Spending green

Did you receive your cash from PM Aso yet? If you haven’t got your 定額給付金 teigaku kyufukin, or flash benefit, you should contact your city hall. Each municipality is responsible for the method of distribution. I got  letter in the mail from Kashiwa City Hall instructing me on what information to send in, and the money has since been transfered to my bank account.

So, what to spend it on? I’m going to put most of it in the guerilla garden I started last year, which has since gotten the blessing of the ladlord.

The other economic incentive this year, an eco-point system that provides reedemable points earned on purchases of some appliances, has been described in a Japan Times  article out this week. To make the program all more attractive, if I recycle my old fridge when I make the purchase of the new one, I can get additional points. The program is open until next April, and all the details are on the エコポイント Ecopoint website.