Going Green

So I have decided to go green all the way in my life!  I am going to be a social carnivore, eat fresh and local, reuse, reduce, upcycle, pre-cycle and recycle as often as possible.  I have watched tons of documentaries about food/environment issues such as:

Netflix

-Food Fight

-Dirt! The Movie

-What's On Your Plate?

-Bag It

-Forks Over Knives

-Fed Up

-No Impact Man: The Documentary

-Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead

-TED Talks: Chew on This

-Fresh

-Ingredients

Hulu

-Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution

-Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska

I am planning on doing the following:

REDUCE

-Invest in cloth napkins to cut out reliance on paper towels and paper napkins

-Choose to purchase food items or personal items in recyclable or reduced amounts of plastic and throw-away wrapping

-Buy used as often as possible to cut down on packaging (also REUSING)

REUSE

-Take used items like t-shirts, light bulbs, mason jars, etc and use green design to decorate my space (cheaper, cooler, unique, and helps me nest without guilt!)

-Invest in good water bottles and mugs instead of depending on water bottles

-Fruit and vegetable bags allow me to shop without relying on plastic bags each time I go shopping (locally and organic as often as possible of course) (also REDUCING)

-Make my own beauty products and cut down on bottles and jars and containers each time (also REDUCING)

RECYLCE

-Compost pile!!

-Continue separating batteries, paper, cardboard, bottles, and cans from my refuse for recycling 

Lots more to come!!