Win a copy of Gorgeously Green from Veggie Chic
Alrighty, I’ve got a copy of the brand new book Gorgeously Green: 8 Simple Steps to an Earth-Friendly Life to give away to one lucky Veggie Chic reader! Gorgeously Green is chock full of tips to help you live a more environmentally-friendly life, organized into 8 topics. Sophie Uliano gives you oodles of easy ways to green up your home, your shopping, and your food choices, among other things. There’s something for everyone in this book.
So, interested in winning a copy of Gorgeously Green? Then you’ll have to enter the drawing.
Entering is easy! Just leave a comment on this post describing at least one way you can (or have) made your eating habits more environmentally friendly. Only one entry per person will be counted. You have until then end of the day Thursday (April 17th) to enter. Your comment must be accompanied by a valid email address in order to win.
I’ll choose a winner from the eligible entries at random and announce it here on Friday or Saturday. Good luck!
We go to our local farmer’s market on Saturday mornings, then I make our weekly menu based on what we came home with. Great giveaway! Thank you for the opportunity!
Hi Jul,
What I’ve done recently is plan out my weekly family menu.
This has really helped to reduce wastage (particularly fruits and veggies), because I’m only buying the foods that I know I’m going to need.
Now I only have to visit the supermarket once each week, so I’m also saving on petrol costs, and my time!
All round, menu planning has revolutionized my supermarket shopping, I love it!
I subscribe to a weekly box of vegetables and fruits from my local organic market. Not only has this allowed us to eat healthy organic produce, but it has also opened our eyes to all of the wonderful fruits and veggies out there as the box often contains items we would not ordinarily pick out ourselves. Going to pick up my box, and the subsequent meal planning, has become a highlight of my week!
I have become SO MUCH BETTER at using leftovers in new ways, and cooking smaller amounts in the first place. I’ve been a vegetarian for a long time, shop at local farmer’s markets etc. but my biggest and most positive change recently has been becoming less wasteful.
I’ve been avoiding anything packaged in plastic.
We do the following:
-walk to the grocery store
- take PT to the farmer’s market
- buy (almost) only unprocessed foods
- We are not vegetarians, but have reduced our meat intake to 1-2x per week, plus one meal of fish.
- make homemade baby food
We go to our local farmer’s market on Fridays
Visit the Farmer’s Market regularly, plan more veggie-heavy meals, and try new ones or new recipes. (Add mashed cauliflower to mashed potatoes; incorporate turnips into stew.)
We try to eat dark colored veggies every day
I have become a strict vegetarian. I no longer eat meat from any animal and I don’t eat or use products that are from animals after they die (leather, fur, ect). Not only am I helping animals, I am not contributing to them adding to the carbon footprints of being fed, raised, slaughtered, transported.
I have:
*committed to carrying my own grocery and produce bags
*committed to buying more local foods
*started being aware of packaging
*started composting food wastes
*joined a local, organic, community share ag program
Thanks for the great posts!
I plan my menu so I only go to the grocery store 1x/week, I buy as much organic as possible, and recycle anything I can.
I have started to buy organic and locally grown fruits and vegetables. I also have stopped drinking bottled water and instead fill up my own water bottle every morning. No more water bottles in landfills for me.
We created our own vegetable bed in the garden and don’t use any poisons or pesticides.
Trying to avoid anything packaged in plastic.
Being broke helps a lot. You don’t want to waste anything. Thrift and green living overlap.
eating more homegrown veggies
We do almost all our shopping at our local farmer’s market,bring our own canvas bags and buy only no spray/organic veggies.
My husband and I became vegetarian!
I try to buy local produce
We’re vegan, which helps cut down on the pollution from huge herds of animals. We try and buy as much local fruit & veg as possible, always bring our own bags, walk or get the bus to the store and freeze all our leftovers for future lunches.
I grow my own fruits and veggies!!! No pesticides and organic soil!!!
I haven’t yet invested in any of my own grocery sacks (because when I grocery shop, I really stock up, lol, and I just don’t know how many I need to get yet), and none of my local grocery stores offer paper (?!), so I’ve been doing two things with the plastic grocery bags – reusing and recycling.
1. To reuse, I find uses for them around the house that prevent me from using other kinds of plastic products. For example, if I’m giving my hair some kind of deep conditioning treatment, I’ll use an old grocery bag as a shower cap instead of wasting money (and more plastic) on actual shower caps.
2. To recycle, I just take whatever leftover plastic bags I still have back to the grocery store with me and put them in the recycle bin the store has set up for customers who want to recycle their bags.
Have been an ‘ethical vegetarian’ most of my life, (meat is not good for us but much worse for the animals), buy organic whenever possible, recycle and reuse everything possible, no food goes to waste, any food not eaten (which isn’t much in my home) quite often doesn’t make it to the compost bin, I feed the ever hungry mouths of Seagulls in the area, they are scavengers (note, not the Canada Geese or Ducks, not good for them)…I also collect all the recycling at my work, and the compost and take it home, I am also now collecting any leftover lunch from my co-workers to feed the Seagull I mentioned above..makes them happy little guys.
By going to the farmers market during the summer..
Cutting out High fructose corn syrup
I’ve stopped buying convenience foods/mixes. Instead of harming the environment with additional packaging, I have found healthy ways to make my own!
Recently I subscribed to a local CSA so I know my veggies are fresh and locally grown. Additionally I always use my reusable grocery bags.
I go to the farmers market when ever i can…. Less packageing that make me happy
We are big composters in our home. We have been trying to eat more vegetables and fruits, bought from our local farmers so that we can have a better compost!
We go to the local farmer’s market
We compost a lot a our house – and have reduced our garbage output by a lot! I’ve never been so motivated to empty the lint trap on the dryer…. but it’s fun when you know it’s helping your compost pile and reducing electricity use!
Instead of grabbing a plastic bag for my produce, I just toss them in the cart au naturel. So the cashier looks at me like I’m insane when I plunk down 8 plums, all loose and rolling all over the place. Oh well! Mother Earth thanks me, and she’s more important.
growing a garden
by growing my own vegetables
So excited! I was just telling somehow that I wanted this book!
I get microwave kashi frozen dinners because it’s quick and uses alot less energy than cooking a meal on the stove.
We buy local as much as possible and get less packaging by buying at the whole food co-op. Biodegradables go in a pit in the back of the property and things are recycled!
We grow our own veggies, with out manufactured fertilizers.
I went vegan. Though the environment wasn’t the main reason I went vegan, it was one of the nice additional things that made it extra awesome.
I also do most of my shopping either on foot or by bike, but since I live somewhere bike-friendly and don’t own a car (and shop for only one), this is also only part an environmental choice.
We have a garden and grow a lot of our own food! We are vegetarian! More than 80% of our food is locally grown! We buy milk and OJ in returnable/refillable bottles! We only eat in family owned restaurants that make their food from scratch! We compost, reuse, or recycle much of our food packaging!
(Can you tell I really want that book?)
Hi,
Not sure if this counts or not but what I’ve done most recently is stopped drinking Tim Hortons coffee. I’m from Canada and Tim Hortons is huge here! The problem with them is their cups are not considered recyclable in my city, by cutting out my cup a day habit I’m stopping a lot of paper cups from ending up in landfills in my area. Plus, if I ever do feel the urge to stop in I make sure that I have my trusty plastic reusable cup with me, otherwise I simply do without.
We compost the table scraps that are organic…….like skins & peelings off of veggies, egg shells, coffee grounds, etc.
In the cafeteria at work, I completely stopped taking a tray (they use disposable trays). I’d rather balance a few plates than waste a tray.
I try to buy in-season, locally-grown vegetables when the weather allows
I am so glad that I have found your site! I am a vegetarian and your site is wonderful! My friend’s son has an organic vegetable farm and I purchase many items from him. I also go to a “Whole Foods” Market. Please enter me in your drawing.
Many thanks…..Cindi
Being a vegetarian is one of the easiest, best and healthiest ways to help the environment.
Thanks for the giveaway!
I’ve made my eating more environmentally friendly by reusing any containers I can and bringing my own canvas bag to the grocery store. I also hardly ever eat out so I don’t have to leave the house and waste gas!
I have allergies, and the way around mine is to be very careful with “ingredients” — therefore I buy organic whenever possible, and read every label.
We have our own vegetable garden, have been trying to use all of our leftovers in soups, and I take my own bags to the grocery store.
I compost kitchen waste, use leftovers in some creative manner in another meal, and reuse or repurpose food containers as much as possible. Egg cartons are wonderful for starting seedlings, and jelly jars are great for sending food home with a visiting child!