Blue Bins

I often feel quite negative about the human race's chances of continued survival though there are some things (like the internet) that give me hope. One other aspect of modern life that seems to me to be hopeful is how readily people have taken to recycling over the last twenty years. Today is recycling day on our street (once every two weeks) and almost every house puts out the blue bins containing recyclable refuse. So far as I know this is still voluntary here (though it is sustained by legal means in other places) but almost everyone participates.

House Barging

While cycling around Oak Bay last week I came across this odd scene. It's a house on a barge. It's being moved to another location here in the Pacific Northwest by a company that specializes in recycling houses by moving them to new locations by barge. As it says on the sign posted on this house, moving this house instead of demolishing it saves 40 trees and means 90,000 pounds diverted from the landfill. Seems like a good idea to me. The company is called Nickel Bros. and you can visit their interesting website by clicking here.