While taking a Sunday stroll in the Lower East Side and Chinatown, I see that MillionTreesNYC launched by New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and New York Restoration Project is truly in effect. So far they’ve planted over 54,000 trees, but it is not noticeable until they plant one in your neighborhood where you can see the results. If you want to plant a tree on your street visit www.milliontreesnyc.org

We here at Willi Wong Photography believe in living a greener life. Here are some of the many things that we do to pitch in for a greener earth.

• use recyclable batteries
• use compact fluorescent bulbs
• walk, bike or scoot whenever possible, if not then we use public transit or carpool
• bring our own usable grocery bags. Willi sure does get all the local female vendors’ attention when he says, “NO, bag please”.
• reduce the temperature of our hot water heater to 99 degrees instead of the recommended 120 degrees
• in the winter we keep the temperature at 60 degrees. Don’t worry we turn it up when we have are clients.
• in the summer we only turn on the air conditioner when we have clients
• try our best to remove our name from every mailing list
• do not mail out our price list because it is available online and will email instead of paper copies
• conserve energy by turning off lights, computers and other appliances when out of the office
• drink beverages from a reusable, washable mug
• use double-sided photocopying or printing whenever possible
• have a natural fiber of sisal rug
• buy organic foods whenever possible
• buy & use products made from recycled materials – too bad that no one has invented recycle photo papers yet.
• our motto is “reduce, reuse and recycle”

Please feel free to share your green living tips with us.