The meme rules are go to the book closest to you that has at least 123 pages. Go to the fifth sentence and post three sentences.
So here it goes. I was in bed and the top book of the two next to me was...(drum roll please) Green Chic, Saving the Earth in Style.
Pg 123, first three sentences after the fifth is...
"Just because a cotton item is natural color doesn't mean it's organic. I know you already figured that out, but I just read an article about "green" fashion in a certain high-end lifestyle magazine , and the page was filled with clothes in shades of cream, tan, taupe ---but not even half of them were organic. Read the label. "
I have this rule where (well it is more Jose's rule for me than my own, I just adopted it to make him happy) I can't start a new book until I finish the last one I was reading. I really enjoy this book, I haven't finished it yet. Posting this brought that to my attention! Just TWO chapters left....TWO! Man I can slack sometimes.
But so far, this book has been sticking with me. I enjoy it when I read books and I implement things afterwards. This is one of them.
Some green things I've implemented so far.
- Taking my own bags shopping. I've only taken three plastic/paper bag home from the store in the past 4-5 weeks. This includes my trip to the mall, grocery, Target, etc. I was pretty upset with myself when I had to take the bags home with me. Oh well, I guess now they will come in handy with Smalls in the house.
- Shorter showers and less time drying my hair. (although there are mornings where a long hot shower were really needed)
- Cloth napkins. They're white and they clean up nicely!
- Organic foods as much as possible.
- Recycling! Recycling! Recycling! We are just starting a recycling program here at AU and I'm on the committee. This definitely helps me dive in deep. Jose and I could go probably two weeks with out changing our trash if it didn't smell so bad (cooking with garlic tastes great, is good for you, but it can reek havoc on your trash-bin).
- I'm watching the fabrics that I'm buying.
- I'm watching the cleaning products that I buy.
I'm sure there is more, but the with a smashing headache I had today there isn't much I can dig for up there.
I would encourage everyone to take some steps to becoming "greener". Not because its the in thing, but because I do believe it is part of our responsibility to do so. I'm going to be digging out a book on environmentalism and being a Christian. I'm sure there will be a post to follow up with that.
2 comments:
Jose is a very wise man. I try to follow that rule as well. The only exception I make is books I'm reading for sermon prep.
Hey, would you be willing to cross-post the environmentalism/Christian post over to Caffeinated Thoughts when you do it? That would be an awesome subject. I'm looking forward to your first post there.
Oh, btw, you forgot to tag five people.
Looks good! Although, I still don't get the "tagged" thing. How do you get tagged?
As far as your comments about living a greener life. You are right on about it being a responsible thing for our world. It also saves you money a lot of times as well, which always helps!
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