What are some of your favorite organic or green products?
I'm starting to get into going green and using organic products. So far, I use organic shampoo, makeup, lotions, soap, etc. I light soy candles (which smell better than regular candles, btw), and I just recently bought a recycled stainless steel waterbottle that is supposed to promote "going green".
What are some of your organic or "green" favorites?
I use glad rags for my period. they last 5+ years and I have no weird chemicals touching my body nor pads to landfill (the average woman throws out 230 pounds of feminine hygiene products in her life time
I air/line dry my clothing year round.
I buy only energy star appliances when I replace things (I have replaced a computer, fridge, windows, printer, water softener, front loading washing machine and water heater in the past 3 years).
I keep my thermostat set at 60F in winter and do not use air conditioning in summer.
My house is well insulated for an older house (it could use more but I am working on that. So far I have spent about $2000 on energy savings improvements and have saved over 2 years about $800 so this will pay for itself in another 2 years). And the house is much more comfortable-no drafts.
I grow my own food.
I have a green business (I own and operate a small organic farm that sells produce direct to the public via a CSA , farm store and farmers market-http://www.boulderbeltfarm.com).
I do not use a vehicle daily and when I go into town I combine trips so I have at least 5 errands to do.
Food that I do not grow I try to buy from other local farmers and about 90% of my diet is local.
I can and freeze food for the off season so I can easily eat locally year round.
I make my own cleaning agents out of items such as vinegar, baking soda, salt.
I do not buy paper towels but use cloth rags/towels to clean up messes.
I do not buy multi-ply, quilted toilet paper and buy such made from recycled 40% post consumer paper.
I do not use paper plates.
I reuse all plastic bags at least 10 times
I eat vegetarian meals at least 10 times a week and try to have at least 2 meatless days.
I buy food at farmers markets/support other local farms
When I eat out I go to locally owned businesses over national chains.
I buy clothing at consignment shops
I buy useful and beautiful items at auctions (the ultimate in reduce, reuse, recycle) I try to buy used as often as possible.
I recycle most of my trash. My family produces under 1 trash can of waste that is land filled a week. The rest is composted, burned or sent to the recycling center
I do not buy bottled water
I pay attention to packaging and will not buy over packaged products and try to buy plastic that can be recycled (#1, #2 and #4)
A note on organic cosmetics, there are very few truly organic soaps and make-up brands out there. You see, organic is regulated by the USDA. Cosmetics and body care are regulated by the FDA which has no organic standards. So as the law reads currently, anything regulated by the FDA can carry the word organic on the label even if they have zero organic ingredients. Items regulated by the FDA cannot be certified organic. Anything regulated by the USDA cannot carry the word organic on the label without using certified organic ingredients and in the case of non processed foods the farm they came from has to be certified organic. See http://www.organicconsumers.org for a lot more about this and a list of which cosmetics and body care items really are organic (it is a shockingly short list). See http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop for the organic regulations
Soy candles are not as green as beeswax candles-find a beekeeper and they should have real bees wax candles which have a nice mild sweet aroma and you will be supporting a local business which is incredibly green.
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