Bottled water junkies!
I wanna see this movie!
Old cell phone worth 10% what you paid for it?
Donate it! It’s tax deductible and in most cases the shipping is free… Fewer than 1 in 10 cell phones in recycled. The cell phone and its components represent energy that has been used to create that phone. Anything that can be done to prolong that phone’s useful life reduces or postpones the need to use energy to create a new cell phone. And the less energy used, the less carbon is released into Earth’s atmosphere. With world wide cell phone sales projected to top 1 billion per year in 2009, any effort to reduce those numbers could yield large energy and environmental savings.
Cell phone donation for several organizations
Cell phone for 911 emergency phones
Or just recycle it at a location near you
I learned most of this from carbonrally.com 
Save trees! Get rid of the phone book!
Most people don’t use the phone book anymore… with internet resources like maps.google.com and yp.yahoo.com there really is no need. The phone book can’t keep up with business updates as fast as the internet can. So why not save a tree! Opt out of receiving the phone book:
hi-tech green style…
Since the hands-free phone law goes into effect July 1 in LA where you can no longer hold a cell phone and talk to it in your car… I needed to pick up a bluetooth headset. I really don’t talk much on my cell phone at all to begin with much less in my car, but it’s a good thing to have just in case and maybe it prevents that cell phone brain cancer everyone’s talking about.
So this is what I picked:
It’s not as stylish as the other bluetooth headsets out there, but it has something perfect for me in sunny California. A solar panel for charging! It’s the Iqua 603 SUN Bluetooth Wireless Headset. I’ve charged it once in the wall charger since I bought it and it’s been solar charging since. I just sit it in my car in the sun and it charges. Quite the opposite of most electronics that you should keep out of direct sunlight….
Happy Earth Day!
Today (and yesterday) to celebrate Earth Day, several supermarkets are giving away a free reusable bag to each customer while supplies last. The bags are made out of recycled material. Just realized it’s state law that super markets offer plastic bag recycling and they must sell reusable bags. Stores like Ikea charge you a nickel for the plastic bag they give you when you check out, if you have a reusable bag then no charge I think that’s the only way the reusable bag thing will start catching on!
Here are the stores offering the free bags:
Albertsons
- 3840 S. Labrea Ave., Los Angeles
- 9022 Balboa St., Northridge
- 6240 Foothill Blvd, Tujunga
- 7224 Mason Ave., Canoga Park
- 2035 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles
- 7227 Van Nuys Blvd., Van Nuys
El Super
- 12727 Sherman Way, North Hollywood
- 14620 Parthenia St., Panorama City
Food 4 Less
- 5100 N. Figueroa St., Highland Park
- 5420 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood
- 2750 E. First St., Los Angeles
- 1820 W. Slauson Ave., Los Angeles
Henry’s Farmers Market
- 820 N. Western Ave., San Pedro
Pavilions
- 6534 Platt Ave., West Hills
- 727 N. Vine St., Los Angeles
Ralphs
- 4760 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles
- 12057 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles
- 19871 Rinaldi St., Northridge
- 1050 N. Western, San Pedro
- 21909 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills
- 10901 Ventura Blvd., Studio City
- 10861 Le Conte Ave., Westwood
- 14049 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks
- 17250 Saticoy St., Van Nuys
- 10400 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Mission Hills
- 645 W. Ninth St., Los Angeles
Smart & Final
- 3607 Vermont Ave., Los Angeles
Superior Super Warehouse
- 6140 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood
- 9801 N. Laurel Canyon, Pacoima
- 10211 S. Avalon Blvd., Los Angeles
- 8811 S. Western Ave., Los Angeles
- 5824 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles
Valu Plus Food Warehouse
- 120 W. Anaheim, Wilmington
- 6820 De Soto Ave., Canoga Park
Vons
- 2511 Daly St., Los Angeles
- 20440 Devonshire St., Chatsworth
- 3461 W. Third St., Los Angeles
- 7311 N. Figueroa St., Eagle Rock
- 1221 Gaffey St., San Pedro
- 7789 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga
- 3118 S. Sepulveda, Los Angeles
- 10321 Sepulveda Blvd., Mission Hills
New Years Resolution Update…
So my New Year’s resolution was to try to be more green. I think I’m doing pretty good. We’ve been recycling EVERYTHING. Even the gross food containers of spoiled food, I plug my nose and clean them out for recycling. We recycle junk mail and the newspaper ads we get.
I looked into replacing our bulbs in the house with energy-efficient bulbs. I found big lots of them on eBay which is probably the way we’ll go… but maybe next month because we have a lot of wedding gifts to buy!
I did pick up some sweet reusable bags from baggubag.com. Josh is embarassed to be seen with me because everytime we’re at a checkout at like Target or Albertsons and even Macy’s this weekend I pulled out a bag from my purse and said “Don’t worry about it, I have my own bag.” Btw, they don’t make it easy to use your own bags at the self checkout counters… “unexpected item in bagging area, please wait for assistance”… ugh. And they’re afraid to touch your bags at the grocery stores and department stores they just hand you all the stuff to bag it yourself
I also use a lot less paper towels now and I’ve been cleaning windows in the house with a squegee and water instead of paper towels and windex. I am feeling very good about my newly green ways It reduces all the plastic bag clutter we usually have under our sink and we have way less garbage on garbage day too!
Another tip… you can recycle all those plastic bags at local Ralph’s stores or Smart & Final stores! That’s where I took a whole bunch of our bags.
Solar Christmas!
I found a few places that sell solar powered Christmas lights, wreaths and garland. How cool is that?! A green christmas
Gaiam Solar powered LED Christmas lights
Also many places are selling LED lights now, 80% less energy than incandescent!
Also on eBay, a lot cheaper (I bought some already!):
