DUers, what did your dad do or say during your childhood that has influenced how you live

[drmeow]

187. Quietly lives a green life

Not making a big deal about it - it was just what we did:

Recycle everything possible
Compost
Plant desert landscaping (in CA in the 70's - he experimented, not always successfully, with drought resistant ground covers during the late 70's through the late 80's till they sold the house and had to put in grass to get it sold)
Ride/walk to work
Use solar energy
Small car (only 1 for 5 of us ... although only a max of 4 driving and living at home at a time)
Minimize waste
Buy used and reusable

Those are just the one's I know about/remember

Respect, enjoy, and appreciate nature and the earth

I never realized it was unusual until I got married and realized that my spouse (an ecologist who is 8 years younger than me) did not have the same experience. I also assumed it was cause we didn't have a lot of money but when my Mom said she wouldn't let him donate to Earth First! cause she considered them a terrorist organization (tree spiking) I realized that saving money was not the only reason.