Another of Vanessa's changes. She decided to only use one glass per day for cold drinks and one mug for hot drinks.
I've been doing the one glass per day thing with my children for years. I use coloured plastic glasses, and each of them gets a colour for the day. It's simple and it works. Fewer dishes to cleanup, and no throwing out drinks because I'm not sure who they belong to.
But DH and I have always used as many glasses/mugs as necessary. I've never thought about the one-a-day rule for myself. So starting today, I am going to follow my kids' lead, and only use one mug a day for hot drinks and one glass a day for cold ones.
The inspiration for this blog came after reading Vanessa Farquharson's book, Sleeping Naked is Green, and wondering if her new eco-lifestyle was really applicable to a family of 5 that was already fairly environmentally friendly. At the urging of a friend, I took on the challenge of trying to improve my family's "green-ness", using the book as a template. This blog will record our attempts to improve our environmental foot-print one small change at a time.
Friday, July 30, 2010
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