the next step

[the_siobhan]

Every resource I've ever seen about climate change gives the same basic instructions. "Turn down the AC. Get a more fuel efficient car. Buy locally."

We don't have air con. We bus and bike everywhere. We eat vegetarian most of the time, and every lightbulb in the house is compact fluorescent. We patch, repair, reuse and freecycle.

Now what? Where is the environmentalism 201?

*sigh*

I guess I could always write more letters.

What I'm listening to right this second: Knucklehead

Comments

environmentalism 201

[siani-hedgehog.livejournal.com]

as Aidan said, microgeneration (it'll be getting way cheaper soon!), and sustainable water and wastewater.

use grey water recycling systems. install a water butt and save runnoff rainwater for watering the garden. compost. put bird and bat boxes in your eaves.

Re: environmentalism 201

[melete.livejournal.com]

install a water butt and save runnoff rainwater for watering the garden.

I don't know if Toronto has something similar but Chicago has a dept of conservation that has several programs about how to turn your house more enviro friendly. In it they do have information on where to get or how to make barrels to collect rain water for garden use. They also have guides for good local flora to plant in yards rather than turf grass to help with run off. Plus they do all sorts of other things for Chicago - granting programs for green roofs, etc. They often seem to have things you might not have thought of yet.

Re: environmentalism 201

[inulro.livejournal.com]

We got a water butt, which has been a bit of a waste as that assumes we care enough about our garden to water it.

It comes in handy after dry spells to refill the pond though.

Re: environmentalism 201

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Canadian Tire now carries a whole line of solar panels and windmill supplies.

Grey water is a good point. I might contact the city about that, they used to have a free converstion program.