What are you doing to save the Earth?

Oh yeah, one more thing I do is shave with a straight razor. A good razor and brush (and strop and sharpening stone) isn't all that cheap, but. If you compare the price of cassette blades or disposable razors to the initial cost of a straight razor and its compliments you'll find that you will easily save money within the first 6 months of use.

It shaves closer and the "badass factor" is off the scale!!

I empty all the half full water bottles I find and pick up any extra trash around me at the beach.

Well, my wife and I both drive Priuses (Prii?)

Then I go to work and burn about 40,000 gallons of jet fuel on a typical day. So...

I transitioned to working the conservation field post military. My job entails helping communities remain in compliance with Clean Water Act (CWA) rules.

At home we recycle, install energy efficient LED bulbs, compost to reduce waste from entering landfills, use cloth diapers, but local food, use a bicycle for making short trips.

We don't intentionally analyze our actions and consumption to determine if we could be more environmentally friendly. I'm sure if we did we could find even more areas to improve on.

In my civilian life I work from home. My entire home office runs off of two different systems of renewable energy. I use both solar and wind power generation. The same system runs my HAM radio station.

I also use collected rain water to hydrate my vegetable garden. My garden is planted in above ground wooden planters that I built with hand tools and reclaimed pallet wood. I have two 4'x6' planters.

True story....

I agree pretty solidly with MSG Brad Sand on many of the things he said. I do work hard to recycle, conserve water, etc. I feel that this does not per se help the planet, but at least keeps my area cleaner and more hospitable for a longer period of time.

There are large things we can do to help the quality of life of people (ex: Stop making petroleum based plastics and switch to things such as glass for bottles and hemp for bags) but I doubt we can beat Mother Nature. If she gets mad enough at us, I'm sure we will go the way of the dinosaurs real quick.

I'm a good steward of my little corner of the earth, and unlike Al "I invented the internet is over/the debate is over" Gore, I am willing to participate in a discussion that doesn't involve the kind of fear-mongering and hysteria that the tree huggers tend to engage in!