How I Saved the Environment, or How I Killed the Planet (Today)

This last week, I have been a little lazy when it comes to saving the environment. When I find trash on the streets and around campus, I have been just tossing it in the garbage instead of saving it for my recycling bins at home. I’ve been a little down lately and that has been reflected in my recycling habits.

I did, however, recycle a peanut butter jar. Although I am afraid that the energy used to create the mass amounts of hot water and soap that it took to clean it out may have canceled out my good gesture towards the planet.

One other good thing that happened in regards to saving the environment was that Susan and I found the South Umpqua dump….and….recycling center.  Now we don’t have to save all of our recyclables until we go to Salem; we can simply sort them and bring them a few miles up the road.

As far as killing the planet, I’ve already mentioned my lax attitude towards garbage. But I also drove to Roseburg today with some students just because we were bored and had to use some gas, but that’s no big deal.

I’ll be keeping up with this blog often to let you know how I am progressing.