ive talked to all my friends about going green and almost all of them have started to go green and we are actually setting up an enviromental club at our schoolnext year
ive gotten my parents to buy mostly organic/local foods there are a couple things that we need to still work on but other than that we are doing pretty well. i just started asking if we could put up a veggie garden in the back yard... they said no so far but i plan on asking again soon
i try to help keep the water supply cleaner by picking up the trash on the side of the road so its doesnt end up in the river/ in an animals mouth.there isnt too much else i can do for this problem considering im only 14
i car pool allll the time i try to give rides to friends and when im not in my car im getting a ride with another friend tend to share stuff too such as a water bottle or something that way they dont have to go buy one and then have to recycle two bottles just one and stuff like that
i have done an audit for my lifestyle it was pretty bad but im improoving. i try to have my lights off when not needed and try to stay away from cooking with the oven and just fixing something up and try to put my comp to sleep or turn off the computer when not in use depending if i plan on coming back in a couple minutes. when going to friends houses and going to the store and stuff i try to walk/run/or bike. i try not to use a car
im appart of serveral online enviromental groups and try to buy things from them to support them for what they're doing for the enviroment. i send every e-mail i get from the groups to let them know whats going on and how they can help and stuff like that
the only thing im having trouble with is turning my home green.....
because i am only 14 i dont have much "power" over the household
my mother wants to do something as well but my step father wants nothing to do with it and will not help in anyway
sometimes making it worse by littering, not recycling, taking long drives to no where, things that are an easy fix right?
no its deffinately been a challenge with him
im trying to convince them that we should switch our lightbulbs and my step father keeps bringing the point up of the murcury inside the lightbulb can be harmful.... and it is but only if the lightbulb is broken
does anyone have any idea how i can change his mind???
