Parkside

My family and I do a lot of things to try to reduce our footprint.  We choose to live in a neighbourhood where public transportation is available and things are easily accessible by foot.

We recycle everything we can, paper, glass, tin foil, metal,hard plastic and we have a compost in our yard for food scraps, yardwaste and newspaper.

In our home we also turn off lights when we leave a room, use cold water to wash our clothes, hang things on a clothes line to dry. We're not afraid to buy things second hand so that we can reuse those things and not see them end up in a landfill. We also pack lunches in containers, rather than use plastic bags. We  try to use very few chemicals in our home, and prefer to use soap, water, baking soda, and vinegar for cleaning whenever possible. We bring bags to the store when we shop.

We get a lot of DVD, CD, video games, magazines, books from the library instead of purchasing them new.

We're always open to trying new ways to reduce our carbon footprint.

Since 1989, my wife and I have been fortunate enough to both work and live together which allows us to use only 1 vehicle and vastly reduce our carbon footprint.

We are fortunate to live here in the CRD where we have access to terrific recycling services and as such we find that we have less than one green garbage bag of garbage every 2 weeks.

When the weekend rolls around we often leave our vehicle parked at home and take advantage of Victoria's beauty and fantastic weather by putting our running shoes on and doing our errands on foot.

When we go out for a walk we make it a point to pick up some of the trash that others litter our fine city with. There are trash cans throughout the city (often at or near bus stops) so I can't understand why people still choose to throw their garbage out their car windows or carelessly drop it as they walk down the side walk.

We live in a beautiful city and to all those reading this post that do their part to help keep it as such - "Thank you."