Go GREEN!

WHAT 5 THINGS AM I WILLING TO COMMIT TO IN ORDER TO FOSTER A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE?

I think I'll just continue on some actions I've been doing on my own. Eventually, I'd like to join a green group and actually do something on campus--separate from The Sustainability Project. I think that project will allow more ideas to flourish for the future.

1. Currently, I've been reusing plastic grocery bags. At our house, we use these as trash bags instead of just tossing them out. I also save napkins from lunch and keep them in the house. Another thing I've recently started, is to not accept a receipt from the ATM or gas station or a few shopping bags from certain stores (if they remember to ask me too).
   
2. We also save shopping gift bags and gift boxes to reuse later. We like to combine them into other gifts or use them for carrying stuff around. I've also saved rope from fancy shopping bags to use in projects.
   
3. Since my mom has been out of town for more than a month, I've been washing and reusing plastic cups, which are quicker to wash and ultimately save more water than washing larger glasses.
4. In the sculpture studio, we've been collecting random items from the area and on-campus. I used one item in one of my works outside to make furniture. Just think about it--on person's trash is truly another person's treasure.
5. I'd like to start making compost for my backyard. Sometimes we place food outside like bread and vegetables on our deck for animals to eat. It might be interesting to combine fruit scraps as well into a bin for compost. Watching it breakdown would be cool because I've seen it on television with gardening shows.
6. I'd also like to reduce the amount of toxic chemicals, which I have to go back and see how much I use for projects in general. I don't think it's really that much, but it probably has an impact somewhere.

Hope that's a good list but I know I can do more.