My feet are shrinking! This is an emergency! Just kidding. My feet are still size 10.5. However, my carbon footprint is getting a little bit smaller. Last weekend, I switched the remaining lights in our apartment to fluorescent bulbs, thus lowering our energy usage. Well, I would say that our apartment is between 90-95% fluorescent light. There are still a few that aren’t—such as smaller sockets and bulbs (in the fridge, lamps beside our bed, etc). I should admit one guilty pleasure because I left two bulbs in the living room because I prefer the yellow light. I don’t prefer white light, but I do prefer doing good for the environment, the world, Canada and my electricity bill (hopefully).

I got to thinking after Christmas that I needed to start doing more. More of everything, really. Which is part of the reason for launching Epiblogger. Leah and I already recycle pretty much everything we can. I really want to start a vermipost, but Leah won’t let me do it in the apartment (because she hates the earth or maybe she hates worms beside her bed, not sure). I am hoping that at some point in the next year or two Leah and I will find ourself in our own home and we will have the room (distance?) to do more recycling and green activities—such as vermipost. I like the idea of geothermal heating, high-end insulation, energy saving windows and appliances, high-efficiency furnace, etc. I recognize all these things take lots of money (some more than others), but I think in the long run it will definitely make sense to me on a moral and economic level.

Leah gave me a great book for Christmas about how to be greener in Canada. I can’t remember the title of it right now, but I put it up when I get home. I am hoping to start reading it soon and get even more ideas.

What sort things are you doing? I am looking at you Curtis.