It's easy being green

Well kermit said it a little differently but you get the point, and i'm sure he would agree that when your doing anything to help our Mother that it IS easy being green :) Now I'm not going to feed you a bunch of unnecessary info about how people are killing the planet because i'm sure we are already aware there is alot of pain here, instead i would like to shed light on the GREAT things people are doing to SAVE the planet, you can just consider this the anti-channel 5 news !! No offense to channel 5 i would just like a program where there is more good than bad being brought to light, not because people shouldn't see the bad to know what is going on, just when that's all you see it makes you sad and kind of overwhelmed and then all the complaining and negative energy starts flowin and, it's just all down hill from there!!

SO here were are, the anti-news spreading the love about the wonderful people around the world doing good for humanity and the planet. I feel better already :) First of all, I LOVE that most stores are getting rid of plastic bags, they are hard to recycle and the are contributing to the melting of the Polar Ice Caps and killing those cute cuddly Polar Bears, BESIDES anything a plastic bag can do; a paper one can do better !!

Secondly I would like to point out that I just recently started a compost pile in my grandmother's front yard !! We eat mostly raw and always tons of veggies, but keep in mind - anything that comes from the earth can put put back in the earth!! So if you want some great nutritous soil to start an organic garden throw all your leftovers in a pile in the yard and wait for the worms to come :) ha ha i know it sounds gross but it's natural and quite beautiful to watch the circle of life in motion.

If you ever eat from that Roach Coach for lunch and you are craving that good organic meal that's cheap and won't sit as a lump in your stomach for the rest of the day, look up http://www.greentruckonthego.com/ and see where they are serving for the day. Ingredients are either local, organic, sustainably raised (such as line-caught small tuna) or vegan, and the two trucks can run on recycled vegetable oil. The truck is solar powered, only uses enviornmentally friendly cleaning products and has all biodegradable packaging. It's all around goodness and it's DELICIOUS!!

I am FULLY obsessed with Toms shoes !!! TOMS Shoes was founded on a simple premise: With every pair you purchase, TOMS will give a pair of new shoes to a child in need. www.toms.com . One for One. How do you say no to that ?? Simple, you don't. If you can afford a pack of cigarettes and a 12 pack of your favorite beer and a Snickers bar and 2 movie tickets (all of which you don't need) you can afford a pair of these shoes. It's not like your not getting anything, you get a pair of bitchin shoes and you get to feel good about yourself for supplying a small child with a pair of shoes. Besides when you think about it; your liver, your lungs and your feet will thank you :)

I know there are a MILLION more stories like these so as I find them I will post them, but if you know of any please feel free to let me know :) We are all able to do our part, no matter how small a part you think it is, pay it forward. I bought a cutting board from all recycled materials and when i'm done using it i'll email the company who made it, they will send me a pre-paid packaging label, and i'll send it back to them to recycle it again and make another cutting board. So for the rest of my life I will only buy those cutting boards and therefore i will not be using anything but recycled materials. What have you done to help the planet today ??