Getting Smaller

In my second week of my 30 days to a smaller footprint, I disconnected all of the power in San Diego for massive amounts of energy consumption...Ha! But seriously it was a really odd timing and got me thinking a lot about the energy we feel like we need to consume. In the absence of power that night, people came out in the streets and enjoyed the company of others. There were BBQ's, kids in the street, people on bikes and millions of stars in the sky that are normally not visible due to the cities lights blocking them out. I wish more nights were like that.

Here are the little things I did this week to reduce my carbon footprint:

I took scrap paper that was going to get recycled and created writing notebooks.
Made glasses out of old jars that would have other wise gone in the recycle bin.
Began to walk more
started using a water filter and began filling up a few remaining plastic bottles I had around the house and used those as my "on the go" water bottles filled with purified water.
I have completely stopped printing out any paper.
Started cooking a lot more and reading labels when I buy food.

Its the little things that add up :)