The camp I worked at this past summer had a goal of being 1) more enviromentally friendly 2) reducing their carbon footprint and 3) becoming more sustainable.
This being said, I’ve caught the “go green” bug. I’ve been looking for ways to reduce the amount of things I use, buy, etc. and looking for ways to reuse the things that I have that I don’t need or use anymore so I don’t need to recycle them (although, I’d much rather do that than throw them in the garbage).
That being said, I came across this blog with patterns useing old t-shirts, plastic bags, and jeans to make yarn and then use that “yarn” to make other things that I need like reusable bags to bring to the store, pot holders, lunch bags, etc.
I pretty much took a vow of poverty when I accepted the AmeriCorps position, so looking for ways to reduce my costs is great, not to mention it’s great for the environment!
