About Me

I believe that no lifestyle change should happen overnight. If you want to lose weight, you can't start a drastic diet and expect to stick with it for the rest of your life. You need to make gradual changes to a healthier lifestyle. On that same vein I think that you can't just wake up one day and declare that all of your future behaviors will be eco-friendly.

Ethan and I are trying to live greener. We certainly have a long way to go, though probably less so than the average American. So far we both drive fuel efficient cars, we buy compact florescent light bulbs, we recently purchased an Energy Star washer and dryer, and in general we try to buy products with minimal packaging and recycled or renewable content.

Our most recent decision is that we won't be grabbing those horrible plastic produce bags at the grocery store anymore. I don't know why we didn't decide this sooner, but those bags are really just 'pre-garbage.' It's so easy to grab one for every type of produce you buy, then use them for a week or less, and throw them away. They aren't really good for anything else, because they're flimsy and have no handles and they're much harder to recycle than plastic grocery bags.

I'm trying to decide if there are reusable alternatives, especially for things like granola. It's important to put that in a bag, but there has to be a better way. Perhaps small paper bags would work. At least those are reusable and recyclable. And they are made from renewable resources, not petroleum products.

It's kind of fun trying to save the planet, one idea at a time.