Vanessa Farquharson, arts reporter and film critic at the National Post in Toronto, spent a year adding one tactic of "green living" to each day. Her new book is Sleeping Naked Is Green: How an Eco-Cynic Unplugged Her Fridge, Sold Her Car, and Found Love in 366 Days.
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We went with Con Ed Solutions and chose wind power for our electricity.
I'm all about local and organic (I belong to a CSA and on and on) - but just to play devil's advocate - does anyone else remember George Carlin's fabulous monologue about saving the planet? How vain we are as creatures.
My top 3:
Drink tap water!
Say no to bags at the supermarket!
Don't flush the toilet unless it's necessary!
About a year ago my husband and I noticed how much garbage we helped accumulate by giving our son pre-packed school lunches.
We put a stop to that and are now using a gadget named WARMABLES. Warmables keeps food warm like Thermos keeps liquids warm. This enables us to send our son to school with a warm meal cooked at home. Not only do we produce less garbage but our son now eats a healthy lunch and we save money to top it off.
Find it at www.warmables.com
Jersey Mom
If I grow my own veggies in my large garden, but freeze them to store them, am I really being 'greener?
bring your own cutlery! i carry my own chopsticks...
Does it matter if you sleep alone? Depending of who you are sleeping with it can get pretty messy and not be so green.
Can you ask her how her friends and family dealt with her changes?
an update to this book perhaps?
http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Things-You-Save-Earth/dp/1401322999
unbelieveable that the original 50 Simple Things was published in 1990...
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