ATers are on the right track. A recent article in Time Magazine listed 51 things we can each do to live more sustainably, and we were pleased to discover that quite a few items on the list come hand in hand with our kind of living.
Check out the highlights after the jump...
posted originally from: AT:San Francisco
#6: Ditch the Mansion
• Remember the Smallest Coolest Contest?
#7: Hang Up a Clothes Line
• Green Laundry — we're all over it
#17: Open a Window
• Better yet if it converts to a balcony, like when we slinked the Bloomframe
#24: Just Say No to Plastic Bags
• Here's our top 10 ways to reuse them
#26: Plant a Bamboo Fence
• You asked where to get one: Good Questions: Green Fence
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I disagree with #26, as I'm sure many people who have planted bamboo would too. It's a very invasive plant and can very easily take over, at which point is can become difficult and costly to get rid of. There are plenty of native plants that can be used to achieve a similar effect.
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#26 works if you do it right. sink 5 gallon buckets into the ground and plant the bamboo in the buckets, a bit more labor intensive but this controls the growth to a specific area
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Using a clothesline is a fine idea, but for really significant results, my money's on algae. National Geographic maps out the benefits in their October biofuels story:
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/2007-10/biofuels/biofuels.html
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