When you made the decision to go green in your home and life wouldn't it have been super helpful to have someone guide you step by step and tell you what you needed to do conserve energy, use less toxic products, and conserve for the sake of the planet? I think it would be awesome if you could just wish up a little green fairy to sprinkle your home with green fairy dust...easy peasy. But alas I don't know any fairies...bummer. The next best thing would have to be Green Irene, a trained and … [Read more...]
The Virtual Forest
I ran across another cool site this morning called The Virtual Forest. It is an initiative to educate the masses on reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions and support conservation efforts efforts in Brazil. It has a nifty questionnaire you can fill out to get energy saving ideas. Basically you fill out all the information about your activities and energy usage and they email you a report with all the ways you specifically can improve. I really liked the suggestions too. For instance my … [Read more...]
Green and Frugal Go Together
My friend Carrie over at NMTR has a blog and podcast that addresses natural mothering. Recently she posted that she would now be including some talk of money on her blog and asked for reader opinions. Does the subject of money management and frugality detract from the natural mom message? I say no. For me, green living is a huge part of natural mothering and green living and a life of frugality go together like peanut butter and jelly. Think about it. What are some of the key areas of green … [Read more...]
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