Filed under: Green Products | Tags: aluminium, bottle, brita, metal, plastic, poland spring, seventh generation, sigg, water, waterbottle
I just got a new waterbottle from Sigg, and I love it. It is 33oz. and is metal. Mine is gray, and says “Make Love, Not Landfill” on one side, and “ECO-Logical” on the other. My mom got a really pretty royal blue one, and my stepdad got a boring gray one without a saying. But they have crazy colors and designs, and water bottles in all sizes. You can even get interchangeable lids. It does come with a funky smell, so I washed it with my biodegradable dish soap, made by Seventh Generation, and the smell went away. It doesn’t really hold temperature that well. I put water from my Brita in it, and the bottle became colder than the water. But other than that, I think that this is a great investment for my family. Not only will we save money, but we are saving the enviornment. I encourage everyone to buy the bottles, available on the Sigg website. I do aprichiate what Poland Spring is trying to do, making they’re bottles have less plastic, but really, Sigg is the way to go!!
Filed under: Green Rant | Tags: annoying, changes in community, compost, family, green roofs, home, school, sigg, solar panals, TV
Compost: I am annoyed that this is not more of a thing that everybody does. I think it should be. I feel like everyone should have a compost pile. I live in an apartment complex with a good amount of grass for it being in New York City, and I want to start a compost pile. Also, I want to start one in my school. Although I go to a very small school that has absolutely no vegetation, a compost pile would be beneficial. These are of course small steps to what I would really like to see done; Green roofs with solar pannels. I have done some research, Green Roofs cost between $15-$40 per square foot. I should talk to the enviornmental club (I should actually join the environmental club) and see what can be done. It just really bothers me when I know something can be done, but it isn’t happening. I think of my high school kind of like an Oberlin, and we should be as environmentally forward. It just always frustrates me.
Another thing that bothers me: my family’s use of water bottles. My parents are both big water drinkers, and they insist on buying plastic water bottles. Everyday I bother them about it, telling them to invest the $20 in an aluminum water bottle, like the Sigg Water Bottle (Nalgenes are also pretty bad) and they act as if they are going to do something, but rarely ever do.
One last thing. My stepbrother keeps his TV on ALL night long. I mean, does he really need to be watching that much TV in the first place. He falls asleep at like 10 and the TV stays on all night.
So I am trying to think of ways to remind the people around me how important it is to be green. I’m thinking of leaving little notes around my house.
