April 17, 2008

StreetTalk

by Carol Rosen

Earth Day is next week. What are you doing to save the earth? (Asked at the Almaden Sonoma Chicken Coop)

“I recycle everything. I even bring home bags of recyclables from work. I want to leave the earth livable for the next generations that are coming.”

Karen Jones, 43
Almaden
Escrow officer


“I currently own a hybrid vehicle. I’m a big recycler and we plan to re-landscape this summer using native plants for water efficiency.”

Gretchen Skoglund, 38
Almaden
Homemaker


“I recycle all the bottles and cans including those from my daughter, son and grandchildren who don’t live with us. Last time we recycled 260 bottles and cans.”

Dorothy McElligott
Cambrian
Retired


“I recycle all the time. That’s how I was raised and now I do it in the house I live in; reuse, reduce and recycle."

Kara Taylor, 21
Santa Clara
Student at Santa Clara University


“I live with four other women and I always turn off the lights. I also cut up soda can tops to ensure that birds don’t get caught in them.”

Maggie McAteer, 21
Santa Clara
Student at Santa Clara University


“I recycle. I’m also reading Earth Day books to my kindergarten class. We’re reading books about how to recycle and how to save endangered animals.”

Wendy Stutzman
Almaden
Kindergarten teacher


“I ride my bike to school, I’ve been doing it for a year, except when it rains. I drive less, I recycle and I’m gardening with native plants. Our school is Morgan Hill, Los Pasos, is the first public green building in California.”

Kendra Lueke, 56
Almaden
Special ed teacher


“I installed compact fluorescent bulbs throughout my house, and I’m trying to recycle as much as possible. I’m biking, taking the light rail to work and taking CalTrain when I have to work in San Francisco.”

Bill Roth, 42
Almaden
Software executive at BEA


“I take light rail to get to work, I recycle and I don’t litter because California is the most beautiful state in the country and it disgusts me when I see litter on the freeway.”

Nicho Salas, 23
Willow Glen
Bartender, Sonoma Chicken Coop


“I’m doing what recycling I can.”

Kim Benz, 46
Morgan Hill
Homemaker