How Green Are You?

By that I mean, how environmentally conscious do you live your life? 


I’m responsive to the importance of conserving nature, doing all I can to monitor my misuse and /or consumption of what I, nor any other human put on this earth.

Attempting to wisely use water and paper is always on my mind.


I do fairly well regarding water, taking great effort to severely limit any purchase of bottled water.  It’s a challenge though.  I'm prompted to question just “how green am I?”  You see, today I want to buy a case of bottled water – for emergencies and also for convenience, especially if I have guests.  There’s one bottle left in the case I bought in November,  I want to replenish my supply.


Actually, I easily use tap water for me and mine.  If the tap water is not used for cooking it is poured through a Brita filter.   Information on the filter package assures me using the Brita filter reduces any chlorine, mercury and copper in the water.   They say their filter will give me healthier great-tasting water.  No claims are made that the filter removes impurities.  My thinking is, the water streaming from the tap is perfectly clear to my sight.  It is certainly odor free.  It has a delicious taste. The filtered water I pour from the Lucite pitcher looks and tastes no different than the water that came from the spigot.  Perhaps spending my precious dollars for the filter is mostly helping to keep a business profitable.  I shake off the uncertainty crowding sanity out of my brain. 

Concerning paper, unfortunately, my actions may indicate I am more ‘unconscious’ than conscious.   I use a lot of paper.

Don’t let me run out of paper towels!  Napkins, plain and decorated; tissues – many boxes of tissues; and of course toilet paper, all of the above I keep amply supplied in my home.  How many trees do I doom to death?

Wait, I’m not through.  Writing paper, copy paper, note paper, various sized tablets are all readily available in this house.  I’m thinking, for sure I help diminish the forests and woodlands.

A saving grace is, I seriously recycle. 


What about yourself?