"A flower child is what you are, just born a little to late to run with the others," is what my brother told me when I was a kid. I am not sure how he meant it but I am sure I know now.
I am not normal. I would rather grow my own food than buy, I would rather make my own soap than buy it and I would rather cure myself before even thinking about a doctor.
I had made the statement online once that I am going green and I got made fun of by some asshole, telling me I did not know what being green was, so I learned to keep it to myself.
Although there are some things I cannot give up at the moment, being a car, because I live in the woods and I am working as a caregiver, I have reduced the amount of buying. I sit back and think do I need this or do I want this? Usually its a want and when I realize that fact I save my money and do with what I already have. While many people meet for lunch and shopping, I decline the offer and suggest a picnic and fishing at the local lake/park.
Don`t know how to clean fish? I got that covered, click here on "How to clean Bass"
I know all have heard the three R`s, meaning Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, there is another R and its Refuse.
I actually think that refuse should be at the top of going green, by refusing then you do not add to the problem.
Reducing is always an excellent option because do we really need 50 pairs of dress shoes? Do we really need to redecorate every year?
Reusing. This one can get weird. I have seen YouTube videos about reusing items and making crafts, I prefer minimal so I`m not always cleaning junk, I reuse the glass containers the most, I try to buy in glass when I can.
Recycling is awesome, it take less energy to recycle than to make new, however, plastic is plastic no matter how you get it so I try my best to lay low on the plastic. I make sure every can, tin and aluminum, gets recycled and most recycling plants will pay you to bring in the "trash."
In these times of high tech I am sure I wont ever go back to the "good ole days" of candle light and no t.v. but I can do my part in reducing the amount of energy that I do use, or actually get that solar powered house I been looking for all these years, if its Gods will.
This week I have practiced "refuse" when I got the mail asking me to subscribe to magazines again. I put that letter in the recycling.
I am thinking about writing a monthly update on how I am doing with this whole GO GREEN! thing, its a journey, one well worth my time.
How green are you?
By Andria Perry
Photo By Andria Perry
Green enough that I don't often even think about it. I'll buy magazines if they're worth keeping (like books) and I'm totally opposed to trying to scrimp on bathing, and even use plastic straws rather than styrofoam cups or putting a public-access cup in my mouth--but do I ever reuse and recycle.
ReplyDeleteYes, you I thought would be a recycler.
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