We started this blog as a way to share our “green and frugal” adventure with our friends, family and the world. Since early 2008, we have been taking steps (big and small) to make our lives greener and more sustainable. Along the way, we look for ways to be frugal and consume less. Some of the changes we have made have been easy, some more challenging, everything has been fun!
In early January 2008, Bryan and I read a couple of very interesting books. (Actually, for me, it all started after I finished reading Harvest for Hope by Jane Goodall in the fall of 2006.) One of them was “Wake Up and Smell the Planet” by Grist Magazine and the other was “Living Like Ed” by Ed Begley Jr. Both books were short, simple and spoke of easy things that anyone could do to start making a positive impact on the earth. We had fun talking about the books and we decided to make some changes. We started switching our lightbulbs and sorting our recycling.
Then in February, after returning from a trip to visit our favorite “cousins,” Phil and Nancy in Florida, we were inspired to try to consume less and enjoy life more. See, Phil and Nancy are sort of our “frugality heros” and they are the inspiration behind many of our better ideas. They remind us how important it is to be able to spend time together and how unimportant it is to have the latest designer jeans. They use their local library, shop at garage sales and spend time with their neighbors (who are more entertaining than a trip to the movies any day)!
And that is when the idea really took shape. We wanted to create less waste, recycle everything that we could, eat as much organic/whole food as possible, reduce our carbon footprint, have time to garden, support more local non-profits, save the world and oh yeah… still have some money left over to build a house, send kids to college and retire as soon as possible.
It’s a work in progress and it’s an adventure. Come and join us!
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