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Friday, December 4, 2009

Small Green Steps

I just realized that all through the months that I’ve tried posting articles about greeny fashion, I have actually begun convincing myself to go green – whatever that means. Yet as I try frequenting some “green” sites I feel pretty insignificant in terms of the changes I make in my life in order to be more environmentally friendly. Do you also feel that your efforts towards greening your life were so "underwhelming" when compared to others' environmental endeavors?

Yes, it can be a little intimidating; but they offer a lot of really valuable advice for green living - you may not be able to yet apply these but making inroads is better than no progress at all. Even though how minute your contribution is, it is still so important. While you may aspire to join their ranks, bear in mind it takes time. You've been living your life a certain way for so long that these changes can't be expected to occur overnight; as much as we'd all like them to - and really, the planet is crying out for us to as well.

Green living is really about saving the magnificent biodiversity in plants and animals that remain. It’s about ensuring our planet is conducive to our species continuing to live on it in some degree of comfort.
As you start learning about green living, it's quite possible you'll feel totally overwhelmed as you discover how much damage our lifestyles are inflicting upon the environment.

If your life is so hectic that big changes are extremely difficult; start with the little stuff. For example, you could be changing your brand of toilet paper another week to one that is made from recycled paper and is packaged with the same. You can resist buying something you don't need, no matter how alluring it may be. One small change to your lifestyle each week adds up to 52 changes over a year!

There's so much we can all do to help accustom ourselves to a more eco-savvy lifestyle. The important thing is to keep on achieving, but by
greening your life in small steps, the bigger goal won't seem so overwhelming and you may even reach it faster than you originally thought. Remember, the goal is to keep achieving minor victories in living a more environmentally friendly lifestyle until you're at a point when you can tackle the really big issues. We all have much to do and not as much time as we once thought we had to preserve the planet in a state we know as home - so continued forward movement, however small, is critical.

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