Green Giveaway

November 13, 2008

November Green Lamb's Ear</span>

5 green things I currently do:

make mostly all our own soap, except for liquid dishwashing soap
grow a small garden
buy local produce
keep our trash to a minimum through composting, recycling and (you guessed it) reducing and reusing
use recycled paper products

5 green things I want to. I can't say these are all easily done. I honestly feel I've exhausted the easy options (you have no idea how cold I am all winter because we are trying to energy conscious) and now we're working on bigger life changes.

run errands on my bike, with my 3 kids, and teach them how to use people power
set up a rain barrel to catch water off the garage and use that for watering the garden
replace plastic "tupperware" type containers with glass or stainless steel. Wouldn't those look lovely also in my fridge?
(getting personal now) use exclusively cloth feminine pads as back up for my Keeper. Currently using cloth and disposable until I can afford to invest in more cloth.
buy more local, Maine produce through coops and such even through the winter.

And I'd like to nominate my friend Cori who is an amazing green mama and all around good person for this prize.