Greenhouse
April 13, 2008 by Kerri Aldrich
Filed under Relationships
Okay, we don’t have a totally Green House here at the Aldrich Homestead, but Tree Hugging Family’s countdown to Earth Day has me thinking a bit about our home.
While no one would accuse Bald Man and me of being granola, we have made quite a few changes around our home to try and have a less horrible impact on the Earth! I thought I’d share a few things that we’ve changed around our house in the last year or so:
) )So, we’re clearly not the eco-friendly poster-children yet, but we’re enjoying the changes that we’re making together, and excited to teach the kids as we learn. And while the changes that we’ve made aren’t any that have hugely changed our life, they were things that we’ve had to agree to (some really effect the budget) and choose to do together.
Are there big changes that you’ve had to make together over the course of your relationship? Have they been easy or hard?
Thanks for the link. Green as a couple is a very interesting topic. Thankfully, my husband is very supportive of my green efforts.
Actually you guys are not doing bad at all – lots of tiny green steps add up to a nice fatty impact on our planet. I’d say you’re doing much better than most families I know, even if you came about doing some of these green things by chance. Maybe keep doing them. I.E why fix the dryer
Thanks for the link.
I like to say that we are granola– just not crunchy granola. At least not yet… LOL!
Peggy: Absolutely.
I think it would be hard to be in a household where one didn’t support the other’s eco-friendly efforts. We’ve kinda started this together and tend to spur each other on, which is cool.
Jennifer: We’ll most likely end up buying a dryer, if only because I’m not ahead of the game enough to have the right ballet leotards and soccer jerseys ready when needed!!! But I do think we’ll use the dryer a lot less than ever before.
Maria: Maybe we’re granola with a few nuts thrown in.
I saw an Oprah show a long time ago where they discussed how big of an impact it would have if we all did little things different. I don’t know if we’re going to go out and purchase solar panels or anything – but we have been trying really hard to turn out lights – switch bulbs – not waste water, etc.
We also want a garden this year, but to be honest, it has more to do with the rising cost of groceries than it does being green..
Um, maybe you could say we’re one of those quaker granola bars with the choc. chips
Ashley: LOL@ granola bars with chocolate chips!
Yeah, I remember something about just everyone changing out one lightbulb equaling millions of cars off the road in a year or something. Little changes add up!!
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I still can’t get Kerri to go along with that one… though the kids seem to find it natural. :p