Articles in the Go Lightly's Green Challenge Category
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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:
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“Doing Things Better” Challenge #20: Think Ink
[Feb 24, 10 by
Are you still buying new ink cartridges for your printer when you run out? Did you know there is a franchise called Cartridge World that refills your empty cartridges, thereby diverting millions of plastic cartridges from our waste stream? And it saves you money too!
So the next time you need ink, refill those cartridges instead of buying new ones.
And while we are on the subject of computers, the amount of e-waste in the world cannot be ignored. With new technology developing at light speed, electronic waste is piling up faster …
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“Doing Things Better” Challenge # 19: Changing Our Food Future
[Feb 12, 10 by
This subject is so huge I cannot seem to focus on one point. The title of this challenge was going to be “It’s Winter. Eat Apples.” but as I got to writing, seven paragraphs later I realized that our food problems went far beyond just the miles it was shipped to get to us. There’s genetically modified organisms, tons of pesticides being dumped on crops, forests being destroyed for meat, horrific cruelty to animals in the livestock, poultry, and dairy production, and the SAD (Standard American Diet) of over-processed, over-packaged foods killing us
