Being green

Being green is finally cool. It may not always be easy, as my favorite froggy friend says, but at least it’s cool.

Some people, however, were green, crunchy tree-huggers long before it was trendy. Remember when only freaks shopped at health food stores? (Or at least that’s what we thought.) I was one of them. I still am.

I thought it might be pertinent, given the eco-friendly nature and clientelle of my business, Earthscribe, to detail some of the ways our family works to lighten its impact on the earth. Not that we’re fantastic at it, or that we do as much as I’d like us to do. But we do what we can. I think if every person — and organization/business/institution — did the same, we’d all be in a much better place.

Here are some of our ways we reduce our carbon footprint:

Our home and office is powered by 100% renewable energy

We compost all our fruit and vegetable scraps (and cofee grounds, egg shells and tea bags)

I grow a small, organic, square-foot garden
Fortunately I have child labor to help me water it!

We catch rain water from our garage roof to water the garden

We (finally) installed a low-flow showerhead — and don’t notice any difference in water pressure

Our food is as local and organic as possible
The problem with this, is that the more local and organic food I eat and serve to my family, the more I dislike buying anything else. The upside is that food in general has increased in price so much that it doesn’t make that much difference in our food budget.

I’m terrible at remembering, but I bring my own canvas bags to the grocery store.

More to come. One day, I’ll get to say we have a grey water system for our earthship and produce our own solar power. Ahhh…that’ll make me happy.

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