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Friday, June 01, 2007
treading more lightly than ever - 09:17 PM
(filed under 'green living')
i had a conversation with melanie the other day which made me realise how much more lightly i'm treading on the earth lately.
it started when i was pregnant with smiley & i began to think more about what i was putting into my body intentionally & what was going in unintentionally through what i was using around the home. i started using enjo's microfibre products to clean using only water. these days, the only chemicals i use with any regularity is sunlight soap for my hands & to rinse my enjo cloths & laundry detergent for my clothes.
i used to use tissues & paper towel quite regularly, but since i've been in my own place back in brisbane (it's been about six months), i think we've used only two boxes of tissues & i've stopped buying paper towel completely. instead, we use large handkerchiefs & a set of terry towelling cloths which i bought from ikea.
i use almost no plastic products at all.
in the fridge & pantry, instead of cling wrap, i have a number of pyrex glass storage containers with air tight lids.
i don't use plastic liners in my bin. i use four sheets of paper from the free local newspaper to line the bottom of the bin & anything sticky, wet or biodegradable i wrap in half a sheet or two of the newspaper.
for shopping, i have a set of really strong (& very funky) envirosax shopping bags which fold down small enough to carry around in my bag so i never forget to bring them & never need to use plastic bags at the shopping centre. since i don't use plastic liners in my bin, i don't even need to collect them to reuse there.
on our bodies i use no soap, only my enjo body cloth. when i have my period i use a menstrual cup, washable cloth pads or specially lined undies. on our teeth i use a natural toothpaste with no soapy stuff or fluoride.
about the only disposable product we use regularly is toilet paper. that's one that can't really be avoided unless i was to adopt the arabic way of toiletting & that's not really possible without a toilet sprayer fitted beside the toilet, anyway.
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