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Earth Day should be every day.............

Hello, I work for a law firm in downtown Birmingham. You have a Whole Foods location near where I work, but not where I live. Me, and many others in the Hoover (Riverchase), Alabama area would so enjoy to your grocery store in our suburb. Just letting you know so that maybe you can foward this to your internal management for them to look into opening a store in Hoover, Alabama (35244). Thank you so much for letting me post this. Jamie Miller, Hoover, Alabama. 205-410-5124

I am using old newspapers as a weed block in my gardens.

Walking more and eating whole foods. As the weather is warming, I'm planning to walk outside on days that weather permits. This along with eating foods that have not already been processed, i.e., fresh vegetables and fruit as well as whole grains. By eating home cooked menus should eliminate manufactured chemicals that not only polute our bodies but also our environment.

My Earth Day resolution is to find a way to recycle at my new home. I have recently relocated to London, and have found that recycling is not nearly as easy as it is at my condo in the States. Thus, I will be hunting around for ways to recycle my accumulation of recyclables. Even if I have to trudge a long ways or wait for people to assist me, I will do what I can to recycle!

Everyday is earth day around my house! I just got 5 adorable chickens to lay organic eggs for me, in turn they are going to eat all of the bugs in my garden and fertilize it with their waste. Along with that today my red wigglers came, so I can start my worm compost bin. Although we have 5 compost piles as it is I thought that with worms I could educate others about composting and its benefits. In one month I will be giving a presentation to 7th and 8th graders about the wonders of worms and composting. If all of this was not enough I am a vegetarian and have been loving the lifestyle for two years. Save the planet one meal at a time. Enjoy life and live Green. Because we can't afford to live any other way!

Work in the community to help in the recycle process.

Well I already recycle everything I can. I have all energy effecient bulbs in the whole house. I turn off all unused power off incuding my computer,entertainment center,and any room I'm not using. I have things plugged into power strips to shut things off more easily. I only run things like dishwasher/dryer/washer at low peak hours. I keep my heat at 62 degrees in the winter. Thats what sweaters were made for. And of all days my daughter and I rescued a baby bunny today from the park. It looks like we have a visitor for 2 weeks until we can release it to the forest preserve. I do plan on planting a herb and vegetable garden for the first time in the yard. That is my way to celebrate Earth Day this year and everyday. Happy Earth Day to everyone!

My family and I are going meatless every other day. Our goal is everyday day to help Mother Earth.

Because I have 4 grandchildren to take care of,(have custody of them due to a domestic violence that put their mother to the hospital for quite sometime now) I decided to change my habits of using paper plates,cups,forks,spoons and paper towels now. We will all be using reusables and cloth rugs to wipe everything from hands to countertops. We will get containers to separate all recyclables. Also, no more water delivery and use water filter instead. Plant some vegetables in our small backyard will surely help us too.

My Earth Day pledge is to collect my oldest sisters recyclables for her since she apparently doesn't share the same views or concerns about the environment as I do. I already live a very green lifestyle & I constantly tell my family how important it is to save energy, conserve water & reduce pollution as much as possible but when I'm talking to her about it I feel like I'm wasting my breath & talking to a wall. It's very frustrating when I go throw something in the trash at her house I see all the plastic bottles & other recyclable materials that I would otherwise put aside w/my recycling at home. I would also like to start buying eco friendly kitchen garbage bags for my own home it kills me to toss them in the garbage cans while I'm recycling all the other plastic bags like newspaper & shopping bags. I also need to remember to take my reusable shopping bags w/me when I go shopping, I have 5 or 6 of them & always forget to use them!!! I planted seeds w/the kids today & picked up nasty random garbage in a parking lot in honor of Earth Day but I truly belive we should Make Every Day Earth Day!!

I run my dishwasher, washing machine and dryer on the shortest cycle and run them once a week. This has saved on electricity use and time. We also have been driving a hybrid car and need to fill it up only once a month. We have had this car for 5 years. We have saved a lot of money doing this.