Tuesday, November 24, 2009

It's Easy Bein' Green

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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