Waste Not...My Eco-plea

In true Amanda McCann fashion, I tend to fluctuate between wanting to be a current, trendy individual and a free spirit that doesn't care about fashion, money and society but rather family, friends and mother earth. It could be perceived that I am failing miserably at both! However, in the book that I am reading, It's Easy Being Green: A Handbook for Earth-Friendly Living (by Crissy Trask) I have come to realize that I may not be failing as much as I thought on my free spirit approach.

The book tells us that every little eco-friendly action we take helps. Being more concerned with the environment can be taken one small step at a time. The state of our natural resources is very much in jeopardy. We are a WASTEFUL, WASTEFUL society. Honestly, we should be ashamed of ourselves and our laziness! It really is up to all of us to begin living a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. At this point in my life, I'm still in the infancy stages of becoming more 'green.' And, of course, I'm dragging your father, kicking and screaming, along with me. He will tell you that he has been very supportive of the changes that we have made so far...and he has! But, we both need to do more. MUCH MORE! So, besides the recycling, packing of lunches, gardening, refilling our laundry detergent (thanks to Sun & Earth products which can be found at Kimberton Wholefoods), use of reusable lunch containers, the few gdiapers that we use, the gas friendly Honda Civic and our carpooling ways - I am making a promise to do more so that there is a beautiful earth left for you to enjoy!

Here are some of the changes that we will be making in our house over the next 6 months - 1) buy more reusable sandwich and snack bags for our lunches (we have some now, but we will be obtaining more from the below site), 2) put to use the cloth diapers that I purchased and use more of the flushable gdiapers, 3) begin shopping more at consignment shops and ecofriendly sites (such as ecobabybuys.com), 4) time our showers to ensure that we are not wasting water, 5) transition to organic milk (I can't believe we haven't done this yet!) and, finally, 6) buy a compost bin (your father is going to give me some trouble on this one).

Here's hoping your mom is not a total 'kook' by the time you are able to bring your friends around!