Another look at Thinking Green

Thinking Green is all about conserve reuse and renew. It is both thinking and doing something for our environment. By implementing some new practices in our yards we can save water and prevent pollutants from ending up in our air, water, and soil. Some may say why bother or what is my small part going to do?
Well absolutely nothing is likely to change until we correct the difference between what we think and what we do. The "why bother" question comes down to a moral imperative. Once we become convinced that being unfriendly to our environment is wrong we have to choose, we can go on as before and live with it the best we can or we can begin to change the way we live.
So you’ve made the decision you want to lower your environmental impact in your back yard. What changes do you have to make and how do you make those changes? This is not always an easy question to answer as sometimes it’s hard to get good advice on how to conserve reuse and renew given the way some manufacturers make claims.

So you decided it is an imperative anyway and start by changing the light bulbs, you’re recycling and composting your garden and lawn clippings, you’ve installed a low flow or timer to control your water usage, installed rain barrels to collect water, but you want to do more.

-Start by having a brain storming or "green-storming" session with your family and see if you can come up with 10 new ideas to save time and money while helping improve our environment. Reward yourself by planting a small tree or a shrub to remind you to keep thinking green.
-Try finding the best green products, practices and service providers to help you achieve your environmental goals.
-Look for solutions on the web like at the “Go-Green” Initiative which provides the resources you need to get going, including a planning guide, training, and even access to funding.
-Decide to challenge yourself: Spend each day, for the next month or (for an even bigger challenge) year, doing one thing that betters the environment. The idea is to keep doing what you start for the entire time (so if you turn down your thermostat, keep it down), so that by the end of the time, you'll be living as green a lifestyle as you can.

Over the next while I would like to come up with a list of simple and easy ways to Go Green. Want to help? Respond to this post with your ideas, thoughts, solutions, stores and manufacturers that can help us Go Green and let’s help each other make our environment a better place to live and even more for our kids.

I understand that we can think better when we are comfortable so while you’re thinking and planning on how to Go Green do it out in your yard on some of the most comfortable furniture from “Outdoor Cedars” the best place to find all your outdoor and patio furniture needs.

Still Going Green “By the Yard”