Little Steps, from Solopreneurial Tendencies

Little Steps

October 15, 2007

Today, thousands of bloggers are putting their two cents in on the subject of the environment. While I'm not sitting in any trees protesting, wearing hemp, or becoming vegan, I have been making very conscious and thoughtful baby steps in a greener direction over the past few years.

The biggie? Driving. Since I work at home, I put less than 1,000 miles per year on my car.

Whenever possible, I buy locally grown produce. Every two weeks, I get a delivery of mostly locally grown, organic produce from muy fantastico Pioneer Organics. That is an exciting day around here, especially for my produce-loving hound. As wonderful as the produce is, I'm simply physically incapable of mustering the same enthusiasm that Roscoe has for the delivery guy.

We use a high-efficiency, front-loading washer. It uses MUCH less water. We also use a concentrated liquid detergent, so there's less of that as well.

I've used cloth grocery bags on and off for almost 20 years, but not until lately did I do it with consistency. Behold Envirosax! These gorgeous and very hip cloth bags can be tightly rolled and stashed in my purse without disturbing the balance of the other contents. I also love (and use) these cloth produce bags. I still need plastic grocery bags on occasion (aforementioned hound's output), but the Envirosax make it possible to be stylish and green. Yay!

And the usual suspects: using fewer consumables around the house and in my office, aggressively recycling paper and anything else that can be recycled, and even keeping the thermostat at a lower setting.

See? It's not that hard!

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