Doing my part to be "Green"

Kermit the frog sang "It ain't easy being green" but I beg to differ. The whole green movement is cloaked in saving the planet and hugging trees but it actually a good thing. I know, I know what is he talking about when just yesterday he was talking about his gas-guzzling SUV...but hear me out. It boils down to a simple fact. The less energy you use, the less you spend on it. Think about electricity, gas/diesel, and natural gas. The less you drive and use the more you save. And money motivates me as it does most people. So I am going to start my multi-part series on how to save the planet by being cheap. Sound good? Well regardless of if it does or not, read my lessons backed up by real life experiences. Part one of this multipart series is named "Reducing waste while statisfying your own greed."

Think about all of the things you want in life...wait hold that image. Now if you wished for a car, house, or anything material, this entry will help you. Now think about this, your neighbors throw away enough to help you get those material things. In some case they may even throw away your objects of desire. Think about all you have seen out at the trash heap. Bicycles, toys, metal and wood are just a few things you have seen and those very things other people will pay for. All you have to do is "Dumpster Dive," get those things and sell them. Save the money and you have got a model business...buy low (free) sell high (anything is more than you paid for it!) I know dumpster diving is not necessarily the thing anyone is proud of but I give you an example. Noticing people move out of the rental houses of the neighborhood, I am like a cat on the prowl. I am watching the trash heap as it grows and salivating at the prospect of saving the planet and liberating the landfills of the trash that will soon grace its gates...lets be real, I am looking for something I want that I do not have to pay for. When in the mist I see a bicycle and a child carrier. Now having no grace I waltz over to the heap to "recycle" the finds and quickly hide them in the garage. Lawn mower missing a wheel, hummmm, I will leave that for a fellow "diver." You have to respect your coworkers. Then the next day, (gotta let the dust settle and make sure everyone forgets while they sleep) I break out the bike and carrier. Air the tires, (or "tyres" if you are British) and hit the road with child in tow. When after a few houses and neighbor says "Hey did you get that from "Suzy" (The names were changed to protect the innocent). To which I responded "yep" thinking "Man, I am in a tight spot!" Where he followed with a "that used to be mine, I carried my twins around in it." Now a normal person would be ashamed, but not me. I grinned becasue I knew I was saving the planet...uhemm...being cheap! So until the next lesson in the series of going green while being cheap, Happy Hunting!