Tomorrow, October 15, is Blog Action Day!!! I'm supposed to be doing this then but since tomorrow is a very, very, very special day and I have a couple of things lined up wink wink, I might as well do this now.
Blog action day is all about bloggers around the world (wide web) uniting to put a very important issue to everyone's mind - the environment. The aim being to get people thinking, discussing, questioning and talking about it. Bloggers are encouraged to write something that has anything to do with the environment. They have a website that you can visit, simply click on the square banner on right side of my blogsite that says 'Unite! Blog Action Day'.
I dislike being preachy preachy. Unang una hindi naman ako pari and besides, malalaki na kayo, alam niyo na ang tama at mali. I’m doing this for Mother Earth. So, instead of homilizing on what you should or should not do, I’ll simply give you a runthrough of what I do, in my own little way, for dear Mother Earth.
Reduce............... Hindi magpapayat, mag compost kayo. Composting is probabaly one of the easiest, but it is quite important as it can easily reduce by half the volume of material your household sends to the dumps. Like tea or teabags for example


You can also use various kitchen wastes such as fruit and vegetable peels, coffee grounds, eggshells, and similar materials. Even stuff you find in the garden such as leaves and grass clippings can be used as well. You can even just keep adding material at the top. Big no nos are meat, bones, fatty products, and for obvious reasons, human and pet waste. O da va, madali lang.
Reuse............. Plastics made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), usually the ones used in water or soda bottles are made of this material. This is great as it can be recycled into stuffing, carpets or molded into bottles again. So don't just throw them away. In big Coca Cola plants, like the one in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, they have this huge container where you can just throw your used soda or water bottles and they'll take of the sorting and/or recycling. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I once heard that once the plastic is recycled, the loop is closed, it cannot be recycled again. Hence, we reuse. Remember those plastic bags you get from the grocery or tiangges, save them and reuse them. Instead of buying those expensive garbage bags, I use them for our rubbish. O da va, nakatipid ka pa.
Same goes with paper bags. You can reuse them again and again and again.
Recycle, recycle, recycle………… Paper products such as newspapers, office paper, corrugated cardboard, old phone directories, old books & notebooks, mosts papers as long it’s not lined with plastic or wax and is not contaminated can be recycled. I try to gather all our papers and then give or sell them to the dyaryo bote roaming around the neighborhood. That way the papers get a good shot at being recycled since the dyaryo bote sells this to a recycling center.

Support Greenpeace............... I signed up only last October 2, hence I only have the welcome kit and I'm still waiting for my membership card.
Greenpeace runs campaigns and projects that concern climate & energy, genetic engineering, toxics, and forests. They have a lot of national and regional offices in 42 different countries worldwide, all of which are affiliated with the Amsterdam-based Greenpeace International. This organization receives its income through the INDIVIDUAL contributions of financial supporters, as well as from charitable foundations. They do not accept funding from governments or corporations, which I think is very good. Since mahal ko ang Pilipinas, I made it a point to sign up for Greenpeace Southeast Asia. I'd really love to volunteer but since I'm always pressed for time, contribute na lang muna ako. Hopefully in the next year or two, I'd be able to volunteer. If you want to help as well, contact a Greenpeace organization near you, or you can go to their website simply by clicking the green banner on the right side of my site, right on top of the blog action day banner. Gets???
Spread the word............... Since I rarely go out, I don't make telebabad, and I barely answer text messages or emails, the best I can do is to at least teach my kiddielets. Start them young. Start small. Like those little candy or chocolate wrappers, you won't see them just throwing their rubbish around. They make it a point to either find the nearest bin, or put it in their pockets until they get home. See even little kids learn fast.
Lastly, practice what you preach.
So don't just sit there, do something! Now na!!!
Happy Blog Action Day!!!!
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