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I am sure you all know that yesterday was Earth Day.
This is a vital and important day where we all come together to recognize the greatness of this small planet we all live on.
It is a great opertunity to contemplate exactly what we are doing here. Are we doing things that make our Earth better or are we doing things that harm our precious Earth?
These are vital and important questions, so in keeping with that, I thought it would be nice to start a thread where we can offer suggestions to those who want to "think Green". We can collect suggestions and hopefully have a better Earth in the process!
I will start with this. It came to me last night.
Reduce your carbon footprint, chop off your feet!
n david
04-23-2009, 11:41 AM
Hug a rosebush ...
Kiss some poison ivy ...
rgcraig
04-23-2009, 11:46 AM
Cut down gaseous emissions - - stop eating beans!
Sister Alvear
04-23-2009, 11:48 AM
Hug a rosebush ...
Kiss some poison ivy ...
:smack:nah
Save a Vegetable. Eat a booger!
Dear Greenick, Carbon Dioxide is now a polutant. According to the EPA it is a dangerous gas.
So to help save the planet, please stop breathing.
DividedThigh
04-23-2009, 12:01 PM
see if you can get a device to measure the emissions from my 45 being fired repeatedly, lol
n david
04-23-2009, 12:01 PM
Use only ONE 1-ply square of toilet paper!
DividedThigh
04-23-2009, 12:05 PM
Use only ONE 1-ply square of toilet paper!
gross, dt
n david
04-23-2009, 12:10 PM
gross, dt
There was someone, I'll have to google news for it, a while back who was seriously advocating the use of only one square of tp per bathroom use. :lol
There was someone, I'll have to google news for it, a while back who was seriously advocating the use of only one square of tp per bathroom use. :lol
That would be Sherryl Crow.
and that would be the reason Lance Armstrong divorced her! LOL!
n david
04-23-2009, 12:48 PM
That would be Sherryl Crow.
and that would be the reason Lance Armstrong divorced her! LOL!
Yes! That's correct.
After urging the use of just one square of toilet paper in a posting on her Stop Global Warming tour blog, she caught the attention of the Internet and Rosie O'Donnell. The concept has been discussed, spoofed and mocked for two days straight.
Joked Jay Leno: "One square of toilet paper? Thank you, I'm not going to be shaking hands anymore."
O'Donnell publicly wondered how she, personally, could possibly use only one square. "Have you seen my (backside)?" she asked Monday on The View.
I have to say, the O'Donnell quote (as much as I don't like her) is hilarious! :ursofunny
Source (http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-04-24-sheryl-crow-TP_N.htm)
In honor of earth day, I did not recycle
Yeah, lets all worship mother earth.
Sorry environmentalists, nut the earth is under a curse that won't be lifted until there is a new earth.
Woopee earth day!
I think I will have Wendy's chili for lunch!
DividedThigh
04-23-2009, 01:37 PM
There was someone, I'll have to google news for it, a while back who was seriously advocating the use of only one square of tp per bathroom use. :lol
cheryl crow, dumb but true
John Atkinson
04-23-2009, 01:49 PM
I am pleased to say that I have neen doing my part. And let me tell you what a blessing it has been in so many areas....
Water conservation
In order to conserve water, I stopped showering except on Saturday. Not only have I saved hundreds of gallons of water, all those people who used to come to my desk and pester me for stuff have stopped.
Also, we quit flushing the toilet to save water, and now not even the Jehovah witnesses come around.
Other ways to be green....
Stop mowing the yard. More sq ft of growing green-ness= more co2 converted to o2.
Help cool the planet by leaving the fridge and freezer doors open
OK, I can't stand the tree huggers and the global warming cultists either, but, what is a moderate way to act toward our natural resources?
drummerboy_dave
04-23-2009, 02:16 PM
I accidently overseeded my lawn and seeded a flower bed, yesterday. I say accidently, 'cause I did it without realizing it was earth day. ;) My bad.
OK, I can't stand the tree huggers and the global warming cultists either, but, what is a moderate way to act toward our natural resources?
there is nothing wrong with being a good steward of all that God has blessed us with.
that does not mean we need to believe every idiot that comes along wanting to save a stinking kanagroo mouse.
this is for the crazy who believes in global warming
http://icecap.us/index.php
Sept5SavedTeen
04-23-2009, 04:47 PM
OK, I can't stand the tree huggers and the global warming cultists either, but, what is a moderate way to act toward our natural resources?
Glad to see someone who had a well-thought out post on this thread.
Why is it that if we disagree with tree huggers, we automatically want to go to the other extreme and purposely harm the planet? And if we disagree with extreme animal rights people like PETA, we want to joke about out hunting exploits or how much meat we can stuff into our already full stomachs and clog our arteries with the cholesterol? It's childish!
My family recycles, and I'm proud of it. We've grown our own food, and it is good for us and the planet. We use recycled bags for our groceries, and buy food that's grown organically and not harmful to the environment (along with organic and humanely raised meat). I know people that use compost piles to fertilize their gardens instead of fertilizers and pesticides, I think it's GREAT!
And my pastor has two gardens and between his house and the deacon's house there are about half a dozen apple trees.
Why anyone would want to harm the planet, just to get back at tree huggers is beyond me... Life's a lot better when you can enjoy the benefits of clean air, food and water.
-Bro. Alex
Glad to see someone who had a well-thought out post on this thread.
Why is it that if we disagree with tree huggers, we automatically want to go to the other extreme and purposely harm the planet? And if we disagree with extreme animal rights people like PETA, we want to joke about out hunting exploits or how much meat we can stuff into our already full stomachs and clog our arteries with the cholesterol? It's childish!
My family recycles, and I'm proud of it. We've grown our own food, and it is good for us and the planet. We use recycled bags for our groceries, and buy food that's grown organically and not harmful to the environment (along with organic and humanely raised meat). I know people that use compost piles to fertilize their gardens instead of fertilizers and pesticides, I think it's GREAT!
And my pastor has two gardens and between his house and the deacon's house there are about half a dozen apple trees.
Why anyone would want to harm the planet, just to get back at tree huggers is beyond me... Life's a lot better when you can enjoy the benefits of clean air, food and water.
-Bro. Alex
california has poluted your brain
Sept5SavedTeen
04-24-2009, 06:42 AM
california has poluted your brain
I'm from New England...
-Bro. Alex
n david
04-24-2009, 07:53 AM
I'm from New England...
-Bro. Alex
Even worse ... east coast lib.
:lol j/k
isnt New England the home of the American Commie?
Sept5SavedTeen
04-24-2009, 09:38 AM
The party you asked about, Ferd, is located in New York.
As for being "liberal"- I don't hug trees, or fear crushing an ant while driving, and my family removed a few trees in our backyard when we got a pool, and I don't believe in global warming.
However, not recycling is LAZY! This is, seriously, a holiness issue. We need to be good stewards of the land GOD has put us on. That means "going green" when we can (it can save money too, for those who are frugal), not littering (which is EXTREME LAZINESS), not wasting water needlessly, and being compassionate towards animals (GOD's eye, which is on the sparrow, will not hold blameless the one that is cruel to animals).
It's the blatant disregard for the earth, animals and our resources that give one more thing for the non-Christians to mock us about, as being ignorant. I refuse to live in ignorance, and I don't want to live in filth, neither do I want to be lazy or excessive.
I'm really interested in seeing well thought out responses from those who may disagree with me, I really do want to understand where you're coming from, and see if I am missing something.
-Bro. Alex
The party you asked about, Ferd, is located in New York.
As for being "liberal"- I don't hug trees, or fear crushing an ant while driving, and my family removed a few trees in our backyard when we got a pool, and I don't believe in global warming.
However, not recycling is LAZY! This is, seriously, a holiness issue. We need to be good stewards of the land GOD has put us on. That means "going green" when we can (it can save money too, for those who are frugal), not littering (which is EXTREME LAZINESS), not wasting water needlessly, and being compassionate towards animals (GOD's eye, which is on the sparrow, will not hold blameless the one that is cruel to animals).
It's the blatant disregard for the earth, animals and our resources that give one more thing for the non-Christians to mock us about, as being ignorant. I refuse to live in ignorance, and I don't want to live in filth, neither do I want to be lazy or excessive.
I'm really interested in seeing well thought out responses from those who may disagree with me, I really do want to understand where you're coming from, and see if I am missing something.
-Bro. Alex
Dude, you are way too young to be so serious! LOL!
I said "In honor of Earth Day I didnt recycle TODAY! get the implication there? I have a big old 4 foot recycle container at my house and everything that can goes in it.
you need to take some of that starch out of your shirt collar and loosen up a bit.
I am however, very happy that you arent worried about crushing ants when you drive down the road! That makes me feel better!
And I thought Red Ted Kennedy was the head commie?
and Aint Bernnie Sanders from New England?
n david
04-24-2009, 11:56 AM
The party you asked about, Ferd, is located in New York.
As for being "liberal"- I don't hug trees, or fear crushing an ant while driving, and my family removed a few trees in our backyard when we got a pool, and I don't believe in global warming.
However, not recycling is LAZY! This is, seriously, a holiness issue. We need to be good stewards of the land GOD has put us on. That means "going green" when we can (it can save money too, for those who are frugal), not littering (which is EXTREME LAZINESS), not wasting water needlessly, and being compassionate towards animals (GOD's eye, which is on the sparrow, will not hold blameless the one that is cruel to animals).
It's the blatant disregard for the earth, animals and our resources that give one more thing for the non-Christians to mock us about, as being ignorant. I refuse to live in ignorance, and I don't want to live in filth, neither do I want to be lazy or excessive.
I'm really interested in seeing well thought out responses from those who may disagree with me, I really do want to understand where you're coming from, and see if I am missing something.
-Bro. Alex
A holiness issue!? This is new. Please expound on how being, or not being, an environmentalist is about holiness.
Ps ... being green doesn't save much money. Those stupid new "green-friendly" light bulbs that only give half the amount of light and take an hour to actually brighten the room cost almost twice as much as a regular light bulb.
Sept5SavedTeen
04-24-2009, 12:10 PM
Dude, you are way too young to be so serious! LOL!
I said "In honor of Earth Day I didnt recycle TODAY! get the implication there? I have a big old 4 foot recycle container at my house and everything that can goes in it.
you need to take some of that starch out of your shirt collar and loosen up a bit.
I am however, very happy that you arent worried about crushing ants when you drive down the road! That makes me feel better!
It's not funny, because this is a trend I see a lot in church folk, and that is the lack of consideration for the earth's resources. At the UPC I used to attend, when my sister would offer to take the used up Sunday school paper, that would have been thrown away, so she could recycle it, the Sunday school superintendent would give her a hard time, and one time exclaimed, "I don't care about saving the whales!" It was really foolish and childish, but for some reason, many saints seem to have a desire to combat environmentalists, so they go to the other extreme and almost try to invent ways to harm the planet or they just want to be lazy.
-Bro. Alex
MissBrattified
04-24-2009, 12:17 PM
Glad to see someone who had a well-thought out post on this thread.
Why is it that if we disagree with tree huggers, we automatically want to go to the other extreme and purposely harm the planet? And if we disagree with extreme animal rights people like PETA, we want to joke about out hunting exploits or how much meat we can stuff into our already full stomachs and clog our arteries with the cholesterol? It's childish!
My family recycles, and I'm proud of it. We've grown our own food, and it is good for us and the planet. We use recycled bags for our groceries, and buy food that's grown organically and not harmful to the environment (along with organic and humanely raised meat). I know people that use compost piles to fertilize their gardens instead of fertilizers and pesticides, I think it's GREAT!
And my pastor has two gardens and between his house and the deacon's house there are about half a dozen apple trees.
Why anyone would want to harm the planet, just to get back at tree huggers is beyond me... Life's a lot better when you can enjoy the benefits of clean air, food and water.
-Bro. Alex
Bro. Alex,
Why do you assume that we are purposefully harming the planet if we think Earth Day and tree huggers are idiotic and idiots, respectively? :coffee2
We had a discussion with our children on the way home from church Wednesday, regarding Earth Day. The explanation was very simple: We don't subscribe to the liberal thought process that says we owe "mother nature" anything.
Are we good stewards? Yes. Do we conserve water and energy? Yes. Do we litter? No. Do we throw trash in the lake? No. Do we avoid using chemicals in our gardens and lawns if possible? Yes. Do we avoid killing living organisms unnecessarily, except for food or in self-defense? Yes. Do we recycle? Okay, sometimes. ;)
Why do we do all this? Because God created the earth and all it's resources FOR mankind, and therefore we owe it to HIM to be good stewards, as a measure of our thanks.
As for earth day, we will ignore it. It is a liberal, heathen motivation for something we already do in praise to God. :)
Global warming is quite another story. I question the sanity of anyone who can take it seriously. :D
MissBrattified
04-24-2009, 12:31 PM
The party you asked about, Ferd, is located in New York.
As for being "liberal"- I don't hug trees, or fear crushing an ant while driving, and my family removed a few trees in our backyard when we got a pool, and I don't believe in global warming.
However, not recycling is LAZY! This is, seriously, a holiness issue. We need to be good stewards of the land GOD has put us on. That means "going green" when we can (it can save money too, for those who are frugal), not littering (which is EXTREME LAZINESS), not wasting water needlessly, and being compassionate towards animals (GOD's eye, which is on the sparrow, will not hold blameless the one that is cruel to animals).
Nonsense. It's a common sense thing, and a matter of taking the time to do it, much like choosing to donate old clothes to Goodwill, rather than tossing them in the trash. But a holiness issue? Come on. You have got to stop attributing EVERY little thing to Christianity.
Live your convictions, Alex, but don't judge others as being unholy because they don't collect cans or stack paper in boxes. We recycle sometimes, some things, but not everything. I reuse more than I recycle. Regardless, for anyone to judge that as an issue of my relationship with God is Cuh-Razy. :foottap
t's the blatant disregard for the earth, animals and our resources that give one more thing for the non-Christians to mock us about, as being ignorant. I refuse to live in ignorance, and I don't want to live in filth, neither do I want to be lazy or excessive.
I don't think Ferd or anyone else is advocating a "blatant disregard for the earth, animals and our resources." I am on board with Ferd that "Earth Day" is stupid, and I don't need liberal tree huggers teaching me common sense about the earth that I learned from my grandparents as a wee tot. For that matter, we were "reusing" old clothes as rags, turning them into quilts, or donating them to charities WAYYYYYY back before the green freaks made it hip and popular.
My father loved to hunt, but he was very compassionate about animals, and would not allow ANY sport hunting--we were taught that you only kill what you intend to eat. (Except in cases of overpopulation or in self-defense.)
I'm just saying...I'm already conservative, and that doesn't only apply to my political views. It applies to my whole lifestyle. I'm going to kick earth day and all its advocates to the curb, because it's just another way the "tolerant" liberals are trying to turn their own opinions into moral issues, and force their views onto everyone else.
Quite frankly, if someone owns their own property, and they want to kill every single deer that crosses their lawn, and mount its head on their den wall--that's their business. I don't have to go visit their moose morgue, nor do I have to legislate their right to hunt on their own property. If they want to use an old, clunky, gas-guzzling truck, I don't care. It probably causes less pollution than the big SUV's and limos the hypocritical green freaks drive and ride in. :foottap
Use common sense, I agree. :) Be a good steward. But please don't make it a "holiness" issue. :rolleyes2
John Atkinson
04-24-2009, 12:42 PM
isnt New England the home of the American Commie?
Nope, he is from Chicago, or was that hawaii, or indonesia, or kenya. I ferget.
All joking aside, I do try to be environmentally conscious, every time I go hiking I come back with a day pack full of other peoples granola bar wrappers and bottles. Annoying.
Joking aside I think Green, wish I could afford a wind farm.
RandyWayne
04-24-2009, 12:48 PM
Nope, he is from Chicago, or was that hawaii, or indonesia, or kenya. I ferget.
All joking aside, I do try to be environmentally conscious, every time I go hiking I come back with a day pack full of other peoples granola bar wrappers and bottles. Annoying.
Joking aside I think Green, wish I could afford a wind farm.
We will be installing a huge photovoltaic system soon. But this thing is ungodly expensive!
(And I am not doing it to "save" the Earth..... Just to gain a SMALL amount of independence -this time from the electric company.)
Coffee99
04-24-2009, 01:03 PM
The party you asked about, Ferd, is located in New York.
As for being "liberal"- I don't hug trees, or fear crushing an ant while driving, and my family removed a few trees in our backyard when we got a pool, and I don't believe in global warming.
However, not recycling is LAZY! This is, seriously, a holiness issue. We need to be good stewards of the land GOD has put us on. That means "going green" when we can (it can save money too, for those who are frugal), not littering (which is EXTREME LAZINESS), not wasting water needlessly, and being compassionate towards animals (GOD's eye, which is on the sparrow, will not hold blameless the one that is cruel to animals).
It's the blatant disregard for the earth, animals and our resources that give one more thing for the non-Christians to mock us about, as being ignorant. I refuse to live in ignorance, and I don't want to live in filth, neither do I want to be lazy or excessive.
I'm really interested in seeing well thought out responses from those who may disagree with me, I really do want to understand where you're coming from, and see if I am missing something.
-Bro. Alex
Do you consider hunting and eating meat as lack of compassion toward animals?
John Atkinson
04-24-2009, 01:04 PM
We will be installing a huge photovoltaic system soon. But this thing is ungodly expensive!
(And I am not doing it to "save" the Earth..... Just to gain a SMALL amount of independence -this time from the electric company.)
That would be nice. The earth isn't in a bad a shape as some let on. History channel is running this thing, Life After People. Earth looks like it does just fine after we aren't here...:thumbsup
A holiness issue!? This is new. Please expound on how being, or not being, an environmentalist is about holiness.
Ps ... being green doesn't save much money. Those stupid new "green-friendly" light bulbs that only give half the amount of light and take an hour to actually brighten the room cost almost twice as much as a regular light bulb.
Is it a holiness issue to fill landfills full of mercury? cuz those new lightbulbs the Green freaks have forced us all to use are full of mercury.
sorry knuckleheads!
n david
04-24-2009, 01:05 PM
We will be installing a huge photovoltaic system soon. But this thing is ungodly expensive!
(And I am not doing it to "save" the Earth..... Just to gain a SMALL amount of independence -this time from the electric company.)
Good griefers, couldn't you just say a huge solar panel system.
:lol
I had to go look it up, thinking it was some cool star trek-type thing ... anyways, very disappointed with it being just a dumb solar panel system.
:smack
j/k pretty cool ... anything to get away from SRP.
n david
04-24-2009, 01:08 PM
Is it a holiness issue to fill landfills full of mercury? cuz those new lightbulbs the Green freaks have forced us all to use are full of mercury.
sorry knuckleheads!
Exactly! And I want to know how the eggheads, who've demanded these be manufactured, will respond when the mercury lawsuits start rolling in from health-related illnesses.
Where's the outrage of concern for people's health. Oh yeah, I forgot, the humans are expendable ... save the planet and animals, but who cares about the humans.
It's not funny, because this is a trend I see a lot in church folk, and that is the lack of consideration for the earth's resources. At the UPC I used to attend, when my sister would offer to take the used up Sunday school paper, that would have been thrown away, so she could recycle it, the Sunday school superintendent would give her a hard time, and one time exclaimed, "I don't care about saving the whales!" It was really foolish and childish, but for some reason, many saints seem to have a desire to combat environmentalists, so they go to the other extreme and almost try to invent ways to harm the planet or they just want to be lazy.
-Bro. Alex
that is because the "environmnetalists" really arent. they are just Mental.
it aint about church it is about liberal eko-facism.
I have recently heard one of these eko-facists actually say that Man was God's only mistake! There is nothing holy or righteous about what these idiots are doing. it is just another way for them to try to subjugate humanity to thier will.
so pardon me if I dont recycle on "Earth Day" or if I dont hug a tree, or if I point out that the best thing an eko-facist can do is stop breathing.
Exactly! And I want to know how the eggheads, who've demanded these be manufactured, will respond when the mercury lawsuits start rolling in from health-related illnesses.
Where's the outrage of concern for people's health. Oh yeah, I forgot, the humans are expendable ... save the planet and animals, but who cares about the humans.
See here is how it works.
First Liberals say republicans are in the pocket of big business.
Next they say the republicans are trying to poison the earth.
Then General Electric decides they can make gigantic amounts of money if they can force everyone to replace their cheep incandescent light bulbs with more expensive florescent lightbulbs THAT THEY MAKE.
Next NBC (wholly owned subsidiary of General Electric) runs "Earth Week" where they darken the lights to ['save electricity during the NFL playoffs" to "heighten awareness" and NBC news runs a bunch of stories about global warming and the plight of the polar bear and get everyone wringing their hands.
Next democrat congress people start beating the drum and we just HAVE to do something..... and then they hold hearings.... and then a law gets passed that (guess what) forces people to preplaced their cheep incandescent light bulbs with expensive florescent light bulbs (guess who makes the most florescent light bulbs and guess who stands to make the most money and guess who GE has been giving gigantic amounts of campaign contributions to...)
What we heard was republicans saying it wasn’t a good idea, and democrats saying republicans want to destroy the earth.
what happened was GE lobbied and then bought and paid for democrats to pass legislation to make them $$$$$$$.... and NBC reported the democrats explaining who nasty the mean republicans were to want to melt the earth and make us all live in a hothouse.
We got played. The dems took the money and ran GE and NBC made boo-koo bucks and nobody even takes a second look at the fact that landfills are now filling with mercury and will eventually leach into our water supply.
Eko-facism at its best. We get played and we pay for the poison that will kill us all... all the time blaming the republicans for hating the environment.
I bet most folk didnt even know that happened.
n david
04-24-2009, 02:33 PM
See here is how it works.
First Liberals say republicans are in the pocket of big business.
Next they say the republicans are trying to poison the earth.
Then General Electric decides they can make gigantic amounts of money if they can force everyone to replace their cheep incandescent light bulbs with more expensive florescent lightbulbs THAT THEY MAKE.
Next NBC (wholly owned subsidiary of General Electric) runs "Earth Week" where they darken the lights to ['save electricity during the NFL playoffs" to "heighten awareness" and NBC news runs a bunch of stories about global warming and the plight of the polar bear and get everyone wringing their hands.
Next democrat congress people start beating the drum and we just HAVE to do something..... and then they hold hearings.... and then a law gets passed that (guess what) forces people to preplaced their cheep incandescent light bulbs with expensive florescent light bulbs (guess who makes the most florescent light bulbs and guess who stands to make the most money and guess who GE has been giving gigantic amounts of campaign contributions to...)
What we heard was republicans saying it wasn’t a good idea, and democrats saying republicans want to destroy the earth.
what happened was GE lobbied and then bought and paid for democrats to pass legislation to make them $$$$$$$.... and NBC reported the democrats explaining who nasty the mean republicans were to want to melt the earth and make us all live in a hothouse.
We got played. The dems took the money and ran GE and NBC made boo-koo bucks and nobody even takes a second look at the fact that landfills are now filling with mercury and will eventually leach into our water supply.
Eko-facism at its best. We get played and we pay for the poison that will kill us all... all the time blaming the republicans for hating the environment.
I bet most folk didnt even know that happened.
:thumbsup
That's incredible! Thanks for the information. I admit, I didn't know the story behind the change. I thought I had heard the lights were a forced change through some environmental legislation, but wasn't sure.
Forget tea party, I think we should have a light bulb party. I mean seriously, this will have terrible adverse affects on people's health and there will be (insert the blank) to pay for the Dems when those lawsuits start rolling in.
Unfortunately, I don't believe the Republicans have done enough to speak out against this.
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