Comments on: Re-thinking what you consider to be junk: re-use and re-purpose http://lowcarbonhome.info/2008/06/20/recycling-repurposing-reuse/ Taking Personal Responsibility for the Environment - Each of Us Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:51:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Mrs Green http://lowcarbonhome.info/2008/06/20/recycling-repurposing-reuse/#comment-869 Mrs Green Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:16:06 +0000 http://lowcarbonhome.info/2008/06/20/recycling-repurposing-reuse/#comment-869 Absolutely brilliant video - thank you so much for sharing it here. This ties in with our own values in life and is exactly the kind of thing my husband does all the time. He made our daughter a fabulous tree house from gash wood, old wire netting etc and a neighbour saw it going up and donated an old corrugated steel roofing panel that had been sitting at the bottom of his garden for years. She's had years of pleasure from a 'pile of junk' Keep up the great work; your blog is an inspiration.......... Absolutely brilliant video - thank you so much for sharing it here. This ties in with our own values in life and is exactly the kind of thing my husband does all the time. He made our daughter a fabulous tree house from gash wood, old wire netting etc and a neighbour saw it going up and donated an old corrugated steel roofing panel that had been sitting at the bottom of his garden for years. She’s had years of pleasure from a ‘pile of junk’

Keep up the great work; your blog is an inspiration……….

]]> By: Grant La Mora http://lowcarbonhome.info/2008/06/20/recycling-repurposing-reuse/#comment-823 Grant La Mora Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:29:25 +0000 http://lowcarbonhome.info/2008/06/20/recycling-repurposing-reuse/#comment-823 Great site! Not sure how topical this comment is to your re-purposing article, but I'll leave it anyway: I switched our entire home over to CFLs 5-6 years ago, mostly to qualify for a 20% rebate from PG&E (the local utility in San Francisco) for lowering my electric consumption 20% below the previous year's use. Not only did I qualify for the rebate, but I have continued to do so every year since then, and have saved (conservatively) over 12 kw in electricity. This rebate was a great incentive - at the time CFLs were considerably more expensive than incandescent bulbs, and I would not have made the switch as early as I did without the rebate offer (which really only amounted to a $15 reduction in my electric bill, however the challenge was sufficient to get me into action. I would support similar programs throughout the country; I was surprised how quickly a little game got me moving where endless reams of environmental education did nothing. I believe that the biggest place we can make a difference is in individual action - if every citizen just changed 1 incandescent bulb to a CFL, that action alone would make a noticeable difference not only in the amount carbon emitted by the nation as a whole, but also in the amount of fossil fuels burned. This is true across the board, f'rinstance, if every citizen simply did not drive their car one day a week, the difference in air quality, carbon emissions and fossil fuel use would be impressive. My point is, it is not necessary to completely rearrange your lifestyle to be more environmentally friendly - it is only necessary to (a) make a single change in your own lifestyle, and (b) convince a WHOLE BUNCH of other people to do likewise (which is of course what the Internet is for!) Thanks for the good work, Seamus. Grant "I have a wide stance" Great site!

Not sure how topical this comment is to your re-purposing article, but I’ll leave it anyway:

I switched our entire home over to CFLs 5-6 years ago, mostly to qualify for a 20% rebate from PG&E (the local utility in San Francisco) for lowering my electric consumption 20% below the previous year’s use. Not only did I qualify for the rebate, but I have continued to do so every year since then, and have saved (conservatively) over 12 kw in electricity.

This rebate was a great incentive - at the time CFLs were considerably more expensive than incandescent bulbs, and I would not have made the switch as early as I did without the rebate offer (which really only amounted to a $15 reduction in my electric bill, however the challenge was sufficient to get me into action. I would support similar programs throughout the country; I was surprised how quickly a little game got me moving where endless reams of environmental education did nothing.

I believe that the biggest place we can make a difference is in individual action - if every citizen just changed 1 incandescent bulb to a CFL, that action alone would make a noticeable difference not only in the amount carbon emitted by the nation as a whole, but also in the amount of fossil fuels burned. This is true across the board, f’rinstance, if every citizen simply did not drive their car one day a week, the difference in air quality, carbon emissions and fossil fuel use would be impressive.

My point is, it is not necessary to completely rearrange your lifestyle to be more environmentally friendly - it is only necessary to (a) make a single change in your own lifestyle, and (b) convince a WHOLE BUNCH of other people to do likewise (which is of course what the Internet is for!)

Thanks for the good work, Seamus.

Grant

“I have a wide stance”

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