Are We Done Living Green Yet?

Is it just me or are the rest of you about over this whole ‘green living’ thing? I mean really. How natural are we supposed to be? It’s just a lot of stress is all.

That said, the one change I’ve been trying to make (not too successfully I don’t mind adding) is in the area of cleaning products. And not even so much to be green, I just think it’s sort of ridiculous that we have to buy all this special stuff to clean our homes. Is the dirt today that different than the dirt a hundred years ago when all they had was a jug of vinegar, some baking soda, and a whole lotta elbow grease?

Ranting aside, I have as yet been unable to make all my own cleaning products. (I told you I was over it!) So the next best thing is natural store bought stuff. I swear by Mrs. Meyers.

This week Parent Bloggers is helping SC Johnson get the word out about Nature’s Source cleaners, which is another off-the-shelf cleaner with natural ingredients. No matter what you choose, I think it’s a wonderful thing that we’re getting better ingredients in everything we buy.

Because let’s face it, we’re going to buy most of it. Unless you’re homesteading out on a farm somewhere, life is just too busy to be making your own furniture wax and baking cookies from scratch. Honestly!

Now gardening…. that’s something I’d like to try.

Windmills at Wal-Mart

How cool is this? As part of Wal-Mart’s new green initiative, some stores are putting these modern energy generators in! Bravo Big Sam. I’ve even heard of a store experimenting with a grass roof. Read this 2006 article to find out the ways the world’s largest retailer is going green. Then check out what the Big W has to say.

Then again, maybe they’re just trying to get your attention as you drive down the highway!