Comments on: Green…mostly http://whereenergyflows.com/2008/08/26/greenmostly/ Feng Shui, Space Clearing and Healthy Homes Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:55:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elise http://whereenergyflows.com/2008/08/26/greenmostly/comment-page-1/#comment-488 Elise Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:16:20 +0000 http://whereenergyflows.com/?p=650#comment-488 We do what we can - thanks for the input!! We do what we can – thanks for the input!!

]]> By: Catherine http://whereenergyflows.com/2008/08/26/greenmostly/comment-page-1/#comment-487 Catherine Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:51:57 +0000 http://whereenergyflows.com/?p=650#comment-487 I appreciate the honesty in your post. I haven't used chemicals for cleaning the house, in the yard, for killing bugs, etc. for several years now. (We have a lovely clover field in the back yard instead of grass!!!) We've stopped using plastic bags for garbage, conserve water by not flushing every time, etc. And yet we both have largish cars...boo gas is expensive. And I won't use compact fluorescence lights...they are just horrible. So you ask, can I relate....and I say yes!!!! I appreciate the honesty in your post. I haven’t used chemicals for cleaning the house, in the yard, for killing bugs, etc. for several years now. (We have a lovely clover field in the back yard instead of grass!!!) We’ve stopped using plastic bags for garbage, conserve water by not flushing every time, etc. And yet we both have largish cars…boo gas is expensive. And I won’t use compact fluorescence lights…they are just horrible. So you ask, can I relate….and I say yes!!!!

]]> By: Elise http://whereenergyflows.com/2008/08/26/greenmostly/comment-page-1/#comment-486 Elise Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:00:12 +0000 http://whereenergyflows.com/?p=650#comment-486 I know - I did just realize that some of the plastic bags that carrots, veggies, and such come in from supermarket can be recycled with plastic grocery bags...so I feel good about that. Not sure how long I was throwing those away without looking for the "4." If only there was a way to recycle those plastic bags into something that doesn't off-gas so much, I would feel better about that as well. Maybe soon - let's hope! Let me know if you know of any good, soft, recycled toilet paper! :) I know – I did just realize that some of the plastic bags that carrots, veggies, and such come in from supermarket can be recycled with plastic grocery bags…so I feel good about that. Not sure how long I was throwing those away without looking for the “4.”

If only there was a way to recycle those plastic bags into something that doesn’t off-gas so much, I would feel better about that as well. Maybe soon – let’s hope!

Let me know if you know of any good, soft, recycled toilet paper! :)

]]> By: Deb http://whereenergyflows.com/2008/08/26/greenmostly/comment-page-1/#comment-485 Deb Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:22:06 +0000 http://whereenergyflows.com/?p=650#comment-485 Hi Elise, Great post! You've put it in perspective nicely. We do what we can, we stretch ourselves and try incorporating new "green" ideas, we keep learning and we stay aware of how our actions effect the planet. At the same time, we can't beat ourselves up for the ways we are not yet green - and we all have those! We don't own a car. Our water bottles are glass and recycled. We use few chemicals. But, I think plastic bags must be our biggest non-green spots. In our house we use canvas shopping bags for the local market shopping, but when we go to most shops around town we end up w/ tons of plastic bags. It is how things work in Thailand (I swear I don't know what they did without them. Even drinks to-go come in a plastic bag!). So we recycle and reuse them, but they really stack up. Hi Elise,

Great post! You’ve put it in perspective nicely. We do what we can, we stretch ourselves and try incorporating new “green” ideas, we keep learning and we stay aware of how our actions effect the planet. At the same time, we can’t beat ourselves up for the ways we are not yet green – and we all have those!

We don’t own a car. Our water bottles are glass and recycled. We use few chemicals. But, I think plastic bags must be our biggest non-green spots. In our house we use canvas shopping bags for the local market shopping, but when we go to most shops around town we end up w/ tons of plastic bags. It is how things work in Thailand (I swear I don’t know what they did without them. Even drinks to-go come in a plastic bag!). So we recycle and reuse them, but they really stack up.

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