reduce, reuse, recycle! Happy Earth day from Kimberly & I! Whether you are a full-fledged eco-maniac or the just jumping on the green machine, I hope you take a moment today, and every day for that matter, to do something good for the planet we call home.
Being "green" is not new to me, it just didn't have a name, that's just how we did it. My dad has been composting and growing an organic veggie garden for as long as I can remember. He is an original "eco-warrior", reducing and recycling before it was cool. During my formative years I remember saving pop cans and tin foil and taking them down to local metal recycling center because way back then there was no curbside recycling pick up. Or washing out Ziploc bags and turning them inside out and letting them dry so they be reused, as the budding socialite that I was I was always embarrassed to have friends over because there would inevitably be a sea of baggies drying on the counter. Those little things made an impression because if you go into my kitchen right at this very minute, there is a baggie propped up to dry, peek in my fridge and it is 95% full of organic or natural food (even our soda pop is all natural....and save the lecture I know just because it is natural doesn't mean it's healthy...)my compost pail is probably full and ready to go to the compost bins my husband and I built (from my dad's design...these things rock, you know for as much as a composter can rock, if you need one let me know....we'd be happy to build you one!). I am pleased as punch that every trash day we have more recycling to be picked up than trash, one day I hope to have none, it pains me to through things away. I hope my husband and I are showing our son that things aren't disposable, there are consequences for all of our choices and that if you love the Creator, than you should love the Creation!
I believe everyday should be Earth Day, that there is not an endless supply of water and earth for us to use and you can't convince me that smothering our bodies, ground and water with preservatives, growth hormones, and toxins and volatile compounds doesn't have a negative effect on us and the development of our little ones.
So this is me on my soapbox, thank you for indulging me. As a bonus Earth Day treat, leave a comment sharing one thing you and your family do to reduce your carbon footprint or one thing you are pledging to start doing soon, and by soon I mean today, and I will pick at random one person to win a "Spring Greening" gift pack! Comment now, the winner will be picked Friday! Go Green ~ Elizabeth ;)
