A paler shade of green…

I have a confession to make…I’m not very “green” (except maybe on St. Patty’s Day).  I guess I’m what you’d call light green.  We recycle, but only our newspapers.  We use the compact fluorescent lightbulbs, but not in all of our lamps.   We try to turn off lights in rooms that we’re not using, but sometimes we forget.  You get the picture.

Anyway, I watched part of Oprah the other day (it was a re-run) and her show was about simple things you can do to help the environment.  I thought there were a couple of things that I just might be able to do!   One easy suggestion (and I’m all about easy) is  to use just 1 less napkin per day.  I can do that!  Another was to forgo getting your ATM receipts.  I can do that too…as long as I remember to put the withdrawal in the checkbook!  They talked about a “Smart” Power Strip that you plug your electronic devices into and it conserves energy and saves you $ (it’s available at Bed, Bath & Beyond, so use your coupon)…I think I can do that too!

I was in Target the other day (I love Target) and noticed they were carrying a new product line called “Care Mail” that was made from recycled materials.  It included items such as packing tape, mailing envelopes, and the like.  I thought it was a great idea and I would definitely buy them if I needed to mail anything! 

Now I’m not going to get all fanatical about this.  I’m not going to rush out and watch “An Inconvenient Truth” or start quoting Matt Damon or anything like that.   Still, I think that there are some relatively painless things that I can do to now to help the earth later!   Maybe Kermit meant to sing “It’s easy being Green”…