Yes, I'm challenging Kermit the Frog. It is easy being green. Or at least, it's easy to start being greener step by step. I'm a little better than some, but I will admit right here what I do and don't do:
I do recycle like crazy.
I don't cut back on buying stuff as much as I probably could.
I used to ride the bus and bike for more than 50% of my commute miles
I don't ride the bus right now (weather, time, change in routes/timing, emergencies with Mike) nor commute on the bike (same things, plus it's dark and I had a couple of close calls last year that convinced me to wait again until spring)
I do drive a hybrid
I don't have an alternative to the diesel pickup for pulling the fifth wheel trailer, at 11 mpg
I do compost food scraps into my home-made worm bin ("C" and I built)
I don't grow all my own food
I do have a solatube for an interior bathroom (LOVE it)
I don't have solar power or solar hot water yet (except the fifth wheel has a solar panel)
I do use tap water (not bottled water)
I don't have a good routine for buying local, seasonal food
I do have solar accent lights around the back yard
I don't have xeriscaping (taking out grass and putting in drought resistant, native plants)
I use non-phosphate dish and laundry soaps
I still have plenty of other chemicals around
Oh, that reminds me, gotta go. I saw that Mike threw some empty pill containers in the trash. I need to move them to the recycle bags!
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