Comments on: Let’s Talk About Pulling The Plug http://www.blisstree.com/articles/lets-talk-about-pulling-the-plug-35/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:35:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: BMS http://www.blisstree.com/articles/lets-talk-about-pulling-the-plug-35/comment-page-1/#comment-30917 BMS Mon, 26 May 2008 13:28:52 +0000 http://www.supernannyrules.com/lets-talk-about-pulling-the-plug/#comment-30917 I think 99.9% of going green is just being aware. Half the battle is just starting to think. So when you need to, say, drive to the store, you start thinking "Can I combine trips? Do I really need this thing? Can I walk? Can I take a reusable shopping bag?" When you look at your yard, start thinking "Does the grass really need fertilizer, just because I fertilized it the same time last year? Will our lives be ruined by a dandelion or two? Do we need to water every day?" For us, a lot of stuff came gradually, but is now routine. We had to buy light bulbs anyhow - we bought compact fluorescents. Our 2nd car died, so we didn't replace it, choosing to keep our more fuel efficient smaller car and occasionally rent a larger car if we really need it. We decided our front yard was a)too small and b) too ugly, so we ripped it up and replaced it with mulch and ground cover. It wasn't a radical change, but a bunch of small changes adding up. I think 99.9% of going green is just being aware. Half the battle is just starting to think. So when you need to, say, drive to the store, you start thinking “Can I combine trips? Do I really need this thing? Can I walk? Can I take a reusable shopping bag?” When you look at your yard, start thinking “Does the grass really need fertilizer, just because I fertilized it the same time last year? Will our lives be ruined by a dandelion or two? Do we need to water every day?”

For us, a lot of stuff came gradually, but is now routine. We had to buy light bulbs anyhow – we bought compact fluorescents. Our 2nd car died, so we didn’t replace it, choosing to keep our more fuel efficient smaller car and occasionally rent a larger car if we really need it. We decided our front yard was a)too small and b) too ugly, so we ripped it up and replaced it with mulch and ground cover. It wasn’t a radical change, but a bunch of small changes adding up.

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