Day 115: GO GREEN- Took the Bus

Even though I only live a few blocks away from school, I still find myself constantly driving to school. Today, I decided to take a chance and try out the public bus. It is free for EWU students and picks up right in front of my house. By taking the bus each day- or walking- to school I will not only lower my carbon dioxide emissions and save some gas along the way. 

My experience on public transportation wasn't as  bad as some stories I have heard. Just kidding, it was not bad at all. The trip was quick and easy and there are so many people who ride the bus that you may meet a new friend. Next week when I need to trek into Spokane, I am going to take the bus to work. Again, preventing nasty emissions in the air and saving gas. 

God bless,

Kailee 

Day 114: GO GREEN- Reusable Grocery Bags

After taking what seemed like hundreds of plastics sacks to be recycled, I decided it was time to focus on the REUSE part of reduce, reuse, recycle. When I visited the grocery store this evening, I bought a $1 reusable grocery sack. Now I can just take this sack to the store and save the landfill a few plastic sacks. Even better, if you are a member of Safeway, you can go online and get a free reusable sack. A lot of stores offer discount on reusable sacks. Keep an eye out next time you are at the store and save a few sacks from the landfill in the process!

God bless,

Kailee

Day 113: GO GREEN- Recycle

It is time to keep the ball rolling on Go Green Week, and recycle. At the very beginning of the year, I noticed a plastic bag recycle bin and decided to collect grocery and shopping bags to recycle. In addition, I did a little research and found that Cheney has a recycling center on the main street and took note of what they recycle. With the materials in mind, I began collecting recycleables about a week ago.  

(Plastic bags recycled)

Today, I took a little trip to the Cheney Recycle Center and dropped off my items. The man working was really nice and very appreciative for all of the items I had brought in. A little later I was talking to a friend and they had mentioned that, "once you start, you can't stop." Which is highly likely, because everywhere I look now I see new items that could be recycled. It was an eye opening experience to see how much garbage I collected over the course of one week. (seen below) All of that material could have been shipped to the dump to sit in a landfill. The city offers recycling bins for anyone who is interested. I even hear that some places will pay you for your trash...and everyone likes a few extra dollars! ;D

(Other recycled materials)

(Cheney Recycle Center) 

God bless

& go green,

Kailee