Today is the first annual Blog Action Day. I think it’s an interesting concept and as an SEO I’m particularly interested to see what happens.

Now I don’t endorse the ideas that air can have a hole or that humans are responsible for a condition where one volcano erupting for one hour does millions of times more damage than the whole human race over the course of a year (where do people come up with these ideas?) but I am a fan of the environment.

I like camping and going for hikes (not so much on hunting and fishing but that’s a personal choice). And I don’t see any reason to overburden an already shabby system like waste management.

Part of this is just keeping my own home clean and part of it is economics. My money pays for waste disposal so the less waste there is to dispose of the less I have to pay. Same with you.

Here are a few things my wife and I do around the home:

• Recycle cans and bottles. Because we live in California, the recycling fee is charged at the time of purchase so we have started saving this waste to later recoup that fee. Since I drink 6-12 Dr. Peppers per day this really adds up.
• Give bad food to the pig. Yes, my wife has a pig. I don’t get along with the pig but as long as it’s around it gets the left-overs that have been sitting in the fridge too long. This cuts food costs down for us and prevents waste.
• Compost grass clippings and other organic waste. I started this out of curiosity more than anything. When I mow the lawn I dump the clippings into a compost box that I made with instructions found on the internet. It takes about a year for everything to break down but once it does I’ll add it to the new lawn I’m planting in the back yard. Again, there is an economic factor at work here. It doesn’t make sense to buy compost from Home Depot when everything I need to make it happen is right here at home.
• Turn monitors and other equipment off when not in use. This saves on the energy bill. I’ve read that businesses that turn off their monitors for off-hours save 6-12% on their energy bill over the course of a year. That’s a lot of money to be saved!

So there it is. My small contributions to the environment. All of these things combined take just a few minutes per day and the accumulated financial savings is in the thousands of dollars each year. Plus, they are good for the environment so there’s a “feel good” in it as well.

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