Today marks the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day. I have always been somewhat of an environmentalist. I'm not one of those die hard environmentalist that you see in Whole Foods. You know, the tree huggers who go days without showering b/c they want to conserve water. I'm sorry, but I like to smell good thank you. Although I have been washing my hair every other day b/c I hear that the oils in your hair can do wonders for it. But I have to bathe my body on a daily basis or I just feel icky. Although I'm not like my husband who after finished cleaning himself, stands there and turns on the water as hot as it can scorch himself. I get in, do my stuff as fast as possible and get out.
I am also one that if all possible refuses to use Styrofoam products. I remember a family vacation when I was about 11 or 12 years old. We had borrowed a camper and took it up to South Dakota. So my mom was making cereal for us one morning and she places it down in front of me. Cereal...in a STYROFOAM BOWL!! I told her I refuse to eat cereal out of that b/c it's not biodegradable. Yes, I knew what the word meant at that age. And to this day, I will not buy Styrofoam products. I don't even like it when I get food to go in restaurants and they put it in a Styrofoam box. Maybe that is why I always clear my plate so I don't have to take anything home.
Disposable diapers also irritate me. When I was pregnant with Abbie, I was firm on using cloth diapers. I even had my mother in law make me some b/c she is this sewing maniac. Well I used them for about a week or two and realized that cloth diapers weren't for me. Disposables are just so much more convenient. Maybe if I should ever have baby #2, I may revisit cloth diapers.
So today, in celebration of Earth Day I am going to start recycling. We have been recycling our aluminum cans b/c you can get money for them (duh). But I want to do more. So this week I went to the recycling center in town and made a note of everything they take. I am going to start recycling all of my #1 & #2 plastics, glass, papers, cardboard, paper, tin cans and aluminum cans. Charlie thinks it's going to be a pain in the butt b/c we will have to rinse out everything, but if it will do some good for this planet we will on and make life better for my daughter in the future...I'm all for it!!
To quote a status update I read on Facebook today...
"It's Earth Day! Try to do something nice for the Earth today.
Remember, what you do today will impact the Earth for years. Let's
make/keep it clean and healthy for future generations!"
