Going up?

How much energy does your elevator use? I work on the 3rd floor and for no other reason then the fact that I sit at a desk all day and have minimal physical activity, I've started taking the stairs.

And today while I was taking the stairs (and thinking about my Earth-saving endeavors) I stared wondering how much energy I was using to climb the stairs (and the positive benefit in regards to calories).

Then I started thinking about how much energy it took to carry me in a metal box up to the third floor...

Will research and present in a nice pie graph for the world's viewing pleasure.


P.s. Free Tibet.

First Day of Vegetarianism is complete! hooray!

So I made it. So proud.
I had oatmeal for breakfast, bananas & graham crackers for snacks, pasta ziti marinara (no meat, duh), a sugar cookie, oatmeal again (between therapy and homegroup - what a combo), and then I stopped by the thai restaurant and got sautéed veggies with rice.

Congrats to me. Now, let's see if I can make it through day 2?

I think I can.

xoxo

an introduction...

Hi, my name is Bottled Water.
I am made of polyethylene terephthalate…which you might know as crude oil.
I am so popular it takes 17+ million barrels of oil annually to make, produce, and transport me.
You probably think I’m healthier than tap water, but there’s a 40% chance I began as tap water and was mixed with minerals that have no proven health benefit.
Drink to much of those minerals and you could face some health problems.
My production is less regulated than the maintenance of tap water.
There is an 86% chance that I will become garbage or litter.
Burn me and I will emit chlorine gas and heavy-metal ash into the atmosphere.
Bury me and I will take 1,000 years to biodegrade.
Try to recycle me and I could be exported all the way to China – adding to the unnecessary use of resources.
Thinking of reusing me? Look up the term “leaching.”
Hi, my name is Bottled Water.
Want to use me? I don’t cost that much…




Most of these fun facts came from http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/2006/Update51.htm And also an array of other website found through Googling the terms “leaching”, “water bottle+health”, “water bottle+statistics”, and “water bottle+CNN”