Okay, so today is officially Blog Action Day. A day for all
bloggers to come together and discuss
one issue with the hopes of "talking towards a better future". This years topic is the environment. I sat thinking, "what am
I going to say about the environment"? I didn't even know where I would begin on this HUGE subject. I don't drive a hybrid, I use way too much plastic, I buy cleaning products that are probably
horrific for the environment, I use paper plates that create
unnecessary garbage...well, you get the point. But in thinking about all the things that I don't do, I sat in my kitchen and noticed these bags sitting in the corner (and then remembered I had a picture of them full - yes, I take way too many pictures)...
These are my reusable grocery bags that not only do I love, but have cut down on our plastic bag consumption greatly. Then there is the
fluorescent bulb in my kitchen light. And then I thought about my refrigerator that is filled with vegetables out of my mother's garden that is not sprayed with insecticides. And to the best of my knowledge my mother is not in the business of genetically
engineering her bell peppers. This thought then brought me to all my Saturday morning trips to our local farmer's market to support our local growers throughout the spring, summer and fall. And although I don't drive a hybrid, I also don't drive a gas guzzling beast. This list could go on and on too I
suppose. Which got me to thinking...I do think about the environment. I could do more. I need to do more. I will do more. Because why not? Really? Now, could someone please give me some tips on actually remembering to
take the recyclable bags to the store with me?
One day at a time :-)
1 comment:
As soon as you empty them, make a special effort to take them back out to your car...that way they will always be there when you go shopping.
I use my car alot this way. When I need to return something, or take something somewhere, I store it in my back seat (so I can see the thing and don't forget). It works great until Doug decides to "clean out" my car and puts things "away"...like on the back porch, in the garage, etc. But, I am reminding him that if I don't have something in plain sight to return, drop off, that I WILL forget this item so he needs to leave stuff where it was, in my car.
PS You also use microfiber rags and that's a great "recycling" tool.
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