Go greener

...to go greener.

For years I have…
grown organic gardens
use environmentally safe cleansers
walked places
recycled
composted
never fertilize with chemicals
many more…

Recently started…
bying produce from local farmers market
give 40% business discount to any green company http://sosservice.org
switched light bulbs
buying recycled paper for my business
recycle cartridges.I send them to http://greenrecyclepro.com
printing double
use less bath water
turn off monitor at night and computer in sleep mode
unplug anything electrical when not in use
only buy organic. If I can’t find it…then I make it.
use cloth bags for shopping. No plastic for me!
ck for PVC mark on anything plastic that I buy. TOXIC!
Stop polishing my nails. Remover is a toxic solvent.
stopped using aerosols
only buy organic makeup or from green companies

still thinking of more to do!

There are endless ways to improve on this.

-Installed Gas water heater instead of electrical one.
-Disconnect all appliances when I’m not using them.
-Grow my herbs and vegetables
-Don’t let the shower on all the time it takes to shower.
-Reuse plastic bags
-Use the public transport system more often.
-Walk instead of taking a cab
-Using the stairs instead of the lift

Got one installed past week.

Thursday is market day but there were very few stalls when I went today, and no fruit-and-veg stalls. So I had to buy this week’s fresh stuff from Tesco this afternoon. :(

Will go to the market next week – things are sure to be back to normal by then.

I’m always trying to be “greener”. Here’s what I do already:

• cycle to work
• recycle as much as possible (glass, paper & cardboard, tins, plastics as collected by the council, tin foil, anything sellable goes to a charity shop, swop things eg books via bookcrossing/share mags with my sister, borrow rather than buy eg dad’s power tools!
• compost kitchen and garden waste
• grow some of my own fruit and veg
• refuse carrier bags in shops (most of the time anyway)
• collect rainwater in a butt (and I would never use a hosepipe on the garden or lawn)

I guess I need to work on cutting back more on consumer goods (but I do love shoes! g) and buying fairly traded/ecologically sound alternatives. Oh, and buying less meat and buying more locally produced stuff. I’ve been trying for a month or so now to get all our fruit and veg from the market/farmers’ market rather than buying from a supermarket.