Thanks to carrie i will now be adding turning off the water to my promise list when i brush my teeth.
Any other suggestions?
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Carbon Foot Print
You can look at my Carbon foot print in the link below!
http://tinypic.com/r/au6ufr/7
I was surprised considering the global stats below!
Your footprint is 16.88 metric tons per year
The average footprint for people in Panama is 1.78 metric tons
The average worldwide carbon footprint is about 4 metric tons
These results are actually not even including the electricity and bills since i did not know the energy consumption for the house.
So my foot print is actually very high.
Im honestly not very green and im WILLING to
do some stuff to improve like recycling or throwing away garbage in the right places. But i am not willing to modify my life like walk or something that would make things harder to get to or do. I like to be comfortable.
I dont have anything against people that are green crazy and actually i do think it is good that people do it but not for me lol.
http://tinypic.com/r/au6ufr/7
I was surprised considering the global stats below!
Your footprint is 16.88 metric tons per year
The average footprint for people in Panama is 1.78 metric tons
The average worldwide carbon footprint is about 4 metric tons
These results are actually not even including the electricity and bills since i did not know the energy consumption for the house.
So my foot print is actually very high.
Im honestly not very green and im WILLING to
do some stuff to improve like recycling or throwing away garbage in the right places. But i am not willing to modify my life like walk or something that would make things harder to get to or do. I like to be comfortable.
I dont have anything against people that are green crazy and actually i do think it is good that people do it but not for me lol.
Promise =)
My personal sustainability promise will be to start to throw my trash away in the correct places and to start to recycle within my own home.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Survey
According to www.thehappinesscenter.com/survey/survey.php
I scored 75 on my "life satisfaction survey"
And offered me the following advise.
My life is okay, but not always what I would like it to be. I could use some direction in making my life happier....
Personally im happy with my life, I felt the responses always, sometimes etc were not very good answers and to general and didn't allow me to be able to answer correctly or accurately score. The point system also favored what it considered to be good for an overall 1 type of honest perfect person. What if for me what it calculated as a negative for me was a positive and made me happier?
1 Identify a single area you feel both enhances your life and is in some way connect to our world and nature.
Personally i am not very Green at all and none of the questions allows me to connect to the planet and nature.
2 Think of a personal sustainability practice (PSP) that would improve your life and the life of others even in a small but significant way. Remember if each of us takes a small step it can result in a large change
I think i can start to always throw my trash away in the correct places. There are times were If i don't see a garbage near by i just leave it on the ground. I even kinda feel bad afterwords and i think this is a great way for me to start being more GREEN.
3. Now think about whether or not this is something that is repeatable (is it a one time act or something you can do on a daily basis), is it sustainable and is it something you will enjoy?
This is def something i can repeat weekly and can come to enjoy and feel good about.
I scored 75 on my "life satisfaction survey"
And offered me the following advise.
My life is okay, but not always what I would like it to be. I could use some direction in making my life happier....
Personally im happy with my life, I felt the responses always, sometimes etc were not very good answers and to general and didn't allow me to be able to answer correctly or accurately score. The point system also favored what it considered to be good for an overall 1 type of honest perfect person. What if for me what it calculated as a negative for me was a positive and made me happier?
1 Identify a single area you feel both enhances your life and is in some way connect to our world and nature.
Personally i am not very Green at all and none of the questions allows me to connect to the planet and nature.
2 Think of a personal sustainability practice (PSP) that would improve your life and the life of others even in a small but significant way. Remember if each of us takes a small step it can result in a large change
I think i can start to always throw my trash away in the correct places. There are times were If i don't see a garbage near by i just leave it on the ground. I even kinda feel bad afterwords and i think this is a great way for me to start being more GREEN.
3. Now think about whether or not this is something that is repeatable (is it a one time act or something you can do on a daily basis), is it sustainable and is it something you will enjoy?
This is def something i can repeat weekly and can come to enjoy and feel good about.
Green Washing?
Today i began to caught up on Green business class. I have to say that its pretty interesting to see how many companies around the world practice it. Even more interesting is how many are accused of green washing.
I understand how other people can target companies for green washing but not why they expect for companies to do this for free or not gain something from it. Nothing is ever for free or done just to be nice there is always a cost and if it helps the planet or people or organizations then who cares if they make money off it. I believe it is fair to have a give and take type relationship.
I understand how other people can target companies for green washing but not why they expect for companies to do this for free or not gain something from it. Nothing is ever for free or done just to be nice there is always a cost and if it helps the planet or people or organizations then who cares if they make money off it. I believe it is fair to have a give and take type relationship.
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