Wellness #41

Act #41 Pt # 1

Activity # 1: Use one of more of the websites to determine your carbon footprint. Write some notes in your blog about your results.

As usual you learn by doing with these quizzes. Some of it is frustrating. Like I would shop at more markets and local shops if they existed. Living in this region it is so hard to do that. You literally have to go out of your way to purchase things in this manner. And that defeats the purpose of saving gas. *rolling my eyes*

I know that we do some. We recycle paper & some plastics. I use very few plastic bags. Except at JCPenny's where they refuse to NOT put my purchase in a plastic bag. (But clothes are hard to find so I will keep shopping there.) Our trash quantity has decreased tons since we started doing these things. I know that makes a difference but in the big *carbon footprint* view it makes very little.

So the quiz was interesting. We were below the nation average despite the fact that we live where we do. Except for food. *ugh* But you already knew that if you saw my previous posts!

Learning more everyday...

Activity # 2: If you have ever visited a local farmer's market, blog about the experience and what foods you found there. If you haven't, select one for a future visit from the websites above, and blog about why you chose that one to visit.

OK so check out my previous posts, again. It all comes back to food doesn't it. *arg*

I have visited a few farmer's markets on our way to visit Ben's grandma in the *country.* i.e. China, TX. And the results were disappointing. While we did get good deals on a few in season items most items weren't worth the cost to buy a whole basket of one food. It would be wasteful. And a lot of the items imported from Mexico on the exact same trucks that stock our grocery stores. So where's the *green* in that!?

Act #41 Part #2

Activity 3: From any of the other sites above, list one activity in your blog that you think would be quite easy to do to live a greener lifestyle. List a second that would take more commitment, but that you really would like to try.

Signing up for do not send junk mail lists and minimizing catalogs is quite simply the easiest way to cut waste. Seriously, it makes such a difference.

I like the concept of making your own household cleaners. That might be intersting to look into. Probably take a little more planning and organizing as far as usage and storage. But we often use the more basic type cleaning products because Ben is allergic to some of the chemicals in many of them. So that might be a can do...