More than the music and the fun, the experience has highlighted some green practices in my mind. Since I walk to work, I never really appreciated the idea of car pooling. This practice is one of the most preached axioms in green living. Fuel consumption is reduced, carbon emissions decreased. If you do not go out much, try going out on a Friday night and you just might be surprised at how many cars are out there! Worse, many of them have only one or two passengers. This week, we car pooled like never before. The advantages?

1. We saved money on gas and/or cab fare.
2. We spent time together on the road, and it was fun!
3. We contributed to the cause for the environment.

Another thing about going out at night is the trash. I couldn’t help but notice that the place around the bar is littered with cigarette butts. Smoking in itself does not really help the air quality, but do you really have to throw your butts wherever when there are trash cans or ashtrays around the place?

Think about it – going out is so much fun but it doesn’t mean that we should totally overlook the environmental aspect.

Welcome to Yurto, the blog about eco-friendly living in the home. Inspired by the yurt, an ancient circular dwelling place built in tune with nature, we hope to explore the ways we can all make a change for the better in the world that we live in – beginning from our homes.

Why is it so important to go green? Al Gore, who woke up the world with his now-famous documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, puts it succinctly:

“…Some of the leading scientists are now saying we may have as little as 10 years before we cross a kind of point of no return, beyond which it’s much more difficult to save the habitability of the planet in the future…”

10 years??? Now that’s a scary thought.  If you have children like me, that’s enough reason to stop procrastinating and do something about NOW.

So from plastic to canvas, wasting to conserving,  lets find ways to care for the earth while we can and live healthier, happier lives.