I have been trying in my home life and my design business to find ways to be less wasteful and more green.\u00a0 As many of you know this can become overwheming and cause more guilt than an Irish Catholic grandmother.\u00a0 Part of the motivation behind this blog is to explore the options, get your input and maybe inspire others to get in on the action.<\/p>\n
Sometimes when getting a project together it’s all you can do to figure out how to get it done without looking like your 3 year old nephew was the foreman on the job.\u00a0 So after much advice and research you get a plan together.\u00a0 Then you realize that the photos in the article explaining the ‘traditional’ way to do something show the demo\u00a0man in not only highwaisted jeans from 1985 but also a gas mask and industrial gloves that could shield him from radioactive waste. You think to yourself “Self,\u00a0that hazmat suit won’t due anything for my figure and those heavy gauge rubber gloves will\u00a0ensure I have the coordination of a drunk elephant.”<\/p>\n
I have been finding I am in this situation all too often.\u00a0 Not only do I have to learn how to do the job but then I have to figure a way to do it greener.\u00a0 In my search I have found there are levels of green advice.\u00a0 There are people who are proud if they remember to recycle and others who are so ecologically friendly that the\u00a0wildlife in their backyards\u00a0send fruit baskets. (Organic fruit, in reusable baskets and no cellophane wrap of course.)\u00a0 There are also the people that still ask why I have to do ‘this whole green thing’ at all since it such a fad.\u00a0\u00a0And even the most well meaning person can be stopped in their tracks once the issue of cost enters the conversation.\u00a0 It can all be confusing.<\/p>\n
So from time to time I will be highlighting different products or websites I have found and liked.\u00a0 There will be some that tell me they go too far into crunchy granola land and others that say\u00a0they don’t go far enough.\u00a0 I welcome it.\u00a0 The only way we learn is to explore and listen.\u00a0 The only caveat is that I ask for mature discussion with no name calling!<\/p>\n
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