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Changing Lanes Challenge: Week 7

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May. 6th, 2007 | 10:15 pm
location: Chicago
mood: accomplished accomplished

This week I decided  to stop using any paper or plastic bags at stores, and instead use totes that I already own! For the most part, I've been using this pink one (I also have the same one in black though too, gotta color coordinate with my outfits!...just joking...sorta...).  If I know I'm buying more then what will fit in the tote, I just bring the black one too or use my gym bag.  I've gotten a few weird looks, but oh well :)  At least no one's accused me of shoplifting the bag, haha.




What about everyone else? 

Tom (http://ironmonkey.blogspot.com) left this comment in last week's challenge:  "I switched away from buying bottled water about a year ago. I filter tap water and drink it from a reusable bottle. I also got a soda siphon so I can make my own carbonated water from filtered tap water."

A Soda Siphon? Niiiice! I like that idea :)  though, I know, I know it's not a necessity at this moment, sigh.

Leave me your comment, or links to videos, photos, or blog entries about what you changed in your life this week to conserve oil and/or power. Heck, you can even come to chat and talk about your idea! I'm looking forward to seeing everyones great ideas :)


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shopping bags

From: anonymous
Date: May. 8th, 2007 03:27 pm (UTC)
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Rainey Wilson here--
I took another Netizen'ssuggestion (can't remember who now, sorry!) and checked out pledgebank.com. I signed on to one of the pledges--to not only use reuseable bags at the store, but to give a reuseable bag to someone who didn't have one! That's pretty easy around here--there are a couple stores, local chains like New Leaf and nat'l chains like Trader Joe's, that make these super-durable plastic ones--uh, I hope they are out of recycled plastic :). That's good because at 99cents, even jobless me can afford to sport somebody.
RW

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Re: shopping bags

fallingintosin

From: [info]fallingintosin
Date: May. 8th, 2007 03:38 pm (UTC)
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Thanks Rainy, I just signed those to pledges as well!

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Car pooling

From: anonymous
Date: May. 9th, 2007 05:17 pm (UTC)
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What I changed this week is that I have been car pooling to work with my girlfriend. We used to each drive to work separately. Taking her to work first and then driving to my office is a bit more of a hassle, because it is not exactly on the way, but there is no deying that it conserves gas. This may be a temporary solution and we may have to switch to public transport eventually. I could also bicycle but it would be a 16 mile round trip daily. That is not out of the question and for hard core cyclists it would be easy, but it is not exactly a quick trip down the block either.

Tom
http://ironmonkey.blogspot.com

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