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Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 30, 2011 - 11:29am PT
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My own self:
*18 solar panels ticking away.
*Sorting recyclables.
*Keeping lights off.
*Buying household LED's later.
*Working on garden and processing apples by hand.
*Picked up a whole bag of trash on the irrigation ditch this morning.
We spend an awful lot of time waiting for the city or the politicians to do things for us.
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squishy
Mountain climber
Sac town
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Aug 30, 2011 - 11:44am PT
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I watered some plants this weekend...
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survival
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A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 30, 2011 - 12:00pm PT
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Uh, ok.
What was the water source? I used a rain barrel last night bro!
BWA HA HA hahahaaaa!!!
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survival
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A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 30, 2011 - 12:52pm PT
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LOL eKatTheOrganicHedgeClipper!
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wildone
climber
Troy, MT
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Aug 30, 2011 - 12:54pm PT
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I'm going to continue to be the only guy on my oilfield who turns his giant diesel truck off when working my 12 hour shift instead of just leaving it idling.
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Moof
Big Wall climber
Orygun
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Aug 30, 2011 - 01:02pm PT
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Not procreating. That by far is the greenest thing anyone can do (short of something controversial like active population reduction).
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Aug 30, 2011 - 01:05pm PT
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I will drink beer and piss on a tree.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 30, 2011 - 01:07pm PT
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Ben are you on the North Slope?
Gets harder to not turn it off soon.........
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Aug 30, 2011 - 01:25pm PT
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Work from home to save gas!
I skipped a shower to save water yesterday.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Aug 30, 2011 - 01:26pm PT
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Walked into work, gonna take the bus home.
Live in a small apartment, don't have A/C cuz I don't need it (lucky enough to be almost always able to open my seaward windows for breeze).
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Aug 30, 2011 - 01:30pm PT
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I skipped the drive to work today...
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Aug 30, 2011 - 01:31pm PT
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organic hedge clippers? Have you got goats?
Not drive around town/the mall (where I refuse to go unless absolutely necessary) looking for the nearest/best/shadiest parking place. Take the first one and walk. I'm still working on this one, even in my Prius.
Gotta love the "tennis mom in SUV" (insert your favorite stereotype) waiting at the coffee house with engine and air conditioning running. Anybody got any good suggestions for what I can say that
A: isn't too offensive
B: has a chance of altering her/his/its behavior?
What's wrong with turning off the engine, rolling down the windows and finding out what Mother Nature is up to at the moment?
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Aug 30, 2011 - 01:34pm PT
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Are mass murderers merely misunderstood environmental heroes?
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nature
climber
back in Tuscon Aridzona....
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Aug 30, 2011 - 01:41pm PT
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Buying household LED's later.
where are you getting these?
I have my AC set at 81. In another month it won't be needed. my power bill will drop massively. But when the forecast is 106....
oh... and I walked to work! (granted it's only a 50' walk.....).
I need to get my bike tuned up so i can ride it to yoga. I'm hoping my neck is in good enough shape that it'll allow me to ride. I can probably get to yoga class faster on a bike than if i drive. The yoga studio has a bike punch card. ride 10 times and get a free class.
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fivesix
Trad climber
hope, alaska
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Aug 30, 2011 - 01:47pm PT
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Who can name 10 things that are environmentally conscious that don't require any carbon energy.
sitting in a field naked is the only thing I can think of... :(
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bergbryce
Mountain climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Aug 30, 2011 - 01:50pm PT
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Eat more fiber.
Fewer flushes.
Okay on a more serious note...
I basically never run the clothes dryer anymore. It's so dry in Tahoe you can hang your stuff on a clothes rack and it's dry overnight.
I also will not procreate (hopefully). Recycle everything that can be, feed the compost wormies, drink tap water, tend my garden, walk to the trailhead, try to eat less meat, turn off unused appliances, lights, etc.
Tons of things you can do as an individual that require thought, a tad bit of planning and really not much in the way of sacrifice.
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fivesix
Trad climber
hope, alaska
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Aug 30, 2011 - 01:59pm PT
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Gotta love the "tennis mom in SUV" (insert your favorite stereotype) waiting at the coffee house with engine and air conditioning running
gotta love the "person who bought the prius thinking they were being environmentally conscious but neglected to research how much carbon energy actually goes into making one". You can say "I'm sorry for buying a prius. I'm kind of bummed that I can't go around preaching to "stereotypes" about how much better I am than them because I drive a Hybrid"
http://fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com/2007/03/which-is-greener-prius-or-hummer.html
thats the tip of the iceberg.
major industry is the wrong place to look for environmental solutions.
also, while canada has to do with the topic....
who has looked into the athabasca oil sands lately? Its downright sad. It just goes to show that oil companies only keep up the 'environmentally conscious' facade until it interferes with profit.
I work in an oil field. I see it every day.
I'm just as dirty as the rest of them. Props to ekat and the others who take steps! keep it up! also, the prius comments read a little meaner than I meant them to...
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Aug 30, 2011 - 01:59pm PT
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split wood with maul instead of gas powered splitter. If my back will let me.
And I plan to skip every other breath. Or as the illustrious Bill Clinton said.. " I didn't inhale". heh heh..
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leonardo
climber
davis, CA; Sardinia, IT
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Aug 30, 2011 - 02:05pm PT
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Don't eat meat.
The average American consumes about 215 pounds of meat per year
(source Department of Agriculture. See also National Turkey Federation: http://www.eatturkey.com )
It means 0.6 pounds per day.
Even if don't care about animal rights, meat production is responsible for
water and soil pollution and a waste of enormous amount of energy.
From
"Animal Science Journal" 78, 424-432 (2007).
"It is showed that producing a kilogram of beef leads to the emission of greenhouse gases with a warming potential equivalent to 36.4 kilograms of carbon dioxide. It also releases fertilizing compounds equivalent to 340 grams of sulfur dioxide and 59 grams of phosphate, and consumes 169 mega joules of energy. In other words, a kilogram of beef is responsible for the equivalent of the amount of CO2 emitted by the average European car every 250 kilometers, and burns enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for nearly 20 days"
L.
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fivesix
Trad climber
hope, alaska
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Aug 30, 2011 - 02:10pm PT
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isn't there roughly 10 carbon calories to every food calorie (unless personally grown)?
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