Have a green and happy Chinese New Year!
By Eugene on Feb 4, 2008 in Featured
Chinese New Year is just a few days away and many of us are cleaning our homes for the festive period. While house cleaning, using disposable paper towels is convenient but wasteful. A better option is to use cloth and rags that can be washed and reused again.
It is a tradition to buy new clothing and new stuff to replace the old ones. But think twice before buying new stuff. Do you really need them? Consider donating old clothing and stuff instead of throwing them away. And recycle where possible.
Reunion dinners are a time when family members get together to have a feast. While cooking, do ensure that you have sufficient but not excessive food. Too much food not eaten ends up as waste. Remember that the quality of eating dinner together is more important than the quantity of food.
While visiting relatives and friends or going sightseeing, do try to take public transport or carpool. Share your car with others and spend time together. Also, reuse old red packets or hongbaos to make art decorations and lanterns for your home. Be creative and have fun.
Wishing everyone a green and happy Chinese New Year! Gong Xi Fa Cai!
Image attribution: textile fetish.
Tags: carpool, cny, green, reduce reuse recycle
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alex | Feb 7, 2008 | Reply
I really enjoy reading your blog, it always has great insight. But I am very frustrated with the fact that so few people are talking about presidential candidates and their thoughts on global warming. Now that it is down to just a few candidates I would think that this would be a bigger issue.
Live Earth just picked up this topic and put out an article ( http://www.liveearth.org/news.php ) live earth is also asking why the presidential candidates are not being solicited for their stance on the issue of the climate change. I just saw a poll on www.EarthLab.com that says people care a lot about what their next leader thinks of global warming. Does anyone know of another poll or other results about this subject?
Here is the page where I saw the EarthLab poll: http://www.earthlab.com/life.aspx. This is a pretty legit website; they are endorsed by Al Gore and the alliance for climate protection and they have a carbon footprint calculator. Does anyone have a strong opinion about this like I do? No matter what your political affiliation is or who you vote for this is an important issue for our environment, our economy and for homeland security.
Eugene | Feb 11, 2008 | Reply
Thanks Alex for your comments. I’m not sure about the presidential candidates’ stand on global warming, but a recent Reuters article reported that Obama says his climate change plan is stronger than McCain’s (http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN0851498420080209?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&sp=true).
enqi weng | Feb 12, 2008 | Reply
i love the shot with the green headed lion - nice touch!
we’re open to collecting old clothes for our works right now if anybody wants to donate