Writer's Block: The Little Things I Do for Our Planet

[shawnick]

I don't drive.

I've only owned one car in my entire life,  used and given to me, for less than one year. Never even bothered to reregister it in my name or switch out the WV plates for CA ones.

I recycle.

I don't litter.

I carry my own stainless steel water bottle, instead of buying a million tiny plastic ones and throwing them away.

I cleaned up a local park awhile back with my son and a host of other volunteers.

I grew the seed of a dying redwood, moved it w/me when I changed homes, kept it until it was too big for my apt, then gave it to my yoga instructor, who drove it up to her & her husband's property in Mendocino County and planted it outdoors.

I was a Fix Our Feral lady for a while.

I nurture found random dying plants/plant clippings thus perpetuating their lifeforce.

I don't buy animals. They just find me over the yrs and become part of the family.

My apt. has water heat under the floors thereby bypassing the need for natural gas.

I've never owned a cellphone, altho I do pay for my son's.

Altho I own these items, I have never purchased a tv/vcr/dvd player/answering machine. They have all been either new or used gifts.

I don't patronize fast-food establishments.

I reuse plastic grocery bags and, as of today, will be returning un-reused ones to stores that recycle them. I also have my own hemp/cotton grocery bags, which I use for various shopping errands.

I just started buying biodegradable kittybox liners.

I love my kitty.

*author's note: Okay, so I recently broke down and split the cost of a new dvd player w/daboy after the old one croaked.