Here's a copy of a post I put on our cohousing discussion group in response to the question "What are you doing for Earth Day?" Just a quick recap of some of our priorities.
Happy earth day, everyone!!
Well, we have been doing a whole lot recently. We switched to cloth bags at the store, we buy pretty much all local, organic produce (thank you Urban Harvest - and wonderful Garth, who packed and delivered our order this week!!!) and meat (Vale farms). I just got a bike and we got a trailer for the kids, so once our youngest turns one year, I plan to just use the bike and trailer when I need transport during the day, instead of driving Cory to work so I can have the car and then having to pick him back up again. We also switched to natural shampoos (like mud and vinegar... for real... I know, you guys that met us on Saturday... explains a lot eh??!!) and cleaning supplies in our house. We switched to fair trade sugar and chocolate (thank you Ten Thousand Villages... I LOVE that store!!) I have also made a commitment to only buy organic clothing for myself. It is HARD, but so far, so good (its been about 6 months).
Hmmm... let me see... my main commitment for earth day is the bike though... I am going to try really hard to only use the car for journeys over 10kms or where we have a really tight time crunch.
Have a good night y'all and remember to unplug that computer!!
Joy
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