Sustainability is at the forefront of everyone’s minds but I’m hearing the same questions and concerns:
- Does it really matter?
- It’s too expensive to go green or organic!
- How can I make a difference?
- Where in the world do I start?
That’s why I’m SO excited to introduce you to Sustainable Baby Steps!
Sustainable Baby Steps is dedicated to answering the sometimes perplexing question of “How do I go green?” It offers clear, understandable information without the feeling of impending doom. It’s here to help get you started, as well as keeping you going.
It’s about connecting with your sense of purpose, taking small steps toward greener living, and impacting the world around you in a positive way without overwhelming yourself.
I’ve been working long and hard building articles and content to share with the world. Right now you can find:
- Answers to the question, Why Go Green?
- Information about the dangers of pesticides.
- Ways to stop receiving junk mail.
- Ideas to create eco-friendly holidays.
- Over 100 ways to save water.
- And a LOT more!
In the coming months the content will expand to include information on family living, travel, and more ways for you to get involved in the movement.
You can subscribe to the Going Green! monthly newsletter to stay up-to-date with the site, find great information and inspiration and even special offers from sustainable companies.
And right now, Sustainable Baby Steps has joined forces with some of the coolest names in sustainability to bring you…
The Great BIG Giveaway!
In collaboration with some great businesses, Sustainable Baby Steps is hosting a giveaway of multiple awesome, organic and sustainable prizes to get you stepping toward greener living. You can win one of these great prizes:
GladRags is awarding one lucky winner a Color Pad Sampler Kit worth $88.99. This sampler kit includes Day Pads, Night Pads, and Pantyliners, plus a laundry bag for washing and carry bag for on-the-go! Perfect for yourself or as a gift and helps you save money and resources every month!
ECOlunchboxes is offering a $50 ECOlunchbox Kit , which includes ECOlunchbag, 3 matching napkins, Oval ECOlunchbox, bamboo spork. This lunchbox kit is 100% plastic-free, waste-free, lead-free, BPA-free, PVC-free and vinyl-free. In other words, it’s healthy for people and the planet!
Hip Mountain Mama is giving away one $50 gift certificate on any of their Beautiful Handmade ‘Hippie’ Clothing, Natural Wood Toys, Handmade Bags, Natural Art Supplies, Namaste Knitting Bags, Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Products, Unique Gifts, and so much More. Hip Mountain Mama is a Natural Attitude for any Altitude.
AffirmWater is donating a Combo Pack worth $58 – includes 32oz Hope bottle w/ sports cap and loop cap with caribiner, 100% recycled PETE, waterproof bottle carrier, Flat cap, Bottle brush +an Organic cotton Peace tee. It’s the perfect way to ditch plastic water bottles and spread the message!
Rethinking Everything Magazine is giving away a one year subscription! This magazine offers inspiring stories of personal change (monumental, earth-shattering, life-altering change! This subscription also includes access to all back issues as well!
Mountain Rose Herbs is providing one lucky winner with an Epicurean Organics gift package, including one bottle each of organic Rainbow Peppercorns, organic Pumpkin Seed Oil, Pumpkin Pie Spice, and West Indies Rub. All of these delicious gourmet ingredients are certified organic and Kosher, packaged in reusable/recyclable glass containers, with 100% post consumer waste labels, and 2% of all proceeds are donated to the Organic Farming Research Foundation.
Bag the Habit is contributing a Luxe Tote in Plum and 2-Pack of Reusable Produce Bags! The Luxe bag includes padded handles, premium recycled fabrics, and a sewn-in carrying pouch that doubles as an interior pocket. Because it’s not about hating plastic – it’s about loving your reusable bag!
Lily’s Garden Herbals is offering their specialty Lily’s Garden Herbals Product Sampler, including 2 oz All Purpose Clean, 2 oz Glass Clean, 2 oz Bowl Clean, 1 oz Wood Clean, as well as 2 oz Poison Ivy External Use tincture and .5 oz Boo-boo Goo all made by herbalist Kim Falcone using organically grown herbs and high-quality essential oils to create non-toxic cleaning and household products.
Soapberry’s Soapnuts is gifting one winner a 7 oz Soapberry’s Soapnuts, good for approximately 70 loads and including detailed instructions and uses with 2 washing bags. Soapnuts are your one ingredient laundry soap with dozens more uses and they are completely biodegradable, organic, sustainable & hypoallergenic.
BioBag is offering a BioBag Sample Pack which includes 1 Max Air compost bucket, 1 box of Food Waste Bags (25 bags), 1 box of Tall Kitchen Bags (13 bags), 1 box of Lawn & Leaf bags (5 bags) and 1 box of Dog Waste Bags (50 bags). All BioBags are certified compostable., made from GMO Free Crops and contain NO polyethylene. Happy Composting!
Enter To Win!
There are several ways to enter and the more you enter the more chances you have to win!
- Leave a comment telling me one thing you’re doing to Go Green OR what one thing you’d like to know more about.
- Sign up for Sustainable Baby Steps’ Going Green! newsletter
- Add a Sustainable Baby Steps badge to your blog or website!
- Blog about this giveaway, linking back here AND to Sustainable Baby Steps
- Share this giveaway OR the Sustainable Baby Steps website on Facebook.
- Like Sustainable Baby Steps on Facebook
- Tweet this giveaway (you can use the ReTweet button below)
Be sure to add a SEPARATE comment for each entry to have them all counted!
Comments are now closed! Winners will be announced soon!
You have until November 2nd at 8pm(ish) PST to enter to win! All winners will be chosen using Random.org and announced that evening.
One thing we’ve done to go green is get rid of disposable paper products like paper towels. We’ve got a drawer full of dishtowels and cloth napkins instead around here!
One of my (many) things I’m doing to go green is growing (some) of our own veg
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Am planning to use cloth diapers in a few months when baby is here- would love to know more about best brands and greener laundry options.
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One thing we’ve done is stopped buying aluminum foil and plastic wrap, and plastic containers (using pyrex containers intsead).
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And my green baby-step – I’ve done away with disposable items in the kitchen and am using reusable napkins, towels, and sandwich bags for lunches.
I have a few “green” things I am adament about, particularly: cleaners and reusable bags. These two items are HUGE pet peeves of mine. As for something I would like to know more about: composting in a small Las Vegas back garden.
This is an amazing giveaway and a GREAT blog!
I shared the new website on facebook. Looks good!
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We use cloth instead of paper napkins, floor wipes (for spills), we compost, we recycle, we bring cloth produce bags to the grocery store and to the CSA so we don’t use the plastic bags they provide, we use cloth and canvas shopping bags, we have a low flow toilet and a low flow shower head. We use stainless steel water bottles, we have a filter on the water coming into the house from the city, we have copper piping on all water lines in and pvc on outgoing water, we recycle anything and everything, we shop at thrift shops, consignment shops, dumpster dive, trade, swap, borrow or go without until we happen to find something we have needed on the side of the road! Amazing what people throw out!
We’ve taken a couple baby steps around here. We shop farmers markets, compost and have made growing our own food an educational family activity. We just harvested the last of this summer’s watermelons.
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We’re moving to 5 acres and starting a sustainable fiber farm (or as close to it as we can get) we’re using a composting sawdust toilet, reclaimed rain water and reducing our footprint to under 700 square feet for 7 people.
Our babysteps are more for an ogre sized baby
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We are trying to add new things all the time. We use cloth napkins, started a garden, bring our own grocery bags, use rain barrels, etc. In the process of selling all belongings and hitting the road. i would love to know more about “greening” our RV/bus when we get it.
We are switching to cloth napkins and also getting rid of paper towels in the kitchen!
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Awesome Site Tara!
My husband and I have improved a few different areas, though we aren’t nearly as far as we should be! I recently got a new car and really went for smaller, more fuel efficient as my priorities. We want to run a car on veg oil, but the timing/home situation isn’t right for that project right now!
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We have eliminated paper towels and napkins. I made rags and fabric napkins. I thought it would be much harder than it is but it’s going great. What great prizes.
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I use cloth menstrual pads instead of disposables. It’s cut way back on the trash.
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I’ve been reexamining our material possessions. Reusing and recycling lots of stuff as I get rid of it, as well as re-examining what comes into out home.
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I’ve decided to go vegan recently. I’ve been vegetarian since I was 10, but have been quite dependent on dairy for most of those years. I guess I never realized how awful the dairy industry is, and how much it supports the meat industry.
I try to minimize my impact in every way I can… and try to teach others about what I learn as I actively seek out information about the choices I make in my life.
What a fabulous giveaway! Thanks for the chance!
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One of the thing I doe to be “Green” is cloth diapering my daughter!
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Just blogged about the giveaway.
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I told the world about your giveaway and your new site on facebook. =)
Leave a comment telling me one thing you’re doing to Go Green OR what one thing you’d like to know more about.
We’ve gotten rid of many disposable paper products, replacing them with cloth.
I try to be green in a variety of ways — the basics, reduce, reuse, recycle — and buying local and organic whenever possible — even learning to make my own food products like jams, cheese, and sodas!
I am pretty new to tweeting, but I think I just retweeted about your new site…? lol
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My baby steps: Well they are the normal ones, like using our own drinking bottles rather then buying plastic. I use reusable bags at the grocery even for produce and grains. I use the diva cup. We worm compost. No chemicles in our home, just essential oils and vinegar for cleaning. We drive a hybrid, all though it still takes gas at least it gets 48 miles a gallon, although I would love to read an article on your new site talking about weather or not hybrids are actually good/bad on the envirnment or not. My big thing is consumerism, I am not a fan. I try very hard to only buy products that are made in the USA, which really helps curve the spending and thoughtless shopping. Any ways nothing uber amazing but babysteps. I love the concept of your new site, cant wait to dig through it, and learn some new tricks!!!
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I’ve gone Green by using GladRags for past couple years now as well as Diva Cup and The Moon Cup/The Keeper cups. I feel very good since I’ve done this.
I’ve also gone Green by using as many natural, household ingredients for as many uses as possible before buying products to clean with. These are: White and Apple Cider Vinegar, Honey, Salt, Lemon Juice, Hydrogen Peroxide, Baking Soda, Olive Oil. Since then, I’ve discovered that Baking Soda makes the best underarm deoderant, as well as a great teeth whitener and cleanser. Honey is great for the hair and skin and for acne and healing of some wounds/scratches, Lemon Juice and Olive Oil make a great floor and furniture cleaner and polish, and the list goes on!
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We’ve taken several steps including cloth-everything for diapering, elimination communication (diaper-free!), vermicomposting and outdoor composting, cloth hankies (two layers of flannel), cloth menstrual pads and Diva Cup, reusable containers, vinegar and baking soda cleaners, enviro-friendly detergents… but there’s always more we can learn and try!
We go green by recycling, living simply, and being mindful of where our food comes from.
Would love to hear more about green beauty (an area I still have a lot of bad habits in LOL)
congratulations on your new venture!
and, hooray! I’m a newsletter subscriber now, too
I “like” you on facebook (and I added you to Simple Kids facebook page, too, just to share the love!)
one of the many things we have done is recycle LOTS of stuff, since our program allows so much, I cram a ton into the can they gave us to use. We also compost a ton of stuff in a ginormous pile, especially when cleaning out the pantry. crackers, old soup mixes (the spice & bean ones that get pushed to the back til they get found 6 yrs later), etc, all into the pile. I use as much glass for leftovers instead of disposable containers. I try to create less so that I don’t have to find a way to recycle or re-use it.
Tweet this giveaway (you can use the ReTweet button below) http://twitter.com/#!/ZucchiniBreath/status/28811112115
Feel free to copy that tweet as much as you like
I use cloth menstrual pads.
Love it Tara! Well, I am anti-consumerism, live simply, avoid plastic, cloth everything, crunch, crunch, crunch…dreadlocked so I don’t have to waste my energy or the environment’s energy on using hairdryers, straighteners. I make organic lotion and shampoo for eczema so I don’t have to consume other more commercialized products. I purchase local or handmade. I am anti-commerical products and find that even in the hippy towns -some stores that I won’t name are becoming more commercialized and it makes me not want to buy from them. I love farms because without farms we would have no food (or food I wouldn’t want to eat, NO GMO) I like real sugar and not hfcs. I love pretty grocery bags, tupperware not ziplocked, water out of filtered tap not water bottles.
am retweeting it now. (the button doesn’t work where i’m at now-blocked, but I will rT it.)
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We do as much as we can to lighten our load on the planet. We’ve switched to reusable almost everything, napkins, towels, washcloths, diapers, mama pads, water bottles, etc. a few years ago and it’s just a part of our lives now. We recycle as much as we can, we buy almost all second hand clothes, furniture, household items. With 5 kids, I feel like we need to be as diligent as possible about taking care of our lovely planet. I’m busy right now collecting second hand hankies to use this winter instead of tissues. We’re still a long way from where we should be, but we’re getting there!
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I just stumbled on this via a fb post from gladrags! What a great idea, I’m looking forward to reading up on your blog.
The two main things we do to go green are cloth diapering our children and I aslo use cloth pads about 50% of the time. I would love to expand my stash enough to go cloth 100% but I’m working on it!
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I am hanging all of my laundry to dry! I’ve made it through October only using the dryer once!
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We buy organic, bring our own bags, buy in bulk and use cloth napkins and cloth to name a few, but we are always looking for new ways to ‘green’ our daily living.
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One thing we have done to GO Green is to replace disposable household items with reusable cloth ones like cloth diapers, cloth wipes, un-paper towels, and mama cloth.
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I’m growing my own lettuces and buying local meats and produce to go green!
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my baby steps are using cloth diapers, organic foods, composting, using glass instead of plastic for as much as possible, hmmm… i’m sure there’s more.
how exciting! you’re new company looks fantastic!
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I liked Sustainable Baby Steps on Facebook:)
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I signed up for your newsletter!…and I’m excited about it:)
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My family and I are working hard to educate people about real food through http://www.wholefamilyproject.com, we regularly reuse, repurpose, recycle, etc. We love this life! We can’t wait to get out there and get on a piece of land, and put back into the earth…instead of only taking from it! Thanks for doing this!
Wow, Tara! Love the new site! What a lot of work!
I’m so excited for the contest, too!
For me, green is everywhere, LOL. I use cloth TP (inspired by you), get most of our food from a CSA, and I almost never use my car – bike bike bike! I talk about a lot of green ideas on my blog, as well.
Thanks for offering this!
I’d like to learn more about mama cloth to go green.
My favorite green move that i have made recently is my Diva Cup. We are getting ready to make our own worm composting bin to keep in our kitchen. I am trying to continue to learn more about making my own shampoo, toothpaste, moisturizer, etc…
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One of the simplest things I do to be green is recycle. Just by separtaing the paper, aluminum, steel, plastic, and glass out of the trash, my family has gone from two huge bags a week, down to barely 1/2 and much of that is either organic, which we spread out in the local park under trees, or simply stuff that no one has figured out how to recycle yet. Our recycle center is a large plastic tub with a lid… luckily, my area has comingled recycling. We take the cans to a local center that pays per pound, and we take that money and put aside to conate toward a worthy charity.
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One thing I would love to learn more about is conserving water. I feel like we waste a lot of water, and would love some ideas about how to stop!!
Wonderful giveaway! Thank you!!
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I have recently cut back on my meat eating (once again). I’m also being much more careful about remembering to put things in the recycling bin. It’s so much easier now that we live in a place where the recycling comes to our door instead of me having to drive it!
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How exciting! We use EC and cloth diapers with the little, and cloth napkins for us. We don’t own a car, the hubs gets around by bike and I walk and take the bus.
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I make all my own “beauty” products, laundry soap, and of course we grow a majority of our food plus we compost. I stopped using my dryer, now I hang laundry to dry. We no longer use paper towels or napkins. These are just a few of the ways we are going green.
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I drink tap water instead of bottled.
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And sorry for any duplicate comments – I keep getting kicked off this page.
Hmmm…I see my Tweet comment here, but not the first one I kept trying to send. I’m going to add it again, and if it is a duplicate, I apologize!
Wow, Tara! Love the new site! What a lot of work!
I’m so excited for the contest, too!
For me, green is everywhere, LOL. I use cloth TP (inspired by you), get most of our food from a CSA, and I almost never use my car – bike bike bike! I talk about a lot of green ideas on my blog, as well.
Thanks for offering this!
Ack! I’m sorry – it DID go through the first time. I really apologize. Seriously, I’ve been kicked off this page about ten times in the past several minutes and it turned me all around. So comment #34 is out!
And I just “liked” your FB page.
Posted a link and a short post on my blog!
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And finally… put up a badge on my blog! ::wiping brow: I think I got everything except the retweet (I’m not on Twitter). Hoping to win one of those amazing goodies! Thanks so much for this great giveaway, and for all the useful info in your new site!
We hang every thing out to dry!
One way I’m going green – handwashing dishes (first thing that came to mind but really we do so much and need to do so much more).
we are raising chickens and eating venison
We buy organic as much as possible and are working on bringing our own bags.
We don’t use disposable products where there is a non disposable product available.
We are (slowly, unfortunately)…using only green products for cleaning – laundry, house cleaners, toothpaste and personal products. I even recently switched from my normal hairspray to a natural spray product…and have not really missed my old stuff.
We recycle anything that our municipality will take for recycling.
I would love to learn more about diesel conversion to veggie oil. While we won’t need it now – I believe we will be doing this some time in the near future.
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Newsletter subscription – done. Can I just add how awesome excited I am for you in this new venture. I”ve been waiting on pins and needles all week!
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What an exciting giveaway and website!
I also Tweeted (Re-Tweeted) this giveaway…
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Added this announcement to my Internet Reads at my blog. Don’t know if that counts but it’s like a revolving list of places I recommend my readers visit on the web. I don’t tweet or do Facebook stuff.
subscribing to your newsletter, too. we’re pretty green–cloth diapering, reuse/repurpose, buy less/buy used, BYOContainers–but there is always room for more challenges.
We’ve gotten rid of all disposable paper products: We cloth diaper, use cotton rags and napkins, family cloth, mama cloth. It’s so normal to us now that I don’t ever miss paper towels and tp!
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Can’t wait to receive the newsletter! Good luck! Hope this goes big!
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It’s on my blog too – http://www.makingahomeandfamily.com/2010/10/26/organic-sister-sustainable-baby-steps/
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My primary and almost exclusive cleaning product is vinegar.
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I love this!! For the past 4 years my kids have only had cloth bums!! And more recent in the past 3 months we have only been using cloth napkins, cloth unpaper towels, mama cloth, family cloth, homemade laundry soap, soap nuts, homemade hand soap, no poo, and cleaning with only baking soda and vinager. I think thats all but we are trying to go all green, organic, and local for everything in our house.
We have stopped using paper towels and napkins. But I would LOVE to learn more about growing my own veggies! I’m afraid I have a black thumb!
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My comments keep disappearing! I’ve liked on fb, subscribed to the nwl and added a badge to my blog.
For going green right now…I’m going to turn off the computer and walk to the beach!
oh, suddenly they have reappeared. Definitely time to turn this off!
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Awesome! I’m glad to see Sustainable Baby Steps back. For the first entry option: We don’t use paper plates, paper towels, paper napkins or disposable pads here. Also, I can finally ask something I’ve been wondering since before your travels with Benny: What are the non-disposable razors you use? I’ll eventually be finished with the razor replacements I bought at Costco and I’m looking to switch.
Sharred The organic sister on my facebook!!
#2: I just signed up for the newsletter (with my actual first name).
Great new site! Our family has gotten rid of paper towels and paper napkins and replaced them with cloth! We recycle as much as our local recycling centers will take. I use a “diva cup” for my monthly cycle (should have switched years ago-it has changed my life!) I make my own laundry detergent and hang dry clothing as much as possible. We use vinegar and organic cleaners. Fabric bags go with us to the grocery store. I’m getting ready to knit my own face scrubbies so I can phase out cotton balls. I’m sure there are more changes to come!
#3: Have added the “How Do I Go Green?” badge to my blog. (It’s right under my “Unschooling Coach” badge!)
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What a wonderful idea! I use cloth napkins at home and at work, and bring my own silverware to work each day (and often to parties!). We grow our own garden, and compost our food waste as well. I bring my own bags to stores, and have canned a lot of food for this winter that I bought at the farmer’s market. Also, many of our bills and all of our bank accounts are paperless!
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And I want to know more about going green with water and energy conservation, especially when you have to wash cloth diapers and clean a reflux-y baby’s clothes!
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I´m going greener by selling my car. I´ve been only riding the bike and walking for two months now and I love it.
Driving less, biking and walking whenever possible.
We’re doing as much as we can to be mindful and green. One thing is that we use cloth for diapers/wipes/napkins/menstrual pads. Congrats and best of luck with the new site!
We’ve been trying to keep up with One Small Change… so far we have switched to all natural cleaning, biodegradable trash bags, amped up our recycling while reducing our packaging.. switched to a moon cup and cloth pads for back up. Buying organic whenever possible..reusuable bags. Cloth hankies… lots of changes but I’m glad I made them all! We’ve hung laundry for years simply because i refuse to pay for something God gives us for free!!
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I have been doing a bunch of tiny things and your list of priorities has added the super short showers to that. I am interested in reusable diapers (for ones day) and pads (for now).
Tweeted… now I’m off to read!!!
this is our second season to grow some of our own food, what we do buy we try to go as local as possible, we just got chooks (yea!!), we get by with just one vehicle which we only use when we have to so if we can use public transport we do, we air dry our laundry. next on the list is to make cloth toilet wipes.
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To go a little greener this year, we joined an organic CSA. Unfortunately, while I got a lot out of it, I also ended up composting a lot – which isn’t green. I really need to improve on food waste.
one thing i have done to go green is i have started to use glass jars to store everything, trinkets, food, etc, so that I no longer buy things made out of plastic.
Emily
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I had a veggie garden this year for the first time LOVE IT
Will be doing that forever.
Thanks for such a generous giveaway, Tara! We make our own cleaners and laundry detergent. We compost some, but our chickens get alot of the scraps! We also have a weekly swap at our homeschool co-op where we pass along unneeded stuff and receive things we do need.
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We used cloth diapers, cloth napkins, and mama cloth. We also bring our own grocery bags, and buy organic when we can afford it.
I would like some advice on how to afford to live this way when we have a large family and we can’t have a family garden (rent in the military).
Congrats on the new site!
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we have been trying to go green by using cloth napkins as much as possible. i only use reusable containers for my lunch, bring my own fork/spoon, and a cloth napkin in my lunch box. we also recycle as much as possible. one of my latest ideas is to use toilet paper rolls for yarn. brilliant! i love being green.
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I am meticulous about lessening garbage. We recycle, compost, use reusable bags, refuse to buy overly-packaged items, separate & burn cardboard & paper, etc.
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We cloth diaper, bring our own bags, use no disposable plates/napkins/paper towels/menstral items, etc. Lately I have been taking a good hard look at the packaging I bring home, I take containers for my deli counter items instead of getting their bags and buy things in bulk bins with my own washable sacks. But the number one, hard thing I am trying hard to do is NOT BUY SO MUCH STUFF!
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Posted to my livejournal. It actually has followers as opposed to my WordPress and I think some of them would genuinely benefit from your site.
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I’ve breastfed all my babies. Cloth napkins, both kinds! I also have a Diva cup. We are learnig to grow our own food. We recycle as much as possible. We try to be aware of our waste/trash and to minimize it. We plan trips in the car so there’s no excessive running around. We have a couple rain barrels….that’s a little of what we do around here.
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I am a homeschooling mother of 3, plus 1 infant. All my children were/are
breastfed, and kept in cloth diapers. We make our own soap, and we eat from our 1/2 acre garden, sharing with neighbors. We have a small flock of free range chickens, whose eggs we also share with neighbors. We freecycle, recycle, and shop thrift and swap shops as often as possible.
We use cloth diapers and grow our own garden.
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for our daily living: we compost, eat organic foods, I use glad rags, cloth diapers from VT. diaper co. and our business http://www.loveandtea is based off sustainability!
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Awesome site, Tara! Signed up for the Going Green Newsletter, very exciting!
Congrats on the new website! One thing we’re trying to do right is to reduce our possessions by a third. We’ve only just started. As we aren’t as broke as we used to be, we’ve bought a lot more stuff. And our children have learned from us (sadly) that accumulating unlimited stuff is okay. We want to set an example that happiness doesn’t equal consumerism, and get back to spending time together. It’s amazing how much time I spend putting all this crap away! So, that’s our current goal.
I hope your life is smoothing out a bit. Hugs.
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We take our own shopping bags to the store and are working on eliminating the use of plastic.
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We would like to know more about Bamboo flooring. We would like to put it in our bus conversion and have heard that not all Bamboo flooring is created equal. Something to do with the chemicals in the processing… like formaldehyde for example… How do we find out the most ‘earth friendly’ products? Thanks in advance for your help.
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We live in Amsterdam.
Anytime we leave the house my husband and I take canvas bags with us, in case we do any food or clothing shopping.
We recycle.
I work for an environmental protection organization, training farmers in green farming methods.
We eat very little meat, and eat local seasonal food.
We do not waste food – we cook and eat just what we need.
We bike everywhere – we don’t have a car. If we go longer distances we take the train.
All appliances we bought are highest in their energy efficiency ratings.
I don’t use anything disposable in the house – we use clean clothes instead of papertowels, I use a Diva Cup instead of tampons or disposable pads.
We do our bit!
We have stopped buying cling wrap, aluminum foil and paper towel. Also we have stopped buying commercial dishwashing liquid, washing powder, shampoo and conditioner as we make our own. As of this afternoon, I have instructed everyone in the house that this is now a plastic shopping bag free zone. (Those little suckers just kept creeping in!)
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I’ve recently moved and have turned one corner of my backyard into a herb and vegie patch. Hoping to grow a lot of our own produce.
What a wonderful giveaway – thank you! Day by day we learn new techniques of becoming greener. Out latest green project is saving our organic seeds to add to a seed bank which we plan to share with others.
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And we’ve given up all paper products except TP. It’s actually been so many years that my kids don’t know what paper towels are, and think paper napkins are just what some restaurants have, they’ve never seen them at home
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We used cloth diapers (just finished that with my youngest yeah!!) and still use cloth pads for me, to reduce our waste and disposable-ness. In the same line of thinking (for me at least) my kids use all our junk mail, or misprints etc as coloring paper. Before anything hits the recycling or trash, it gets as much use out of it as possible.
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I’ve been bringing my own bags to the groc store for several years, and we’ve switched out all our incandescent bulbs, but i know we can do more…
I gave up plastic bags a long time ago. The ones I get, I donate to the library for reuse for patron’s books.
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HI Tara-
My husband and I are working on developing a productive garden. I say productive because we have had it for a few years, but haven’t got the soil fine tuned. But this year, we have invested in a chicken tractor and 3 lovely hens to help us fine tune it. For us, it is about taking control of our food, supporting big ag as little as possible. We do lots of other stuff too, like wash and reuse plastic zipper bags. I have found a utensil crock with utensils to be excellent for drying those bags. I use those mostly when I buy bulk and have to freeze it in smaller portions. I love someone’s post about only buying things made in the USA, that would require lots of though. We mostly buy stuff that is “new to us” and we are huge ebayers.
I only run the dishwasher or laundry machine if they are full.
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TARA!!!! Love the website!!!
Hmm, we never buy plastic water bottles, use reusable bags, recycle as much as possible, and use cloth rags for cleaning and drying our hands. We are always looking for ways to go green. I would love to learn how to grow veggies in a cooler climate. Summer I have down pat, but fall is iffy with us
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What a great giveaway to kick off your new site!
Here are some of the things we do to be kinder to the planet. We recycle and compost which almost entirely takes care of our rubbish. We grow some of our own food. We use reusable bags for everything including smaller produce ones for fruit,veges, nuts/seeds. Our home is chemical free. We made our own napkins and don’t buy paper towels/plastic wrap etc. We make conscious decisions about when we use appliances in relation to water use. We harness the suns power to dry clothes. If it rains we fill up buckets to use later on the garden. I have used a mooncup for the last 4 years.
In addition to making changes in how we buy food (CSA, organic on the dirty dozen) we’ve also started checking the labels on the kids’ clothes and buying organic cotton when it’s available. I had no idea until recently how chemically treated cotton can be!
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We dumped paper towels and bought a big bag of small towels from Costco that we use as dish cloths instead. Saves us money and reduces waste! We also use our own cloth bags, get most of our bills electronically, grow our own garden, and for over a year we didn’t have a car. My husband bikes the 22 km each way to work and I walk everywhere I can with my daughters (the younger is too little to bike still).
One thing I’m interested in learning more about are CFL’s and how dangerous (or not) they really are. We had one break and the girls and I left the house for an hour while my husband cleaned up. Luckily it broke on laminate, not carpet. But lately I’ve heard they could be dangerous even when not broken. I’m trying to learn more about the new LED light technology I keep hearing about, safe lights that are supposed to be able to last 20+ years!
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We do a ton of stuff. Eat locally and organic as much as possible. Use cloth diapers, baby carriers, organic products for baby. Use reusable bags, lunch kits, etc. We own a natural baby store and offer these products for our customers.
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I am going to start composting on the Sly even though the HOA says no!
We *try* to lead a greener life so a few of our efforts:
Use cloth “products” like napkins, dish towels, dish cloths (rather than sponge)
Use no chemical cleaning products-mostly just vinegar, baking soda and hydrogen peroxide (and *gasp* water!)
Clothesline sometimes even though we have an electric dryer
I use a stainless steel water bottle
We buy locally and organic when we can
Cloth shopping bags
Biodegradable trash bags
ETC
The one thing that I actually want to know more about right now (and this sounds silly even to me) is recycling! Everyone raves about how simple it is but it’s so intimidating to me! I have so many questions! And we don’t have a service here…well, we do but it’s $25/month that we just don’t have right now (plus there’s bins a block from my house we can take them to)
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There are a lot of little things we already do but I have been meaning to cut out the junk mail for a looooong time. That is our next step. Thanks for the information!
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We recycle, use glass instead of plastic, try not to buy new things, use a small heater instead of baseboard heat, buy in bulk instead of packaged food, and practice “if it’s yellow let it mellow-if it’s brown flush it down”!
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I am cloth diapering, use cloth snack bags, cloth wet bags, and garden!
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Oh my goodness what a delicious giveaway!
A few ‘green’ things I do..
Grow as much food as I can.
Do not use plastic sacks.
Walk or bike as much as possible.
Short, short showers. Flush only when necessary.
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The site looks great, btw.
a big warm welcome you into my virtual space, have “liked” Sustainable Baby steps on my FB
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Linked up your giveaway on my Facebook space! Best of Luck to all..:)) May Generosity flow from all directions….
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Green Lifestyle hunh! there is nothing more i love and am passionate about…
1. Only cloth diapers, cloth wipes, real oils, homemade food for my 20 month old daughter.
2. No Toilet paper, Paper Towels etc…No Forest Blood in our Home…:)
3. We take our own Plates, spoons, drinking glasses to parties and REFUSE disposable cutlery…No dumping the womb of Mother Earth, when she serves us all the delicacies.
4. No plastic grocery bags or even the plastic individual covers for the veggies and fruits….have been reusing the old ones…
5. No disposable sanitary pads for me either…love my blood much to be drained on to some disposable pad.
more and loving it all and our Big Mama Mother Earth!
I try to limit how much garbage we produce by using reusable alternatives: cloth napkins, grocery bags, rags (vs. paper towels). We also compost kitchen scraps.
A few years ago, I made a picnic box for our family containing plates, cups, silverware, a few small knives, can opener, matches, clothesline, dish soap, towel, cloth napkins, etc. It is always packed and ready to go for quick picnics or other events, so we rarely need to throw away things like paper plates and plastic forks.
My newest baby step is to be aware of the number of dishes, pots and pans we use and how to reuse some of those during the course of cooking or eating so as to wash less.
I liked the FB page too and signed up for the newsletter too. Thanks for offering the giveaway!
One of the many ways we’re going green is using cloth diapers.
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We stopped using paper towels, take 5 minute showers and are focused on turning out the lights! Thanks.
I chose whenever possible, local, organic, vegetarian food for my family. Remembering to bring our own bags! And am in the process of replacing all plastic wear in our house with glass.
One thing I’ve been doing to go green is saving glass jar to fill up with spring water. Also, bringing are own bags to the store/farmer’s market.
We use cloth bags whenever we shop (not just groceries!) and haven’t bought paper towels or napkins in over a year! We also cloth diaper and compost. Thank you for a wonderful giveaway!
I just want to say that I have been reading for several months now, and I have learned so much from you!
As for going green, we just made a bunch of rags for cleaning, I am on my second batch of home made detergent, and I use organic vegan soap and bath products!
Wow! Congratulations on all this great stuff!
Here are some tips that I do and that anyone can do:
1. Reusable grocery bags. Seriously. There’s no reason not to.
2. Cloth napkins for at home and it’s simple to also tuck one in your bag if you’re going to be getting food to go.
3. Buy less. Starting considering purchases more. Do I really need this? Do I really want this in my house? Can I do what this item does with something I already have?
OK, I’ll stop there for now.
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In the spring I am going to get chickens as well as plant an herb and vegetable garden for my hubby and I.
We had a small crop this year, my poor tomato plant only managed to grow one medium sized fruit. One! Next year I wont be using pots to grow them!
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We do lots of green stuff. The newest thing is to start using handkerchiefs.
One thing that I’d like to learn more about is re-usable pads. I tried a Diva Cup, but it wasn’t for me.
I laughed as I told one of my high school students today that I was green before it was called being green! I make an effort with every little thing, from shutting off unneeded lights to carring a cloth napkin and real spoon for lunch each day. It all counts!
Devoted gladrags fan here!
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I use cloth diapers and I wonder how the soapnuts trully work with them.
I started recycling all paperboard this year and now finally it is being picked up curbside!
I would like to know more about chemicals in food cans and how they leech into canned food and what happens to these chemicals during the recycling process.
Congrats on this – sounds interesting.
I use cloth diapers, and am now starting to make my own baby food.
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yee haw!! i love love love it. congrats. this is just what the sustainable community has been needing. we tend to preach to the choir a lot. we need to reach out and help the folks that feel like it’s so overwhelming they dont know where to start. well done.
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We’ve ditched the paper towels as one of our first baby steps in going green.
We do alot of reusing around here, rarely buy new, and always donate what we no longer need. We have simplified and are continuing to simplify. The next small thing on the list is sewing cloth napkins.
Oh & I retweeted, liked you on fb, shared you on my fb profile, signed up for the newsletter, and will do the badge thing once I figure it out.
I have started an eco arts workshop for children and begin on 6 November.
Oh and put in a new shower with eco switch
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Why is there not a love button on FB? <3 Clicked like on FB
We already do quite a bit that is green, organic garden, compost, raise our own chickens and goats, recycle etc. This year we put down an organic cover crop in our garden and new pasture area, that will help with soil erosion and add organic matter to the soil. i also finally got a pressure canner this year, so i will be preserving much more of our garden harvest. Canning more and freezing less.
thanks for the chance great contest!
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The first green step that we took 3 years ago was to switch to cloth napkins, we’re still using the same set I made back then.
I’d love to hear more about composting.
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We’ve recycled for 25 years, we use only cloth bags when going tothe store and whenever possible we buy local, organic meats & produce! We also compost.
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I have many folks that write that they love the blog but for whatever reason, they are shy about being a public follower!
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what a fabulous idea! baby steps will be a huge success, no doubt!
we do our best to live responsible sustainable lives. we use cloth diapers and cloth baby wipes on our babies as well as family cloth and cloth menstrual pads. our friends tease us a bit because we have non disposable parties in our home. it creates a little more work and a load of dishes to wash but we don’t mind
one thing i would like to work on in our home is reducing the amount of water and we have also vowed to lower our thermostat 4 degrees throughout the cold weather.
thank you for the super fun giveaway!!
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We’re working on going paper free!
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One thing I’ve done to go green is to go without A/C in my home during the summer.
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We try to find downed wood for our woodstove in the winter, and not take too much. We also use recycled “pellets” from a local wood flooring company’s waste.
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I would love to learn more about composting, indoors, especially in a smaller apartment/home. Seems like a struggle to begin!
I use borax to brighten my laundry, and I avoid driving at all costs!
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1. Leave a comment telling me one thing you’re doing to Go Green OR what one thing you’d like to know more about.
I am cloth diapering
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We’re cloth diapering and it feels like the most sacrificial thing we do – but we get to really “see” what we’re doing! I’d like to learn more about what exactly “sustainable” means – hearing it more often but is it greenwashing!?
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One thing I do to go green is cloth diaper my baby. There is a long list of things, but I think that has the most impact.
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Trying to eliminate plastic and toxins from personal care products — soap, shampoo (haven’t gone no-poo (yet), but found shampoo in bar form), deodorant, and so on. Here’s my question: you use old-school safety razors, yes? My husband got one, but the blades are packaged in plastic. Where do you find them without the plastic packaging? An answer to that question, plus any other information about personal care products would be welcome! Many thanks!
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I am so excited about this new site! I see several ideas to use already
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I would like to learn more about composting – sometimes I feel like its something that everyone assumes everyone knows about
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one thing i do is use cloth diapers……the same ones are being used on my second baby that were used on my first. so far so good!
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We buy mostly organic and local whenever possible. We also use cloth napkins and cloth towels instead of paper towels. We avoid plastics especially new, like cups and storage containers and we try to buy anything we “need” from thrift store instead of new.
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one thing we do is use cloth diapers
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All the best to you on this new venture! I think it’s a great idea!
We are pretty dang green, what with being vegan and growing veggies and raising chickens and cloth diapering and breastfeeding and whatnot. But, I have a gas-guzzling minivan. So, we are walking the mile to my sons school in the mornings as many days as we can. Good exercise and good for his planet!
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I have just invested in a diva cup!
I signed up for the newsletter. Thanks for your amazing work Tara!
Oops—-I forgot to to share something I am doing to “go green”!
As a family, we are turning car trips into multi-tasking events….library, grocery shopping, errands and maybe even a “mini field trip” all in one day. We pack our own snacks/lunch and drinks, too (along with cloth napkins, of course)! Although a 30 mile round trip doesn’t sound like much, it SO adds up when you’re doing it multiple times per week. It just makes sense to combine trips and activities.
One thing I’ve done to go green is to start using a Diva Cup and cloth cycle pads (www.wallypop.net). Our family has also started using family wipes and we’ve eliminated the use of chlorox wipes by using microfiber towels.
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I have always been interested in composting but really do not know where to start. Sometimes I feel like it would be too much work, too expensive, or I don’t know exactly what to put in it. That would be something I would be interested in hearing more about.
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We use fabric alternatives instead of paper for all our products (including, um, family cloth
). We avoided diapers by using a combination of EC and cloth for our children, too.
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One thing we do to be more green is to compost. We send nothing that is biodegradable to the landfill.
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We do few things, but one is we do not use paper plates or disposable plastic ware at our parties. I bought about 80 plastic plates a few years ago and some durable plastic forks, spoons and knives. We wash and reuse them for parties.
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The one thing I’d like to explore is ways to get the family on-board! I feel like the crew is mutinying on me.
I use cloth pads, and don’t buy paper towels or kleenex. I have curbside recycling, I compost, and I keep chickens and worms. I buy very little, second hand when possible, and hardly EVER eat out. I avoid preservatives and most of the other myriad chemicals that pass as “ingredients.” I ride my bike in the summer time. But my family…. that’s another story! lol
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I line dry most of my wash.
Only going to enter one entry even though I did all the above except twitter. A very very very lucky person is going to win a fabulous giveaway. Good Luck to everyone!
PEACE!
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we have been chipping away at becoming a greener family…
:no waste lunches:making compost:no paper toweling in our home:cut down driving substantially:raising our own food…gardening & chickens to start:buying locally as much as possible:thrifting:homemade gifts WAAAY more often
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good luck with the sight Tara!
Our office went to a four day work week to conserve energy. We haven’t yet done an audit, but notice there have been vast improvements. We also have a fairly good recycling program.
How exciting! I’m trying to go plastic bag free. I carry reusable bags everywhere, but it’s hard to give up the ziplocs and the bag that invariably gets forced on you when you’re not quite quick enough at the store (and then they THROW THEM AWAY when you refuse! Incredible!) My goal is to be plastic bag free by 2011. Then I’ll give up paper napkins/paper towels. Baby steps it is!
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Some things that we are doing to be greener is use cloth diapers and I use mama cloth.
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one thing I’m doing to go green right now is making butter in a mason jar with leftover whipping cream. Don’t want to let it go to waste, and we’re more likely to eat it as butter.
Hi! I go green by using a menstrual cup, recycling, and being conscious of my energy and water use.
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so looking forward to this – great info!! our latest going green step is to make sure all school lunches are ‘no waste’ – everything is reusable and leftovers are compost
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We try to buy organic and local, use our own shopping bags, we use cloth napkins, recycle as much as possible.
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Also, I’ve started hang drying my clothing instead of using the dryer. They may not turn out as soft as I’m used to, but I’m happy to save energy!
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I use cloth diapers on my baby and try to buy or swap everything I can in the way of toys and clothes. We also buy local/organic and have started filtering water instead of buying bottles. And our water filter pitcher (Mavea brand) has a filter recycling program…
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