Brand new month. The green goal this month is to make my own cleaning products. The recipes I've found online are mainly with three ingredients; lemon juice, baking soda, & vinegar. All you need are those & a few empty spray bottles. I'm learning that lemons can be used as a natural antibacterial, antiseptic & bleach. Who knew?? Supposedly lemon juice can be used for cleaning soap scum. This is the one area I am worried about sticking with for natural products..da da da duuumm...the SHOWER. Oh that is a monster to clean. I'm hoping I can avoid bleach & try the lemon juice. It definitely will smell better.
As for January & February's green goals..we are still going strong. John & I have enjoyed trying new recipes & vegetarian food we never knew existed. eg. veggie bologna. John is feeling better digestively..is that TMI:0 I havent missed meat at all. I do feel hungry more often & try not to snack on just chocolate. It's been really easy when we cook at home. When we go do out, we try & eat places we really love. I'm still waiting for my favorite little vegetarian restaurant to reopen..remember my cucumber sandwich blog. Not too long after we discovered, Whole World, they had a kitchen fire & have been closed for remodeling. I cant wait to go back again.
February's gg was no paper towels.,this was alot harder for me at first. I was always really quick to grab a paper towel for just about thing. But I've gotten use to the cloth napkins & have been using old cotton baby blankets..the ones they send your baby home in from the hospital. They work great for cleaning up spills & bathrooms.
We watched a documentary last week, "No Impact Man". A story of a NYC family trying to live without making any negative impact on the environment. It was fascinating to see what they went through & how much they gave up. I dont think I could ever give up toilet paper & electricity, but they did. Slowly over a 12 month period they let go of lots of things. & they even had a young daughter. Made you think about what little things you can do each day to help our little planet.
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