I’ve been unofficially observing Meatless Wednesdays for awhile. My motivations are: I want to consumer more vegetables in my diet and this is a perfect way to force myself to be more creative; I want to be more eco-friendly and eliminating one day a week from consuming meat contributes to this goal; and I want to save money (meat can be kind of expensive, especially if I buy organic, which I’d like to do down the line).
Last year I read It’s Easy Being Green, which has a wonderful list of eco-friendly tasks to clean up your life and your environment. I checked off all the items I wanted to tackle. So since it’s been a year, I thought I’d list all the items and mark off what I’ve accomplished over the past year. (I also have my own eco-wishlist that I’m continually updating.)
According to Earth Lab, my Earth Conservation Plan Profile (ECP) score is 293. ECP scores can range from 150-900 (the lower being better). Six categories (home, energy, work, commute, travel and lifestyle) are used to base the score. The average score in the United States is 325. Looks like I’m better than average, but still could use some improvement.
My carbon output is 10.4 tons per year. This needs to be improved as well.
Today D and I finally made it over to the Logan Square Farmer’s Market. There were about 10 booths, certainly not as big as the Wheaton Farmer’s Market, but still pretty neat. There were lots of veggies, flowers, Vella Cafe, soap and even wool! I look forward to more fruit at the market and seeing the other vendors.
My eco produce bags arrived some time last week. I never blogged about it but I have been HATING using the plastic bags. I even would bring back used ones and try to reuse but they’re annoying and bulky and I don’t like them one bit. So I got 10 of these little guy which is perfect. Much better then what I tried to make myself (I am not much into sewing). I haven’t tried them out yet but I’m going shopping on Friday.
since Jan. 1, 2011
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