Gray 2 Green

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.