Entry FeedI am a big fan of Mother Earth. But I have to admit that I abuse her regularly. I use far too much power. I drive when I should walk. I don't turn off the water when I brush my teeth. I leave my computer on. I rewash clean clothes. I leave lots of lights on. I like to be warm in the winter, and cool in the summer. I use disposal diapers.
That being said, our eco-foot-print isn't all bad. We don't commute to work. We have five people who live in 1400 square feet (and we don't even use all of that.) We don't wash our vehicles in the driveway (actually, we don't really wash them at all.) I never, ever, litter. I carry my recycling home if there is nowhere to recycle. I tried cloth diapers. I actually do a little laundry as possible! I don't bathe my kids daily - and when I do, they all go in together. I use public transit often when I need to go downtown. I bring my grocery bags or bins when I go shopping.
OK, OK. I am no angel when it comes to being green. There is so much more I can do. And my kids are now getting to the age when they are starting to point things out. Now I have to tell them about the olden days, when there was no recycling, garbage pickup was every week and there were no limits!
I don't want to leave my kids a big pile of my junk. I don't want to leave them a dirty, smelly planet without tigers and rinos and whales. This Earth Day I will vow to try harder to be a friend, and not an abuser, of Mother Earth. After all, we moms have to stick together.
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