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!
I buy most of my produce and even some of my meats at the local farmers market which I am so lucky to say its only a few blocks away !
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we’re at the farmer’s market every thursday morning
I grow part of my fruits and veggies.
I’m more careful to choose foods that are responsibly produced.
less take out-less containers
I compost as much as possible of the kitchen refuse.
I’ve turned into one of the canvas bag grocery shoppers and I don’t take receipts at the ATM or gas pump.
I bought canvas bags to take shopping and try to use them each time. I am also trying to avoid products packed in a lot of packaging. I am also buying much more local food that doesn’t have to travel as far to get to me. Finally, I am starting to compost.
We’re vegans : )
I’m a Vegan and have a Page on Facebook called Vegan Space
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5535528618
Add yourself to this group!
Thanks,
Mary
grass feed BEEF
THANK YOU GOD BLESS
*After* I eat, or while I’m cooking, all food scraps go in a bag in my freezer, which, when full, goes down to the greenmarket and gets composted. I live in a city and can’t compost on my own, but this way I get it done.
I recycle everthing. And use canvas bags. No more plastic.
I’m always looking for new ideas to help convince my family, friends and co-workers to become more “green”. This book would certainly help! Thanks for the chance to win it!
I am new to being green. I am shocked at the amount of trash our family generates on a daily basis. I am working to fix this.
I stay away from plastic or disposables.
We have started to compost and grow some of our own food.
I am wanting to make canvas bags next.
I feel like if we take it one step at a time we will make a difference.
We support our local farmers and use some of the bottles or packages from things to make crafts and projects with the kids. We get to spend time as a family while helping the environment.
I eat out less, cook and bake more, recycle plastic bottles, run a vegetarian blog encouraging and discussing the vegetarian lifestyle.
Jules: Cool giveaway, i also blogged about it over at Groovy Veg. Have a great weekend!
Missy.
I have started to bring my own reusable bags to the organic grocery store where I shop.
We buy from local farmers whenever possible.
Reduce, reuse and recycle whenever possible. Don’t overbuy groceries.
I try to be more aware of where the produce I am buying come from. I’ll always remember when I drove from the East coast of the US to the West coast and bought a bag of California baby carrots for the journey. I joked that I was repatriating them. It’s seems crazy to ship vegetables across the country.
We used to use a lot of paper plates and foam plates at our house. Not any more!! In the process of converting all of our paper items – napkins, paper towels, etc. to eco-friendly brands. Thanks!!
We belong to a CSA and buy most of the rest of our food at the local farmer’s market.
When I go shopping for the food we eat, I use a canvas shopping bag to carry the food in. All table-scraps go to compost or the chickens.
I’ve stopped buying as many processed snack foods-more natural things like frozen blueberries and a salad with walnuts not only are healthier, they keep my full longer than chip and cookies.
I’ve started buying more organic fruits and vegetables.
We try to grow as many of own fruits/vegetables as we can. It definitely cuts down on the packaging and we know what was used to grow them. What a great book! Please count me in the drawing! ~
Thanks!
We have started to grow our own herbs. We also buy more fresh veggies ad frits, instead of canned.
i try to eat lots of fresh fruit
We signed up for a share in the Colorado State University CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). We will get fresh locally-grown organic fruits and veggies every week!
i try to buy all organic foods
We do a few things: we eat local grown fruits and veggies, take our own bags to pack our food and recycle as much packaging as possible.
i shop at my local farmers market everytime i get a chance to
We use SIGG bottles instead of plastic
I have my own garden.
compost, compost, compost
We stopped eating meat and subscribed to a local service that delivers locally grown organic produce to us.
I try to use my reusable grocery bags as often as possible for shopping. I also have tried to reduce the amount of plastic and paper products we buy food in or cook on. Rather than use a paper plate in the microwave, we use a regular plate. Every little bit helps!
I recently became a vegetarian and bring my own bags to the grocery store.
We get a lot of our produce from a local farmers market during the summer. In addition, we have made a conscious effort to grow as much of our fruits and veggies as possible. My goal is to grow enough produce in the summer to last all year. In addition, the vegetable peels and other waste are composted which will feed other plants.
we grow our own veggies in summer,,, and I eat less pre packaged food when possible
growing own veggies instead of buying in store
Recycling containers.
I am vegetarian, I eat what I buy. If I purchase packaged foods I choose containers I can recycle. (we don’t have glass recycling here…the plant closed!)
I take my own cloth grocery bags for all shopping – grocery, clothing, drug store, etc.
I use re-usable water bottles to fill with filtered water from home, rather than purchasing bottled water.
When available, I purchase food with little or no packaging that would have to go into a landfill.
Whenever possible I purchase brands like Peace Cereal which give a percentage of profits to charitable endeavors.
Teresa
I’ve almost stopped using ziplocks, saran wraps, paper plates, etc – storing food in reusable (usually glass) containers.
I use the reuable shopping bags at the supermarket instead of plastic ones.
I make home made cleaners with proxide, lemon juice, baking soda, vinger.
We shop and buy locally whenever possible and only make one trip to the store a week.
We also use glass containers which are reusable and much safer than plastic. Mason jars are a favorite!
I eat lots of fruit and veggies for snacks. No wrappers to throw away!
I bring my own lunch in reusable containers so there are not takeout containers, plastic utensils or other waste.
We walk to the store (we have a new grocery near us!), re-use bags (and try to use canvas bags whenever possible), and buy non-hydrogenated food exclusively… we also try to buy items with less packaging, and recycle the packaging (cardboard, plastic, etc.) that we can’t avoid.
Namaste,
A. Caleb Hartley
For the last year and a half I have been making my own soy milk. I save tons of money, and no packaging to deal with! I also use the by-product, okara, to cook and bake with. No waste…I have started to compost. I am saving glass jars to get rid of the plastic in my house. I am going to put in a garden this year to supplement the veggies and fruits that I buy. I just acquired a food dehydrator that I am going to put to get use this season.