WHAT IF????
Have you ever stopped to think about the impact we make on this world? Have you ever stopped to think about the garbage that we daily consume and throw out? Have you ever thought about what it would be like if we all reduced our trash for one day…much less, for an entire year…or *gasp* for the rest of our lives?
April 22nd is Earth Day, and with that, comes a challenge for all of us to do something better for our Earth. And so, I have a challenge for you 
Between now and April 22nd, for ONE DAY, try to reduce your trash to as close to “zero” as you can get it – And then document it. If you have a blog or website, write about it. Take pictures if you want. Or, if you have no blog/website, come back here and tell me about your experience (in my comments).
For one day, see if you can have no trash (or see how close you can get). Re-purpose the things you would normally throw away…and go out of your way to use things that aren’t encased in plastic, paper, styrofoam, paper, etc.
If you are up for the challenge, please sign up in my comments. And, to make the deal a little more sweet, I’m going to do a giveaway (which will be drawn from the participants names). Don’t forget to leave a link to your post if you do it!!
Welcome back!
Comments
Angela at mommy bytes
Awesome idea! I’m not completely committed on taking up the challenge, but I will give it a try. BTW, picked your post as editor’s pick on sk*rt.
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Thanks! And trying is really what the challenge is about! Thanks for participating !
busydad
This is a great idea! But I know I’ll just end up putting trash on the counter and throwing it away the next day. Horrible me. Horrible.
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Bad Jim, bad. lol.
Tyler @ Building Camelot
Oh boy – This is going to be tough. I’m headed to Dallas this weekend with a 2 1/2 year old and there will be lots of trash…and consumption of gas.
That only leaves me a couple of days that I could realistically pull this off. I’ll give it a shot!
–TW
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Thanks for giving it a shot!! I can’t wait to see everyone’s posts!
Momo Fali
Oh gosh. I’ll try.
We are really good about recycling at our house though (even though our city charges us money to recycle, when they pick it up at our curb). This week, I will have three bins overflowing with stuff to recycle!
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Yay! Someone else will try with me! Yay!
Sandy (Momisodes)
What a great idea. I have been thinking of different ways to reduce waste. I will have to make a great effort once we get back next week
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Oh goody!! I’m so glad you’re gonna play along!
Angie
It looks like you need Indiana represented in your bloggy directory, so sign me up!
Nissa
Awesome idea, but I don’t think I’d have much luck. I’ll try, but I just don’t know how it’ll turn out!
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It’s okay…just try!! And let us know how it goes…that’s all I ask. Thanks babe!
Kadi
Oh man. We are the worst at being eco-friendly. But I will try as well. I just bought a bunch of “green” cleaning products. I will try to drive less this month and use less disposable paper goods.
Oh…my state is California. I saw that you asked on my blog the other day. Thanks for the add!
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Thanks! I added ya. And thanks for playing along! We have a lot of trash. Like, ALOT. But, it’s kinda cool finding small ways you can reduce it. ya know? Baby Steps.
Kristen
I am going to try; I am pretty good about recycling. Also I am going to challenge all of the kids at my elementary school to give this a try. So myself plus hopefully 600 others are in.
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OH! That’s awesome!! Great!
Angela at mommy bytes
OK, my post is up. I obviously didn’t reduce my trash to zero, but at least I became more aware of what was going in.
http://www.mommybytes.com/2008/04/thursday-thirteen-40-earth-day.html
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Thanks for playing along…and it’s OK that your trash wasn’t reduced to zero. The whole point was to get you thinking…and you did! Great job!