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Greener Beings
http://www.greenerbeings.blogspot.com
We're a seemingly normal suburban family whose environmental convictions have been eroded by convenience. Our aim is to question our consumption and encourage others to take their own dramatic steps. We will be devoting 12 months to transforming our ways and chronicling our changes. We like our plastic bags and big-box retail as much as the next family but it can't last forever, and it's time to do something.
- Added on: Nov 19th, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: The Kerrs
- Listed in: Green Activism
- Tags: family kids environment Eco-friendly sustainable consumption
Recent Posts
Cosmetic Changes
My newest green under-taking includes researching my own use of cosmetics to find out what if I’ll need to do an “about-face” (ha ha) with my daily routine. I’ve had this idea on the radar for some time now, and unfortunately I learned that w...
Green-Cleaning Update
Our primary efforts this month are centered around green cleaning. A big challenge for us has been what to do with our conventional cleaners… we’ve started buying the environmentally friendly stuff, but it seems counterproductive just to toss ou...
What to do with e-waste?
NPR Morning Edition is doing a series of stories on "stuff" and being green. Here is a link to some interesting stories, including the one today on big cities that have banned plastic grocery bags: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId...
Greener Beings in Mexico
We got a very nice series of emails from Tori and Oscar who live in Todos Santos, Mexico (Baja) describing some of their observations there. We hope you find these as interesting as we did:On recycling, reusing, composting, and waste: “Good for yo...
Green Travels
Life is full of opportunities to consume paper, plastic, and things in disposable packaging. On a recent business trip to Chicago, I realized how much more true this is when traveling. I made the mistake of not thinking this through before I left, an...
Green Dishwasher Detergent
We were saving our theme of green cleaning for next month, but I do want to thank my friend Summer for sharing her "recipe" for an eco-friendly dishwashing detergent. I also took her advice and put a bag of our conventional cleaners out by the mailbo...
