Gray 2 Green

I just wanted to stop in and tell you something. This morning while waiting for my oatmeal to cook, sorry it wasn’t organic, I saw something that you might find interesting. I think I may have had this argument with some one, they say “god” put animals on the earth for us to eat. Of course I didn’t believe it to be true, but we won’t get into my reasons for such disbelief. So, I wanted you all to know that I found something to back up my reason for not eating meat and I found it in the strangest of places, on a box of artificial sweetener (bad!).

And then God said, ” I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.” Gen 1:29 Nice huh!? So, he didn’t say anything about meat and well, as far as I know chicken breasts don’t grow on trees. I don’t mind if you continue to eat meat, that’s your choice not mine. Just thought you might want to know that it’s okay for me not to eat meat. I can get everything I need from other foods.

In my quest to save the environment I bought a case of biodegradable diapers. And then to add to that and to help shrink my footprint even more I bought biodegradable bags to put dirty diapers in. Saving the world and still living comfortably!! I was so excited, doing good and then I stopped to think about it. These diapers and bags won’t break down in the landfill, nothing breaks down in the landfill. Okay that may not be 100% accurate but still! They found a 40 year old newspaper in a landfill that was still legible. If an old newspaper still hasn’t broken down my biodegradable diapers won’t either. What a waste of money and space! Gah! Now I am thinking about looking into gdiapers. I don’t think I can do the clothe diaper thing but a compostable might be nice!

Turns out, I’m insane! Who would have thought… Atleast that’s the diagnosis from my youngest brother. So, I’ve decided that I’m not talking to family anymore about my life choices. What’s the point when they’ve decided that I am crazy?

So what if I don’t heat leftovers in plastic containers, I recycle, I quit eating meat, don’t drink milk, I exercise almost daily, I use 100% vegetarian bath products, I just bought biodegradable diapers, I’d like to raise my children to be flexitarians and many many other things that I thought were a good change. I don’t understand why some one would say I am crazy just because I do things differently from them. Why am I crazy for not using plastic bags? Isn’t it a good thing to want to keep them out of the landfill? Am I a bad parent for not wanting my children to be carnivorous and unhealthy?

Then there is the whole diaper debate. Yes, I use disposables but I just bought a case of biodegradable diapers. So as long as I don’t put them in plastic bags I feel like I’ve helped the earth. Did you know that you are suppose to dump the pooh in the potty? Even in disposable diapers, it’s not suppose to stay in the diaper and sit in a landfill. No, I don’t dump diaper doo, but I should. I believe it’s illegal to dump human waste in the landfill and that waste could contaminate the water supply. This is where the argument came up with my oldest brother. “People have been poohing for hundreds of years so why does it matter if it’s sitting in a diaper in a landfill?” It does matter! Use the toilet it goes with the sewage which does not come back out of your faucet. Leave it in the landfill and the runoff is contaminating my water. I have a well, my water does not go through the water treatment plant. There is a huge difference and I’d love to go on but I feel I’ve complained enough.

I skipped another day, but I have a good excuse this time. I went shopping! Not very green of me considering we drove my Rogue 30 minutes away. Plus I bought non organic clothes, bad! The shirt I have on is 95% rayon and 5% spandex. Not green at all! We made this trip so I could get some food since the stores around here have a very small selection of organic and vegetarian food. So there was my green for the day. I stocked up on healthy food and spent lots of green. As much as I wanted, we did not eat in a restuarant. We came home for dinner, we made tofu and vegetable lo mein. It was very tasty tasty!

Last night I searched online for decently priced organic clothes. This was not an easy task, but I won’t give up. I’m hoping that next time I have a little extra money I will be able to find some eco-friendly clothes to replace the pieces that I have gotten rid of. No one wants clothes that are too small hanging around in their closet. I always get the urge to try them on and then am depressed the rest of the day because I’m too big!

Well, this wasn’t a very green blog but I try! Everyone have a green day!