being green

this was a post i meant to put up yesterday in honor of st. patrick's day, but time got away. i hope everyone had a fun st. paddy's day!

our weather has been absolutely sublime recently! i'm trying to be outside as much as i can in order to take advantage of these gorgeous days. even now, i have my window open and i can hear the distant songs of birds and the wind rustling through neighboring trees. oh how i love this time of year! during spring, when the earth comes back to life, i can't help but think of ways to take better care of it. so, i thought i'd share ways we do that. once every 3-4 weeks, brian and i load up our car and head to the recycling place. we recycle just about everything that can be, and as nerdy as i am, this is a natural high for me! :) i always get so excited to see how much of our trash is going to be reused and not thrown in a land-fill. we feel that it is each our own responsibility to take care of our earth the best we can. recycling is one thing that we can all do to be greener and kinder to the earth.



to cut down on plastic use, we use these cute, durable grocery bags. you can pick up a couple at whole foods for only $1 a piece!



when we first started recycling, we put back plastic bottles, aluminum cans and plastic bags. now we recycle everything our local plant will take and we've cut our actual trash down to only 1-2 bags a week. (yes, i am a nerd, but this is very exciting to me!)

in thinking green, i thought these resources might be helpful for parents as well:

think baby bottles: addresses the growing concerns over toxic chemicals leaching from plastic baby products.


the safe sippy: it's a clean, non-leaching stainless steel cup


shaklee: keep your home safe with these non-toxic products. i haven't converted over to these yet, but am looking into it. does anyone use these or similar products? if so, leave a comment below! i'd love to hear from those who have tried them out.


well, folks, there's your green minute for the day! hope you enjoyed it :)