How Green are you

I am as green as I can get without totally going nuts!! I take the bus or walk everywhere, I have a vegitable garden, & fruit trees, I recycle everything, I use cloth bags for shopping, I don't eat meat or dairy products, I use ivory soap & shampoo so it doesn't hurt the environment... I do the best that I can to help the earth...Lori

I really can't say how "green" I am...but I do know that I grew up when we re-used everything. Flour/sugar sacks were bright & colorful, they made blouses, skirts, dish towels (I am really not as old as this sounds). Canned foods (commercial) were a treat..seldom bought, it was home canning where the only thing that you couldn't re-use was the lid. About the only disposable thing we disposed of was TP! I don't buy magazines that are printed on non-recycled paper. I just bought the first pair of brand new shoes, yesterday, in 11 yrs. Believe it or not...I can dress smartly...and all my clothes are from Sally Ann or Thrift shops. I grow as much as I can..have never used chemicals. Do not use anything with floroucarbons (propellant sprays)! Use Shaklee products for cleaning, so all my water can go on flora & fauna! Mostly ride a bike! The list is long...but it's simple. Don't ever impulse buy. Great topic, p1kef1sh!

Some of that stuff sounds a bit off-the-wall to me! I did try to recycle for a while, but I have a tendency to start things and then never finish them, so I would collect my recyclables in a bin to be sorted into bags later... and then never sort or take them off. It bothers me a bit, but it hasn't driven me mad. Yet!
If you want a good "green" cleaning product that works like a charm and is chemical-free, try this: Mix 1 part white vinegar to 5 parts tap water. It smells like vinegar, but once you're finished cleaning the smell dissipates pretty quickly. It cleans everything, from windows to floors to dishes & laundry and everything in between. Look it up on Wikipedia.com (just type in "vinegar"). It gives an entire range of things that white vinegar can be used for, among other vinegars. Just read the white vinegar entries and then skip past the other ones to the "medicinal uses" and read from there. It's really great!

Maybe a very light shade of green. I do recycle paper, bottles, plastic etc and do buy some organic vegetables and products too. I know I don't do enough though as I'm sure there is a lot more things I could do around our home especially with the cleaning products. I need to look into that.

I planted 2 fruit trees when I moved into this house. I grow my own garden in the summer time. I use energy saver appliances, my minivan can taken ethanol as a fuel source but the closest station that supplies it is 180 miles away from my home. And I use $10 a piece 2 year life span light bulbs.

I think that is enough for me.

But it seems to me the more green I try to be the less green I have in my wallet.

To be honest I'm not that "green". Being a newlywed and 21 and having lots of college debt to pay off I don't have much money to be "green". We try to get organic foods as much as we can afford, and we have a hydroponics system set up inside the house for fresh peas, tomatoes, broccoli and carrots. We drive a car built in 1995, and we don't recycle. However, the only reason we don't recycle is because the closest recycling plant is about an hour to an hour and half away and we don't have the money to be driving that far on a regular basis.
We can't use nuts for anything because people in my family are allergic and break out in hives if they are even near them. I am not sure how I feel about feminine hygiene products made from recycled materials, it sounds as if it could be slightly dangerous.
But good for you for doing the best you can!

I could be a lot greener, I suppose. Would someone tell me where I can greenly dispose of dirty, clumping cat litter?

I'm afraid I am one of the new-age heretics that think this whole 'green movement' has now become bunkum. It started off as a good idea but has now jumped on every bandwagon going.

My target is simply to reduce waste in all it's forms.

I'm trying to be that king of person....
but find it really difficult to do ..

WOW! Just Wow! You must be very proud of your green deeds. I want to be an environmentalist but I'm not proactive. Sorry, Mother Earth! But I don't smoke,would that be cool? Hahaha!