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Monday, July 27th, 2009
Go MSU! Go GREEN!
Hello again! I know for the last few months we have all heard “Be Green” or “Recycle” on almost a daily basis. Truthfully, I must admit, I can do a lot more than just returning my bottles to the nearest bottle return location here in East Lansing. I propose that we all put in some effort to do a few things around where we live to make the world a little cleaner and our surroundings look way better.
1. Stop throwing your cigarette butts on the ground! People I know many don’t want to keep cigarette butts in your pocket or in your car, but we should at least keep them on us or in our ash trays until we find a proper way of disposing them. You would be surprised how much cleaner you apartment parking lots and landscaping would look. And let’s be honest, we all love a classy looking place.
2.People, People, People…I love Fido as much as the next person, but when Fido is a Great Dane and pushing 150lbs, he no light weight in the trousers if you know what I mean. He’s doing some serious business when he goes out for his daily walk. Let’s try to clean up after our man’s best friends. Trust me, you almost want to throw the shoe away rather than clean it yourself. It will never be the same in my opinion. Try bringing a plastic bag or a scooper to handle the situation.
3. Pretty soon, everyone is going to be moving to new apartments, saying out with the old in with the new. Instead of simply throwing away no longer used apparel, try donating it to a nearby thrift store or salvation army. Many are closer than you may think. In fact there is three donation sites all within 3 miles of your East Lansing Apartment.
Just a few quick tips to keep in mind doing your daily routines. Seems small but I am reminded of back in the 90′s, to nickelodeon’s “The Big Help”, yes people I went there. I pitched in! I felt pretty darn good eating my cereal and watching Salute your Shorts or Hey Dude and shortly afterward taking my trash out to the garbage man (personally mind you, at age 7 that was a huge deal). Let’s get back to that and do our part no matter how big or small it makes all the difference.
- Jay Collie
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