START HERE! 52 Week Challenge: Take Easy Steps Today Toward A More Sustainable Life
Are you looking to make your life and your home more sustainable and eco-friendly but don’t know where to start or are overwhelmed by it?
Maybe you want to make some big changes or perhaps right now you are just ready for little steps. Either way, I’ve got your back for wherever you are in your quest for a greener life!
Even if you are already doing a great job at consciously consuming and minding your ecological footprint, we all could use reminders and updates from time to time. New products roll out and new technologies advance every day!
The name “A Green-ER Demeanor”, represents striving for living a greener, more sustainable, eco-friendly and conscious life (you know, all that hippie junk.) BUT knowing you will never be perfect and accepting that. Demeanor is our outward behavior. Everything you do is setting an example in some way.
I love New Year’s resolutions. Do I always fulfill them? Of course not! But I was determined a couple years ago to see this one through.
My goal was to to examine one area of my life each week I thought I could do better in as far as sustainability at home.
I got myself a notebook on New Year’s Day, made a list of each of those areas and started doing my research. Do it a week at a time so it won’t be overwhelming. You could do it over coffee break…or happy hour with a friend. Whatever floats your boat.
Whether it’s January first or the middle of the year, I want to invite you to follow along for 52 weeks of going “greener”. This will mean different things to different people. Some may want to make sure the people making their products are taken care of, others want to protect animals and the environment or maybe you are trying to find healthier alternatives to what you have been using.
First, we’ll start out thinking about what’s important to us, organizing our home a bit and getting some background knowledge on waste. Then I’ll lead you through the product reviews of things I’ve tried. Some being life-changing (I mean that!) and many being epic (and often disgusting) failures.
I’m here to give my true opinion.
I purchased all the products I review myself (minus like 3 things that were samples.) I don’t want you to waste your time and money on things that don’t work. Also, please remember we are all individuals and what works well for me, may not work for you. I try to give you options.
Everyone is coming from different financial, religious, and personal backgrounds. I will do MY best to try and not judge others choices as long as they are coming from a place of thought, reason, and it’s not endangering others.
I make choices that some more extreme people might find appalling. I’m not vegan or vegetarian (but hey, I’m working on it), I LOVE to travel, and I have two kids. That alone makes up some of the largest carbon footprint issues you can get! Go ahead and judge but that rarely gets people to change their behaviors or mindsets.
Zookeepers know that positive reinforcement is the best way to train our animals. So let’s be encouraging, kind and respectful to one another. Start living a better life today for ourselves, each other and the world.
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Please share what you’re learning if you are finding it helpful!
Whether that’s with your family, coworkers, the person checking you out at the store, your dentist (if you can get a word in) or on social media. You’ll be surprised at how many people are interested in what you have to say! Teaching others and leading by example normalizes what we are doing here. It’s not JUST for the dirty hippies anymore. It shows you give damn. I’m on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest for easy social sharing.
Typically, right down here at the end of each blog post, you will find a section on the next steps to take. It will give you the information you need on what to do right now.
I’m EXCITED! Are you EXCITED?! I hope so because this is EXCITING.
Ready to roll? Start HERE to set some GREENER GOALS, see the different ECO-CERTIFICATIONS and learn how to spot GREENWASHING!
If you prefer to learn by watching videos, there will typically be one right down here:)
