Gray 2 Green

Okay, this post is completely opinion. No research was/is being done. This is straight from my head. Feel free to stop reading.

Still here? Okay, here goes… Why I think buying in bulk is better for your wallet and for the environment. I don’t buy in bulk as much as I use to but that’s because I started eating a lot differently. If you buy in bulk you usually are saving a bit of money. You get more of something and it’s just cheaper, usually. It’s a lot less packaging and a lot less trips to the store. Hopefully you have the space for all the extra stuff you are buying.

I think if you are going to buy in bulk you may want to start with paper towels and toilet paper. Mind you, they don’t seem to sell these products in recyled paper form yet, atleast not in bulk that I’ve seen. If you really want to save the environment from further distruction stop using paper towels! It’s not that hard to do. My family has been using the same roll of paper towels for over two months now. We use regular hand towels for spills, cleaning, and hand drying. It’s not that bad and I feel better because I know I’m not part of the tree chopping, landfill piling people of the world. Well, at least not as much as I use to be.

When it comes to buying food in bulk, we buy (well…bought) chicken broth, canned soups, canned vegetables, canned fruit and other things like that. Now, I think we just stick to buying dried beans in bulk. Not much else for right now. But by buying dried beans you can make lots of meals with those beans and they cost much less than buying them in a can.

Well…that’s all I have to say for today because I am pretty tired. If you couldn’t tell from the way I just kinda dragged on…

So sorry I haven’t been around. I’ve been,(surprise,surprise) busy! But I’ve definitely been keeping up with the green scene. About those compostable diapers I brought up awhile back. Well, we now officially have a diaper compost bin in the back behind the tool shed. YAY! Oh and both of my kids are using them so that’s a lot of diapers I am keeping out of the landfill.

It seems that my non-meat eating ways are becoming an issue. I have no problem with leaving most meats out of my diet. Okay, so yes I eat seafood and eggs but that’s why I’ll say I’m flexitarian and not a strict vegetarian. I’ve heard the comment, “You’re still not eating meat? I thought maybe you would have realized by now.” Realized what? I also hear, “But I don’t understand, why?” What’s not to understand? I don’t eat meat, I don’t think it’s healthy. You can eat all the meat you want, I don’t care if you don’t. Oh and here is the good one, “Well, what can you eat?” It’s not like I can only eat leaves and seeds. I can eat lots of things and honestly, ever since I cut meat out I have been eating a larger variety of foods. It’s nice, you should try it, really. I’m not one of those people who freak out around meat eaters. Yes, animals are treated horribly and then slaughtered so you can have your meat but people are treated horribly and slaughtered too. We just don’t eat people, that I know of.

There are just so many people out to ruin what I’m doing.