Going Green

It's all over the news, on reality shows, even daytime soap operas are touting the benefits ( and demonstrating the trendiness) of "going green". It seems like everywhere I turn I get bombarded with ways I can save the environment. And that's great. I mean, everyone I know wants to find ways to save money, be more efficient, and waste less. I've been hearing a phrase I've never heard before, something about not leaving a "footprint". It's all good stuff, as far as I can tell. It's made me aware of the number of bags I use to bring home my groceries in ( now I use the canvas totes you can buy at just about any grocer), it's also made me re-think the bottled water we used to consume in truck loads. Since September Noah and Emily have their individual water bottles they carry with them to school, practices, games and other outings. This summer Kam and Noah are building a large compost bin to put our organic waste and lawn clippings into, and I am looking into purchasing a Community Supported Agriculture(CSA) subscription. While buying produce this way is expensive because you pay a large sum of money up front, you get the benefit of buying organic, local produce, and if you want to you can contribute to the farming of the veggies too. My friend Elizabeth, who is the coolest hippie chick I know, told me about her experience with a local farm co-op, and helped me look into it. I think this is an especially good ideas since Kam read this news headline to me this morning,"Tomatoes linked to salmonella outbreak reported in 9 states." Very Scary! Since I've been gardening crazy lately I have planted a few veggies, so on second thought I'm just going to buy some more and be my own grower this season. In the past, if I can grow it the deer end up eating much of for themselves. Maybe I can find some creative ways to get them to share with the farmer this year.