July 22nd 2008
Back To The Basics With Mike Rowe
Filed under: video, web — lindsey @ 2:21 pm
While we’re all up on our roofs installing solar panels and tending to back yard gardens, plugging in our electric cars at night and brewing up the next batch of biodiesel, Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs) reminds us of some of the most basic every day acts we can do to conserve energy.
“Call me a traditionalist I say when you walk out of a room you turn off the lights. When you walk out of a room you close the door. Don’t accelerate too quickly. Don’t break too quickly. Use the carpool lane. Say please. That won’t save energy but it will make people like you more.”
Sure, we may all know these tips like the back of our solar panels, but it’s a great reminder and something we can share with others to encourage them to wander down our green path.
Jump on over to TreeHugger to watch the YouTube video featuring Mike Rowe. Please.
I recommend the DIRTY JOBS episode “Brown Before Green,” where he rounds up some of the most interesting and environmentally friendly jobs he’s been on. From drilling for geothermal energy to heat and cool a new housing project, to building a house with mud (and of course poo! this is DIRTY JOBS after all) to really neat things like guys who are diving to retrieve logs cut 140 years ago and are still intact! There are a lot of innovators out there digging in the brown to make some green.
Right on, Charity! I’m a fan of Dirty Jobs, too! Thanks for the episode recommendation, I’ll definitely check it out!