Thursday, September 18, 2008

Is my greenness fading ?

I'm trying to be green.. I really am. But buying products needs to be easy.. and for some reason our local supermarket appears to be cutting back on Seventh Generation products. We had changed to 'green' toilet paper and dishwashing liquid... these actually happened to be two of the green products I was really, really liking.. and suddenly, poof, gone from the shelves.. so what's a girl to do.. revert back to cottonelle and dawn?.. there were no other attractive alternatives, so for this week, yes... we are living a little less green !
So far our life on the light-green side includes:
  • CFL lightbulbs (with one already replaced... didn't they say they were supposed to last for a really long time?)
  • groceries (usually) carried in reusable bags
  • natural body lotions (sorry Juice Beauty but after about 4 weeks my face broke out, and wouldn't clear-up.. so I'm back to Bliss)
  • the 7th Generation cleaning products that are still available locally
  • tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers from our garden
  • increased amount of recycling
  • a lot less plastic water bottles
I guess we are greener than when we started out.. maybe another read through one of my green books will enthuse me again - and help brighten up our green!