I realized that I was not giving my hubby enough credit in the green department on this blog. I thought about it more and he has been a driving force on some of the changes we have made over the years and has been very supportive of the changes I propose. I think his busy schedule the past year has made certain efforts harder for him because he's just plain exhausted. But, he is who bought our first two cloth shopping bags a few years ago and is the one who reminds me to bring them to the store... of which I have not been good doing until recently.
It was even his suggestion to do more clean-up activities. We particpated in the annual coastal clean-up my first Sept at Lucasfilm and had a lot of fun (and won $500 for most unusual object found - a Civil War era wooden boot sole with some nail heads and leather still attached!). We had big plans to do more of it on our own, but I got pregnant and well, got busy and distracted! I know we both would love to get involved again, maybe when Avery is a little more manageable in such an activity and when he can really be helpful in the process. We think it will be a great learning tool for him, for sure!
Maybe someday in the future, when we have the time or energy (seems so far away!), we can all do some "adopt a spot thing" (or whatever) in the name of Green Mommies! (well, maybe Green Families)
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Go Sequoia!
They have a program through the community center, (I saw the flyer at Tiny Tots) where you can adopt a space in Santa Rosa to maintain. I think it would be a great learning opportunity for all of our kids. I always think about what memories my two kids will have of their childhood (I had very few positive ones) and I think a community project like that would be really influential, and full of good memories with family and friends. I'll grab the flyer at his class tomorrow.
Well with a name like Sequoia, how could he not be at least a little bit green?!
I think it would be great to do some sort of project like that. I was just looking at this web site, www.kab.org- Keep America Beautiful.
An the tip from Ideal Bite a couple days back was about picking up litter when you see it. I think that's a great habbit to get in to.
Hey, I did it yesterday in your yard! :-) I will try to think about having a bag in Avery's stroller so I can have something to put trash in as we see it on ours walks.
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