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2.26.2009

New Year's Green-olutions

This year I made several New Year's resolutions, and several of them pertain to my goal of helping our family live greener cheaply. I have termed these green resolutions "green-olutions." So far, my green-olutions have just been floating around in my head. I figure that if I truly want to be serious about them, I need to put them in writing. Without further ado, here they are:
  1. Stop using the microwave. By the end of 2009, the microwave and toaster oven will be replaced with a Hamilton Beach 31199R countertop convection oven.
  2. Do not bring home any new plastic shopping bags. This means that both Jimbo and myself must remember to take reusable bags into stores with us EVERY time.
  3. Take our own carryout containers to restaurants for leftovers.
  4. Replace all chemical based cleaners and disinfectants with natural cleaners and disinfectants. This includes our Clean Shower shower cleaner that we love so much!
  5. As our hygiene products run out (shampoos, soaps, toothpastes, etc) replace with natural/organic products.
  6. Increase our stash of rechargeable batteries. We are going to try Sanyo Eneloop AA NiMH Pre-Charged rechargeable batteries this time. They have great reviews on Amazon.
  7. Unplug appliances and electronics when not in use and when going out of town.
  8. Turn off lights and TV when leaving the room.
  9. Make our family meals as organic as possible. Eliana is now eating what we are eating and this is a big concern of mine. Our bodies are already full of chemicals, un-necessary hormones, and pesticides, but hers is not - and I'd like to keep it that way. And I'm not going to prepare two meals each meal time.
  10. When at all possible, buy used or find on Freecycle.

2.17.2009

A speaking engagement and a new site

Today I had the honor of speaking about blogging and living green at the group for new moms that Eliana and I used to be a part of. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but felt very inadequate.

I have so many new things that I've wanted to post, but just haven't been able to carve out the time!! But I wanted to quickly share a website that I discovered today. It's called Success Through Play. It's an online magazine that performs product reviews focusing on eco-friendly products. I've added the link to the side-bar so we can find it in the future :o)

2.04.2009

More coupons for organic products

Today I discovered a list of links to organic coupons on Affluent Paper. Some you can get right now and some you can get later by mail or email. Enjoy!