earth day

I made some mini-resolutions for Earth Day. All of them take 10 minutes or less, and will help me feel less guilty about my consumer-ish existence. Many of them are things I've been meaning to get around to--Earth Day seemed like the perfect time.

1. Bought a Sigg water bottle to replace the parade of plastic bottles that lead from my home to the recycle bin every week. Sigg bottles are BpH-free (harmful chemicals found in plastic that can leach into food and drink), easy to clean, and made from stainless steel or aluminum with a leach-free liner. All the cool kids have them--both the directors of my program tote them. Plus, they're cuter than plastic (sorry Nalgene lovers).

2. Bought a re-usable grocery bag, so the parade of plastic bags from my house to the recycle bin can also cease. Emily hunted down a bunch of adorable versions here. These bags are way more stylish than the white plastic variety, and don't get stuck in treetops or landfills.

3. B called the unsubscribe number on the back of the catalogs that come to our home. Sometimes we get six or seven a day! It took like 30 seconds. A bunch of other ways to opt-out from junk mail, thanks to Ashley:

-Register for free with http://www.catalogchoice.org/

-Register with www.dmaconsumers.org/cgi/offmailing

-Call and ask to be removed from credit card companies central mailing lists 1-888-5-OPTOUT

Any other ideas? I still have a few hours of Earth Day left!