Articles in the Go Lightly’s Green Challenge Category
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“Doing Things Better Challenge” # 24: Spring Clean Your Space
[Apr 23, 10 by
This challenge is inspired by a little four-year old girl named Claire. For Earth Day Claire was walking around town with her mom picking up trash. They had two bags filled and they had only walked 7 blocks. The crazy weather we have had lately seems to have blown more garbage than usual around and it seems that no gutter or sewer is without some king of garbage.
Or maybe this trash was always there and I never noticed it much. But after learning about Captain Charles Moore and the Great …
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“Doing Things Better” Challenge # 23: Increase Your MPG
[Apr 14, 10 by
We’ve heard in the headlines that historic new federal rules set for the first-ever national greenhouse gas emissions standards will significantly increase the fuel economy of all new passenger cars and light trucks sold in the United States…. by the year 2016. You don’t have to wait until 2016 to buy a new car to start reducing emissions from your vehicle. Follow this advice from activist Ron McLinden:
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“Doing Things Better Challenge” # 22: Don’t Be Cheap
[Mar 24, 10 by
Do you ever buy something just because it is inexpensive? Like a shirt that you may never wear, but that’s marked-down to 7$ so why not? Or a 2$ pair of shamrock-shaped novelty sunglasses for St. Patrick’s Day that will end up who knows where? Or yet another purse or pair of flip flops or that souvenir glowwand from the theme park that your child does not need but is so tempting to buy because it is just so cheap or sparkly or fun? Well, it is these kinds of purchases- these almost unconscious, impulse buys that are arguably unnecessary- that I challenge you to become aware of.
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“Doing Things Better” Challenge # 21: DIY and Go Package-Free
[Mar 11, 10 by
I tend to think in multiples. Every time I throw out an empty deodorant, or finish a bottle of lotion, or tube of toothpaste- I think of all the millions of applicators, lotion pumps, and tubes that are disposed of every minute- things that cannot be recycled. So I went on a hunt for alternatives to replace as many of these highly packaged items as I could and here is what I found:
