplanes, appliances, furniture and more.

Another person's trash is another person's treasure...

Before you throw things out, find your nearest resale shop or Goodwill store and drop your items off. If you do not know where to find a resale shop or Goodwill, email us and we will find it for you.

Toothbrushes: More Uses Than Just For Teeth!

Toothbrushes are great at cleaning those hard to get places in car rims, bathroom tiles, around the faucets and all other tiny crevices and corners.

Recycling Initiative...

The commercial building which I work in does not have a recycling program for plastic bottles, but it does so for paper. It doesn't make any sense to me but its probably something bureaucratic. Anyway, my co-worker (GY) and I are going to launch an initiative to install a recycling program for plastic bottles. I'm positive we would be able to generate some momentum with this, the majority of co-workers in my company are conscious about plastic consumption. In the meantime GY and I are storing all the plastic bottles we have used in hopes of finding a person collecting bottles so we can give it to them to recycle.

Edit #1: Listed below are the recycled materials in question:

Polar Bear Alert!

Polar Bears are on they way to extinction with in our children's life time if we do not act now. Go on line to www.givewwf.org and see how you can make a difference.

Images of a changing World!

This is the Aral sea over thirty years.

Another way to recyle...

When you're finished reading your magazines - instead of chucking it, share it! In our apartment building on the Upper West Side, we have a magazine share in the lobby. Share your magazines with coworkers or any other community office.