April 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now

It’s almost April 22, Earth Day, and the green living tips are flying at us like meteors.

A few from our mail:

• From Car MD – Keep your car maintained, tires inflated, don’t make unnecessary trips, and if you’re going to idle for more than 10 seconds, turn the gas-hound off. Wow. That’s the lowest bar on idling we’ve seen yet. It won’t work in traffic, but maybe we should all rethink the drive-through.

• From the Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions — Go Dutch! Apparently pretty much everyone in Amsterdam owns a bike, and more importantly, they use it. Half the city’s traffic comes from bikes, according to the NBTC, which urges us this week to “be inspired by the Dutch way to a greener life.” Ride a bike, and consider buying a Dutch bikes at Batavus. OK, I hadn’t thought of it. But I suppose I could split the cost with my spouse. (Get it, split the cost….) Okay, another Dutch treat that caught my eye: Nothing brand cardboard modular offices. Now that’s just so…biodegradable. Actually they’re beautiful, and they could fill a niche in America. Office shutting down? Just fold and leave!

• And finally, this piece of wisdom from SunRidge Farms in California — Buy in bulk. Sunridge sells its nuts, snacks and trail mixes to consumers and stores in bulk packages — actually in smaller packages that are packaged together. This way ya doesn’t have ta make so many darn trips to the store. Sunridge asks us to order online from Defenders of Wildlife, where lo, they’ve got quite a little online enterprise, selling groceries and beauty supplies. You get economical bulk products, Defenders gets money to do what it does.  And you can sleep at night because you did your part for those besieged Rocky Mountain Gray Wolves. So buy bulk to be green. We’re big on that one.

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