Happy Earth Day everybody! (And Happy Birthday Kristin!) I figured a seedling update would be appropriate for today. The zucchini and the tomatoes got big enough to transplant into larger peat pots. They were actually taking over the whole seed starter and crushing the much smaller herbs.
I also bought six vinca plants today with hopes of starting some outdoor pots this weekend. Technically danger of frost ends May 15th here...but the plants were already outside at the store.
Also for earth day here is a list of ways I'm trying to be greener. It will also help as a reminder for myself:
-use reusable canvas bags when shopping (like this one- shameless plug)
-turn off the faucet when brushing my teeth and in between rinsing and washing plates
-take a thermos to work as often as possible filled with organic fair trade coffee instead of buying it once I get in the city and throwing out a cup everyday
-keep my tires properly filled in order to get better gas mileage
-turn lights off when not using them and keep heat/ air at a reasonable temp
-turn my monitor off when not using my computer
-try not to get lazy about recycling (including stinky cat food cans)
- and keep dreaming of a hybrid, or even better solution, car
We actually celebrated Earth Day where I work today. I happen to work for a company that tried very hard to be environmentally sound. I don't really like to write about work but this part seems pretty cool/ interesting to me so I'll share it.
Part of what my company does is design and sell textiles. We carry several post- consumer recycled poly (post being soda/water bottles mostly as opposed to pre which would be waste from a factory or stuff we never see) textiles. At our celebration today we were told we will now recycle clear, green and blue plastic bottles that will go directly to a fiber manufacturer to be recycled and extruded into yarn that will go directly into fabric we sell. I feel that makes recycling a little more personal and interesting. I thought it was cool. Maybe that's just me.
And since I'm talking about work I'll just tell you that another thing we are doing that I'm very happy about is participating in the
The goals is to plant one million new trees in NYC by 2017. (I think other cities are doing something similar) A friend of mine at work proposed participating since we have a fairly large veranda, the company agreed to provide funds and a bunch of employees volunteered to do the work. On Monday two palettes of soil, planters and four or five trees to start will be delivered. It will be an ongoing project with additional plantings and continued maintenance but it should be fun, allow people who work in different departments to work together and give us a pretty sweet place to sit outside at lunch.
But really...enough about work
