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Tom Green, funny man and host of Go For the Green, is coming at us with a Planet Green Holiday Highlight. Mr. Green suggests that we go door to door and beg for our neighbor's holiday scraps. Sound odd? A little. But, food that goes down the garbage disposal ends up putting unwanted particles in our water supply. It also takes a lot of electricity to clean that foody water up. Food that goes into a landfill can release methane gas as it decomposes. As a rule, we don’t like that. On the whole, wasting food is frowned upon, especially when there are so many people in want.
So Tom Green is on to something. If you take the time to get to know your neighbors, you can wrest their leftovers from them, ensuring that their foodstuffs are disposed of in an eco-friendly manner. (By that I mean eating the leftovers.) Less food goes to waste this way. You stay fed, full of vim and vigor, and the landfill stays empty.
Another project that you and your neighbors could undertake is a composting project. Leave your lasagna out all night? Don’t toss it in the garbage. Put it in your neighborhood composter. Use the community compost to fertilize the community garden. You'll probably have to check with the city before you can go community composting willy-nilly, but it's a great way for you and your neighbors to get to know each other. It's also a great way to help the planet and to grow more food to share together.
More Planet Green Holiday Highlights:
Choose a Christmas Tree with Roots (Video)
Send Holiday Gifts with Eco-friendly Materials (Video)
Decorate Your Home with Solar Powered Christmas Lights (Video)
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