Check out this article by Roger Doiron. It has some awesome stats on how the world eats. Some great info in this one.
For about one month the azaleas in our yard are in bloom. I love that month.
Lately, I’ve been quite off center. After a busy month and a half full of reiki, event planning, and dancing (and a distinct lack of posting) I became rather off balance.
Now I’m returning to center. I’m making a conscious effort to tend to the ideal me (and my blog). Check out the Spring ‘09 List of Awesome, see what topics have been the focus of my library love, and leave any random question you may have for me in the comments. I’d love to hear from each of you!
So, after reading my last post a fellow by the name of Doug sent me an email about buygreen.com. Here’s a little bit of what he had to say:
What makes us unique is we apply our proprietary Green Standards to every product we carry – http://www.buygreen.com/greenstandards.aspx This allows our customers easy access to both why the product is eco-friendly with one stop shopping.
Additionally we Carbon Offset all our business activities and shipments – all sent ground. All our packaging is ‘shamelessly reused’ – we have never used a new box. Last [year] we participate[d] in the 1% for the Planet program and offer best in class customer service.
Sounds worth trying to me. Their site has a bunch of cool stuff, including those trash bags I was wishing for and will be purchasing very, very soon. I’ll give you the skinny on them when they arrive.
Just wanted to share a new resource with all of you. If you have used buygreen.com (or a similar service), share your experience with us in the comments!
Do you want to know who uses the most plastic bags in our home?
Check it out.
Our kitties Tybalt (reclined) and Chaz use more plastic bags than my husband and I combined. Okay, I understand that we actually use them to clean up after these handsome gents. We’re just not of the mindset to try and potty train two cats. So, one plastic bag a day was used when cleaning their three boxes (that’s a whole other story).
Then one day it hit me. We use a natural corn-based litter that is flushable. Yet we put this biodegradable matter in a plastic bag just so we don’t have to smell it for a little bit. Totally ridiculous. So now when I clean their boxes I either use paper bags (thanks for the idea, Nix!) or simply take the time to walk to the restroom, flush away the stink (hey, it’s good enough for us, right?), and then quickly swish the bowl clean. Simple!
Now if I could just find a great alternative for our kitchen and bathroom trash cans. Someone must make biodegradable plastic trash bags, right?
My thanks to all of you who shared you interests in this post. The feedback was very inspiring! I have been working on big, life-changing projects and sorting out my values and interests over the past few weeks. It has been fantastic having a touch point to come back to when I’m feeling freaked out or like I’m full of stale ideas. So, again, thank you!
My Autumn LoA has been on my mind. With a special event to run for work, dealing with the sinus funk for almost a month and the hospitalization of one of our kitties, it’s no wonder time has moved very quickly for me this season. With a week left to focus, I’ll report on what I’ve done and debut the ‘08 Winter List of Awesome. I’ll also do a little holiday decorating, attempt to make something festive with some of the greenery in our yard, and take one last stomp in the leaves before I mulch them for the season.
I hope you all enjoy your last week of Autumn!
Julie and Sagan, originally uploaded by yelahneb.
I’m not the kind of girl who goes crazy over babies. Mr. Sagan here really tested that part of my personality when I met him back in October. I did not want to put that little dude down!
I’m usually really interested in one or two things for about a month, and then I switch gears. There was that month that I was all about knitting. I bought a ton of knitting gear, dropped $80 on yarn, and grabbed a pattern ready to become a knitting fiend! Well, I have successfully knitted two scarves since that month about two years ago. ::shrug:: Once I thought about making beaded jewelery. I never even made it to the craft store.
This new focus on living as the ideal me has helped me define what I believe is important and valuable. If an interest matches up with those values, I just don’t get tired of learning about it. I know it seems like common sense, but I was all over the map there for a while. This new focus is quite liberating. I don’t feel like I’m wasting my time and I rarely feel bored.
Here are some things I’m really into right now.
- Low-cost, useful and sustainable holiday gifts. This relates to gifts I’m giving and gifts I would like to receive.
- Marketing small businesses. Especially businesses in the “wellness” category. Especially with regards to using online methods.
- Canning. I grew up in the south, but I never learned how to can. This must be remedied.
- Community building.
- Sustainability and green living.
- Dancing and choreography.
So, what are your interests?
I’ve posted the Autumn ‘08 List of Awesome and made some updates to the Library Love page. Check the sidebar for the linkage.
And thanks for hangin’ around throughout all of this sporadic posting. Much love to my peeps!
