Green living, a little at a time.

[jlygrnmigt]

A friend recently asked me how I could bear “people like her” regarding my efforts to live a green lifestyle in contrast to that of most Americans. My response was that I just had to believe that people would do what they could. So right now, I'm at the Midwest Fish and Wildlife conference where conference organizers made a massive effort to make

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[ladygreyy]

Yeah my big thing is related to yours. I love cloth pads.

1) They're pretty
2) No crotch rot from the sweaty plastic
3) They're really NOT that much effort
4) Financial advantages after initial startup

I'm looking forward to my fluffy butted baby!

[jlygrnmigt]

What made you decide to start using them?

[ladygreyy]

Honestly I can't remember. I just have always hated tampons and was getting very sick of the plastic pad sweat issues. I must have seen something on an LJ community about it and did some investigating. My first one was a free GladRag sample promotion they were doing. Figured it was a good way to try it!

[sonatanator]

I don't use a menstrual cup, but I'm inspired to now!

Also, maybe I'll stop washing my hands?

I turned in theory assignments on paper that had already been printed on one side. And I love CSAs.

[jlygrnmigt]

I think a menstrual cup might be an unnecessary addition to your life :)

I too love CSAs. That's one thing I used to do but don't anymore since the temple gets large donations of un-sellable but perfectly edible produce from Whole Foods...most of which is conventionally grown and still overpriced.

[parslaanna]

I use cloth rags to clean with and cloth napkins instead of paper.

[jlygrnmigt]

You know, it's so funny how so many people think that a cloth rag is some difficult thing. In my house growing up, we used old socks and stuff to dust with, but paper towels and napkins were used in the kitchen. It didn't really make sense.

[parslaanna]

Oh, same with my house growing up. To dust with "real" dust cloths are a given, and paper napkins at the dinner table and paper towel to mop up spills. In my house, don't use paper at all, if I can help it. I bought a 4-pack of paper towel last winter and I'm on my last roll.

My (soon-to-be-ex) husband's family, though, uses paper for everything. The even eat mostly off of paper plates. The thought of washing a cloth and using it again is completely foreign to them.

[justsurvive]

i used a cup, then i got preg, then i used it again and stopped for the IUD. now id start again but cant find it. i use cloth.

i cloth diaper leila.
i try to buy organic and/or fairtrade when i can.
im going to start using cloth wipes for leila.

i recyle old tshirts, sheets and towels to sew her cloth diapers. or make rugs , etc.

i recycle now that my new place has one.

for some reason the reusing thigns instead of throwing away really gets me, i really like it and feel some pride or accomplishment or something. it just feels really cool that leila can wear an old camp sweatshirt logo of mine.

[jlygrnmigt]

The old sweatshirt-into-diaper thing is awesome. Especially since the trend is to have some ridiculous thing printed across your butt anyway. It's a lot better to have "Camp Happy Pines" instead of "Juicy" :)

[justsurvive]

theres a brand of cloth diapers called juicytoots.
so so very very wrong.

she has"never a better hero" and similiar church related girls camp logos on her but occasionally. i love it. im also going to reuse a tie dye shirt i made when i was twelve. hippy baby:)

[mistergoat]

It could be anything, really...do you wipe your hands on your pants?

Y'know, I've done so for years, and I've considered it environmentally positive, but I don't know if I'd ever heard anyone else mention it. It's so simple, though. If you're not wearing soimething that stains from water (and I don't wear a lot of silk), and if you're not somewhere absurdly formal, why toss out paper when you can easily use your clothes?

[jlygrnmigt]

You'd look hot in silk, I'm sure :)

I've often dried my hands on my hair too, but I have a lot more of that than most.