Well, since today is Earth day I thought this an appropriate topic. I'm not what you would call a "green" person, but I've decided today to go and buy a few of those green canvas bags at Wholefoods for my future grocery days...I'm going to start living without plastic grocery bags.
Also, I recently viewed an episode of Oprah where she challenged families (very wasteful families)to go without thigs that were wasteful (such as plastic water bottles), and to try and be more concious of their energy usage. I've decided that May is going to be my "wasteless" month. Really, I'm more curious about how much money I can save than I am about the environment, but ultimately my becoming less of a "consumer" I should be able to help both.
Here's the challenge:
1. No "unnecessary" purchases. This means all those silly little things I buy that I don't honestly need. This excludes groceries and other needed household items.
2. Try to decrease my gasoline consumption. I enjoy walking and will try to "run" more errands by foot
3. No wasting left over food! If I can't eat them then Josh can have them for lunch!
4. Make a real effort to turn off lights and fans around the house when they aren't needed.
Well...that's all I've come up with so far. If you have any "rules" that we should add let us know. I dare you to join in and make May a month of saving (both the earth and our checking accounts!)
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
What can you live without?
Posted by beautifuldey at 2:56 PM
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I bought those huge reusable bags from costco...three for $3 or $4. They are great for costco and regular grocery store trips. I only have to make one trip from the car to my kitchen. Of course the bags are heavy little suckers, but I save a trip, and little grocery bags!
Good for you! You'll have to update us on how it goes. Tell us if the baggers are nice when you use them.
I've thought of doing that too, trouble is we reuse our store bags for little trash can liners, to hold scooped kitty litter, and to wrap up really stinky diapers!
Sheila
i have 3 canvas grocery bags, and i almost always forget to take them to the store with me. it totally makes me crazy.
but i'll try harder!
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