Use your paper wisely

Start 2010 by using some paper! As we try to cut down on paper usage I'm suggesting you put some paper to good use. Comment cards. Whenever you find yourself with a comment card, at a restaurant, a hotel, a store, use it to encourage the business to make green changes.

*At a restaurant you could suggest adding organic and/or local foods to the menu, serving organic and shade grown coffee, using reusable take out containers.
*At a store you can suggest more recycling facilities, offering more eco-friendly products, a reduction in energy usage, more trees in the parking lot.

We recently stayed at a hotel in the U.S. which we very much enjoyed but I just couldn't enjoy my breakfast on all of the Styrofoam! I left a comment suggesting they use paper plates and cups from sustainable forestry. Actually, that comment was left online, so I didn't even use the paper!

Remember, one comment from one person has the value of 100 comments.