Guest Post: Worms: "Procreate, eat, shit and have a great time"

We are a composting household and have been so since 2006. While living in Montreal I thought I was doing pretty good just recycling. I mean, I lived in an apartment, how could I compost?

Then we moved to British Columbia and our landlord had a compost bin in his yard. I figured, well, my parents have been composting for a few years now, I'm sure I can handle this. The first few months were definitely an adventure. Filled with failed "corn based" biodegradable bags... that would actually begin composting IN our bin (ew!), to fruit fly infestations, a frozen outdoor compost bin and then maggots. Yep, Gag. (Lesson: boxboard or sturdy paper is WAY better than weird corn-plastic bags).

It has now been about five years of composting. We have a little green bin that we buy paper bags to line. Our friends use old cereal or beer boxes to line theirs. Since we're lazy we empty ours when it gets full... which is about every three of four days. Wouldn't you know, it doesn't (generally) smell. Fruit flies are minimal. This is mostly because we have a sealed container.

Now when I travel and visit other places that don't compost it feels almost criminal putting food waste to be shipped to a place where I know it will never degrade.

TRUTH: food waste *might* degrade in the landfill... (lettuce and hotdogs have been found from decades previous perfectly preserved in air tight plastic bags. No oxygen? Slow to none decomposition). When they do degrade without oxygen they create extremely polluting methane- one of the top climate changing chemicals that traps heat 20% more than carbon. Our landfills are the biggest human source of this gas. Awesome.

Although some landfills and dumps have figured out ways to trap the gases- compost facilities can as well... WHILE creating beautifully rich soil at the same time.

Also, food waste makes up 35 to 50% of our garbage. In Toronto that means 110,000 tonnes of green bin waste and 90,000 tonnes of yard waste per year

(Ecoholic, 2007).

Composting in Nova Scotia is sooo easy. You put stuff in the green bin and once a week a big city truck comes and takes it away. Sadly, despite the laws that are supposedly enforcing these regulations, most local yoga studios do *not* in fact compost. You're lucky if you even see a recycling separating option.

Have municipal compost but are grossed out by it all? A few smarty-pants Nova Scotian designers actually designed a silicone freezer bin that you fill up, freeze and will easily pop the frozen waste out into the municipal pick up bin. No mess, no smell. Made by Fuccillo in Los Angeles and sold here in Halifax at Carbonstok.

Ok, so you're convinced and WANT to compost. You get it. Sadly, no municipal composting system and you live in the city. Hah- you are SO not off the hook!

Hello Vers de terre- aka Worms!

Vermicomposting is the decomposition of organic matter by worms. They eat the stuff and poo out nutrient rich worm poo. I have read that they are easy and smell-free way to create rich organic soil for your plants (or local park... lol) right in your apartment! Living in Toronto has a fabulous guide on how to create your very own worm composter in your apartment.

Red worms eat their weight in food every day. This means one pound of worms can eat through seven pounds of food every week. According to this interview:

“Worms are like children,” says Fry. Keep them indoors where it’s not too hot, not too cold. You can start small with an ice cream bucket, but any plastic or wood container will do. First you need a scoop of soil. A layer of shredded newspaper on top acts as their bedding. Lift it up for feeding time and cover them up afterwards. Keep it moist and feed every few days.
“After that they just procreate, eat, shit and have a great time”

Love that quote.

Don't like the look of a plastic bin in your living room? Well, you could get this ridiculously beautiful 5bin composter system on etsy. Or these coffin-like Wood Worm bins, or eco-felt cloth bins that you could store under the sink.

Take the next step.

• If you have a yard; get yourself a yard composter (Yancy has fabulous adventures and insights on her blog).
• If you live in the city with municipal composting- get a bin and some liners and giver!
• If you don't like the smell- try the beautiful silicone freezer bin!
• If you don't have municipal composting- go worming!

Needless to say, composting definitely is for everyone. It really is shameful that 50% of our waste is taken up by something that could otherwise be creating beautiful, healthy soil.

Blessings!


I would like to thank Eco Yogini for this wonderfully informative guest post. It made me stop and consider worm composting. I just need to convince the hubby ;-)


article copyright of EcoYogini at ecoyogini.blogspot.com

Guest Post by Laura Zilverberg

Last month I read a Guest Post on Fake Plastic Fish by Laura Zilverberg discussing her experience working at an orphanage in Mexico. After reading her views on waste in Mexico vs waste in the US I knew I needed her to do a guest post on my blog!

Thank you Laura for graciously agreeing to share your experiences with us.

After a guest post at Fake Plastic Fish, I was invited to write here about my green journey. I spent the last year volunteering at an orphanage in Mexico and the experience shaped many of my views about the world. At Fake Plastic Fish, I wrote about waste being a luxury. It is a luxury to waste food, clothing and other resources. Working at the orphanage also taught me that the best moments in life can be found without using planetary resources.

I worked with a section of 29 teenage girls at Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos, a home for orphaned, abandoned and disadvantaged children. I had the role of mom for these amazing, young girls. We didn’t have much, but we passed the time playing sports, swimming, studying, watching movies (only on the weekends) and talking.

I built lasting relationships. Our lives weren’t about acquiring new toys, we made due with what we had. My favorite moments at the orphanage didn’t involve lots of resources. We didn’t entertain the kids with computer games or by buying them new toys. We went for walks and talked about life. We organized swimming races in the pool. We made up dances and had a dance contest with the other kids. We did scavenger hunts. We made a haunted house out of mostly bed sheets. We went for runs. We read together.

I learned to treasure the simple things in life instead of worrying about who had the nicer handbag. Those things stopped mattering. It taught me that caring about the environment does not mean deprivation. Using less resources can actually enrich your life.

Below is a picture of Laura with 2 girls she cared for at Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos

Thank you Laura for reminding us that having fun does not always have to cost $ and that spending quality time together is what matters most.

Iced Tea

This may seem ridiculous. After all, how hard could it be to make a glass of Iced Tea?

Really, it's not, yet I see so many people purchase that powdered stuff, that I wonder. Full of ingredients I really don't want to put into my body, ranging from all sorts of additives like artificial flavor, artificial color, aspartame (in the sweetened kind), down to the simplest ingredient list of instant tea and maltodextrin.

Sure it's convenient, and you can make one glass at a time, but why not go ahead and brew a small pitcher to keep in the refrigerator? That pitcher never lasts that long around my house anyway.

You can find so many kinds of tea on your supermarket shelves these days, so if you want something a little more exotic, go for it. Just remember cost is not necessarily indicative of quality. Lipton Tea makes a full bodied classic glass of iced tea. I make mine with decaffeinated tea bags, the kids like it too, so I don't feel guilty sharing with them.

For extra flavor you can stir in some simple syrup, or mix 1 cup of defrosted juice concentrate and 1 cup of water, then add to the finished iced tea.

What you'll need:

• 5 Tea Bags
• 1 Quart Cold Water
• Sugar* (optional)
• 1 Quart Ice**, plus extra for serving

*Just a quick note about adding sugar. Like using salt in dessert recipes, salt brings out flavors and keeps baked goods from tasting flat. Sugar in Iced Tea works the same way. Without sugar, the tea will taste flat and bland. Just a couple of tablespoons of sugar brings out the complex flavors of the tea without making it taste sweet. If you like your tea sweet, just add more sugar. I never promote the use of artificial sweeteners, but if sugar is a problem in your household, I would suggest giving Stevia a try.

**It may seem silly to measure the ice, but too much and you'll dilute the brewed tea too much, not enough and the tea will be too strong.

How to Brew:

1.) In a nonreactive saucepan, combine the water and tea bags. Heat over medium-low heat and allow to steep until small bubbles begin to form on the bottom and sides of the pan and the tea looks very steamy. It is very important you never let your water boil, this will made the tea bitter. This will take 10 to 15 minutes. If you want to check your water temperature it should read 190 degrees F.

2.) Remove pan from the heat and allow to steep for a couple minutes longer, no longer than five. Remove and discard the tea bags and pour the tea into your pitcher. Stir in sugar (if using) until fully dissolved, then add the ice, continue stirring until melted. 3.) Pour into glasses filled with ice, and garnish with a slice of lemon if you wish. Tea should be kept covered in your refrigerator, and will be fresh for up to two days. But like I stated before, ours never lasts that long.

Tomatillo Sauce

Welcome to the 2nd installment of Dawn’s, the newest contributing writer of Over Coffee – the green edition, bi weekly yummy and easy to follow recipes. Enjoy!

I'm sure nothing is easier than opening a can of . . . whatever, and heating it up. But in my mind I take a certain amount of satisfaction in the fact that I take the time to make something from scratch that most people would never dream of. Enchilada sauce seems to be one of those foods.
Why, I'm not sure.

There is very little effort and time involved in making green enchilada sauce, or Tomatillo Sauce, it is even less involved than it's more popular red cousin.

So the day that something that came out of a can tastes better than something that came out of my kitchen I'll get off my high horse. But until then, I would like anyone who likes green enchilada sauce to give making it at home a try.

Some people even grow tomatillos in their garden. I understand they are easy to grow, and need very little fussing over.

So for you adventurous types, here is what you'll need:

• 1 lb. Tomatillos, remove husks and rinse
  
• 1 small Onion, peeled and quartered
  
• 1 cup coarsely chopped Cilantro
  
• 2 medium Garlic Cloves, peeled
  
• 1 Serrano or Jalapeno Chili (or to taste), seeded if desired
  
• 1 14oz. can Chicken Broth (or homemade)
  
• Salt, to taste
  
• Juice of 1 Lime
  

Now, just like the Tomato & Basil Salad, this isn't really a recipe. I seem to cook a lot that way, but one day I got tired of purchasing lack luster canned sauce and decided to try making my own. So unfortunately I don't have specific amounts of ingredients. The plus side to that is that this "recipe" is very forgiving and adaptable to individual tastes.

1) In a medium saucepan, place tomatillos, onion, garlic, serrano or jalapeno, half of the cilantro, and the chicken broth. I add half cilantro to cook, and keep the other half after the sauce has cooked for a fresher cilantro flavor. If you don't particularly care for cilantro, cut down on it, or cut it out entirely. Same with the chilis, if you like things spicy, add more, if not add less or be sure to seed them first, that will cut down on their heat.

2) Over medium heat, bring to a simmer, and cook 10 to 15 minutes, until onion is softened and tomatillos have split open. Remove from heat.

3) Add remaining cilantro, and blend sauce. I use my trusty immersion blender, or you can carefully pour the contents of your saucepan into a standard blender and blend. If using a standard blender, I would recommend holding a folded kitchen towel over the lid to ensure protection from the hot contents

4) Season to taste with salt and lime juice.

You should now have a wonderful and fresh tasting Tomatillo Sauce. Great served with tamales, enchiladas, or even chilled as an alternative salsa.

Buon Appetito!

Tomato Basil Salad

Even though I write for a magazine called Blissfully Domestic I am far from domestic, especially in the kitchen. With all the talk of organic gardening and seeing how many of you are going to have yummy fruits and veggies to harvest soon I wanted to give you some ideas on what to do with those harvests. But since I have no idea how to do that I turned to my friend Dawn, who is amazing in the kitchen.

Dawn has kindly agreed to become a contributing writer here at Over Coffee- the green edition. (Yaa!) So starting today, you will be able to find an easy to follow recipe for your fruits, veggies, and everything in between, every other Wednesday.

Welcome Dawn, the newest contributing writer of Over Coffee – the green edition!

Summer to me means many things, but one of my favorite Summer things is Tomato Basil Salad. One of my favorite foods is tomatoes. And I mean real tomatoes, the kind that you grow in your garden, or you're able to buy at your local farmer's market, not the cardboard tasting things they sell at the grocery store. So with Summer just around the corner, I'd like to share a recipe I grew up with and my kids are enjoying growing up with too.

It's not even a "recipe" really, it's too easy for that.

Here's what you'll need:

• Tomatoes
• Basil
• Olive Oil
• Garlic
• Salt and Pepper

1.) Sliced your tomatoes and fan out in a shallow dish. A pie plate works for me.

2.) Thinly slice (chiffonade), your basil leaves, and sprinkle over the tomatoes.

3.) With the flat side of a knife, smash a garlic clove and drop on top of the tomatoes and basil.

4.) Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper to taste.


That's it. You can make this an hour or two in advance. I keep the garlic clove fairly whole to remove easily before serving. Wouldn't want anyone biting into a raw garlic clove.

The longer it sits the more juices will be extracted from the tomatoes, giving a wonderful sauce to dip fresh baked foccacia or ciabatta (we can get to those recipes another time).

Tip: Never put tomatoes in the refrigerator, it kills their flavor.

And if you want to fancy things up, like my husband often accuses me of doing, you can slice some fresh mozzerella and layer between the tomato slices. It's heaven.

Buon Appetito!

Guest Post #4: Trying to be Greener

After 15 years of being a 5th grade, Special Education teacher I became a mother.

I had been a vegetarian for many years and always considered myself a "green girl", but when I became pregnant in the Spring of 2007, I thought a lot about how small amounts of chemicals, whether in food, soap, or a mattress, could affect a little baby. Having a daughter inspired me to research safer soaps, toys, cleaning products, and food which in turn, has helped me to make better choices for myself.

I can't eliminate all hazards but I can try to reduce them.

These changes haven't made a huge impact on the world's pollution or waste but it's still progress. Small substitutions over time can have a big impact on our family's health.

I decided to put all the things I've learned about in the form of a blog last summer because I realized that it would help me organize all the useful sites and blogs I'd been learning about. My feelings were also that perhaps others would find these resources handy as well. A big focus of my blog is showing others how making these changes doesn't have to be difficult or expensive.

It's the only way I feel we'll stick with it!

By spreading the word on what I've learned, perhaps readers will be inspired to want to do the same and make safer choices for ourselves and the environment.


Thank you Kirstin for that great green guest post!

I also met Kirstin through the Green and Clean Mom forum. She provides me with encouraging comments and helpful feedback on my weekly post. She has also introduced me to other eco women who are trying to protect the planet, one small green change at a time.

My Guest Post on Momtrends

April is Green month on Momtrends and I am very honored to be guest posting there. Click on the button below to read my guest post.

Guest Post #3: Green Gigs

First off, Lena - thank you so much for honoring me the request of a post on Over Coffee! I am very happy to be included in your month long celebration of Earth Day and have enjoyed the posts by Sommer and Lisa and as always your posts and tips!

Also, I must thank Lena for making me pause and really consider my “green” factor and the purpose of Green Gigs.

I try to live a “greenish” lifestyle and I blog for many different reasons. However, the short answer to why I try my best to lead an eco-conscious lifestyle and why I blog is the birth of our third son temporarily turned our world upside down. This may seem a bit random, but really, they are connected, stay with me! Our youngest son was born with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), a birth defect that impacts heart and lung formation and function and kills upwards of 50% of babies born with the condition. The cause of CDH is still unknown, but it is largely believed to be genetic disorder and some references to environmental factors have been made as well.

As anyone who is a parent can attest to, when something happens to your child it is natural to blame yourself. I consider myself green by “nature and training” and spent a couple years working as an Environmental Scientist long before I ever had children. So there is that little piece of me that always wonders if something I came in contact with caused the manifestation of my son’s birth defect. As such, I feel strongly that living a green lifestyle is in the best interest of our children and their children as well. Anything I can do today to lessen the environmental impact on future generations, matters.

Our little blue bundle of joy thankfully survived and eventually arrived home from the NICU and, like any newborn would, proceeded to keep me up the better part of the night for the next fifteen months. Add to that his tendency to start the day at 4:00 am and my background as a freelancer and I found myself looking to do something during those pre-dawn hours…welcome Green Gigs!

One of the fundamentals of blogging is to post consistently, and our early mornings certainly allowed me to do that. Now that my son is doing great and sleeps later, I have actually become a less predictable blogger, sorry readers. But from my nights of sleep-deprivation and desire to lessen my footprint, I have hopefully helped others find eco-friendly employment!


Thank you Lori for that very personal guest post! I am glad to hear that your son is doing better.

I met Lori through the Green and Clean Mom forum and we quickly became friends (it still amazes me how I can 'click" with people that I have never met). I think Lori’s blog focuses on a niche whose demand is ever increasing, for many reasons. I definitely agree that she is an up and coming women blogger to watch! I will be proud to say I knew her when.... ;-)

I am really enjoying reading about the different inspirations and stories behind why some of my favorite green bloggers started blogging! I hope you are enjoying it too.

Eating to Save the Earth

I would like to introduce you to a very dear friend of mine who also happens to be a vegetarian. I convinced her to do a guest post and I am glad she agreed! I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. Who knows, we might be hearing more from her in the future….


Since it is earth month and we are all looking for way to lesson
our carbon foot print, lets think twice before eating meat.

Water:

Nearly half the water used on the US is squandered on
animal agriculture. Its used to water crops to feed the
animals, for drinking water and to clean up the filth
in the factory. It take 4000 gallons of water a day to
produce a meat based diet and 300 gallons a day
to produce a vegetarian based diet.

You would save more water by not eating a
pound of beef than not showering for a year!

Beef production alone uses more water than is consumed
in growing the nations entire fruit and vegetable crops.


Land:

There are more than 20 billion head of livestock
more than triple the number of people.

It takes 4.8pounds of grain feed to produce
1 pound of beef for consumption.

Factory farms generate 1.5 billion tons of animal waste.
According to PETA livestock raised for food produces 130
more times the excrement of the human population.


Air:

According to United Nations report Livestock Long Shadow
Raising animals for food generates more greenhouse-gas
emissions than all cars, trucks, ships, and planes
in the world combined!

*If every American skips one meal of meat per week
the carbon dioxide savings would be the same as taking
more than half a million cars off US roads

America spends $110 billion more a year on fast food
than on higher education and on movies, magazines,
newspapers, videos and recorded music combined.


Famous vegetarian's:

• Leonardo da Vinici
• Benjamin Franklin
• Albert Einstein
  

It would take 40 million tons of food to eliminate the
most extreme cases of world hunger yet farm animals
in western countries are fed 540 million tons of food
every year.

What do you say? Are you going to skip the meat?

Guest Post #2: Retro Housewife Goes Green

I’m so honored that Lena wanted me to do a guest blog for her. She is such a sweet person and has come so far in her blog!

My Journey To Be Come “Green.”
I can’t say for sure when it all started. I grew up in an at least somewhat environmentally aware home, more so than most at the time. My mom has always been a bit of a hippy at heart. We recycled, ate mostly natural foods, and things like that. When I was very little (I believe around three years old) my dad went to throw away my baby food jar and I said “no daddy we cycle.”

So I guess I have always been a little green.

But for many years it didn’t go past recycling, semi- natural foods, and picking up litter. Then I started getting sick. I was in a lot of pain, always tired and other weird symptoms. There were a lot of days I couldn’t get out of bed.

It turned out to be Fibromyalgia.

Some believe Fibromyalgia is affected by chemicals. People with Fibromyalgia often have multiple chemical sensitivities as well. So I went on a mission to get rid of all the chemicals in my life.

While I was doing that I watched “An Inconvenient Truth.” It shocked me. I knew things were bad. I knew we should take care of the planet. But living in a small town in Oklahoma I didn’t know what I could other than what I was doing.

Soon after watching I started learning everything I could about the environment. While it scared me it also left me feeling empowered. I felt like I could make a difference.
I wrote about my journey on Myspace but soon everyone seemed to be getting a blog so I thought I would give it a try. While the blog didn’t start about to be about green living it didn’t take long for it to go that way.

In just a few years I went from just recycling to composting, being a member of my recycling coalition, using only reusable bags, and so much more.

It hasn’t been very hard at all. I have taken it one step at a time. I’m still taking steps, I’m sure I will be for the rest of my life. Don’t let yourself get overwhelmed remember every little change makes a difference. Once you take the first step you won’t look back!

Thank you Lisa for that great guest post!
I met Lisa via a comment she made on one of the very first posts I did for Blissfully Domestic.com. Via her comment, I clicked over to her blog and it was love at first read. I immediately recruited her to write for BD and ever since, we have formed a virtual friendship.

Like Lisa, I also believe that each little step we take makes a big difference and makes taker bigger steps easier. Thank you again Lisa for your very informative, pleasing to the eye, and very easy to read blog.

Guest Post 1: Green and Clean Mom

When Lena asked me to guest post I immediately said yes and I’m very honored. Being a guest at anyone’s home or blog is an honor. I say this because my blog is an extension of me and giving someone space to write his or her thoughts in my personal space is something I consider very special and so Lena – thank you.

Who is Green and Clean Mom
I was asked to write about how I started on this green journey and give some helpful tips for any parent who has already set sail, whose thinking of doing more or scared. It sometimes can seem scary and overwhelming. I’ve told my story many times I wonder if I bore people. I hope this doesn’t bore you because I’m pretty much like most moms, just doing their best. I was cleaning with what my mom cleaned with and grandma cleaned with. I recycled half-heartedly, left my car running too often, used unsafe plastic and probably left the lights on when I shouldn’t. I wasn’t lazy I was just careless and not as respectful of the environment as I should have been. I knew there were dangerous chemicals but if products were on the shelf I considered them safe for consumers and my family. I was using glass bottles for my daughter because I was vaguely aware of the BPA issue and I thought it was odd how I got a headache every time I cleaned what else was I supposed to use for dusting and scrubbing the bathroom?

The Birth of Green and Clean Mom
I make myself sound stupid but almost three years ago I didn’t know any better and the “green” safe choices, the blogs and the education about non-toxic products were just coming to the surface. I watched the Earth Day special on Oprah and that was my moment of truth. I literally got rid of all my hazardous products to the point I had nothing in our home to wash the counters with or our bodies. I did too much too soon driving everyone a little batty! I threw myself into research, reading books and talking to friends. It took a few months before I started Green and Clean Mom (April 2007 to September 2007) and I started the blog to find other moms like myself. I didn’t have a lot of support and when I attended a playgroup and mentioned BPA, chemicals or anything that was making a mother feel like she was doing something bad (which was not my intention) I looked like I had a third eye. My local health food store was very “crunchy” and I just wasn’t comfortable there at the time. It just seemed to me that there was no happy medium and thus Green and Clean Mom was started. A place that is intended to be supportive, motivational, encouraging and chalked full of my experiences, research, opinions, ideas and tips.

Earth Friendly Green Eco Tips

1. Start somewhere. Don’t go overboard like I did and drive everyone up a wall and scare yourself silly. Do some research and read a few good books and then decide what you and your family want to accomplish for the week, month or year. It could be carpooling or buying organic milk. Just do something.


2. Involve the family. Whatever you decide to do make it a family decision and effort. Turning off the lights, recycling and saving water is something my family all does together. We remind each other and help one another accomplish these tasks so we are all succeeding together. Sometimes we even challenge one another to do more!


3. Help someone else. If you’ve read a good book or magazine article on going green, tried a new product, found a coupon for organic milk or you are done with the glass bottles – pass the information and stuff onto someone else. You don’t have to preach or judge just share what you know. Others are so much more willing now that “green” is this buzzword and I wish I had that when I first started learning more. Now I try a product and I tell the world but also my loved ones and friends and I share the wealth and let them read the book or try the products.

Sommer Poquette
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Thank you to Sommer for that wonderfully inspirational guest post!
Sommer was the first Green Blogger that I “met” and Green and Clean Mom was the first green blog that I ever read. (How that blog has changed my life.) After reading her blog I joined the Green and Clean Mom forum. This forum has provided me with a platform for meeting other green blogging mommies and for learning about green products and companies. It also inspired me to get involved. I now write a weekly post on the forum and participate in her blog tours. She truly has inspired me! Thank you again Sommer!

In Honor of Earth Day

Earth Day is April 22nd.

For the month of April, in honor of that special day, I am going to be featuring a guest post a week from an eco-blogger that I know and admire. Women, just like you and I, who have made a conscience decision to live a greener healthier more earth friendly lifestyle.

The guest posters are at different stages and phases of going green but they each have an inspirational story to share. The story of how and why they chose to go green and why they started their eco blogs.

I am so excited to be able to share these stories with you. Please join me every Monday in April to read the story behind a fellow green blogger.

Thank you in advance to all the guest posters. I can’t wait to share your posts with my readers!

Inspirational Post

When it comes to being green I am still a very light shade.

As a wife and working/commuting mother of 2, I just don’t have the time or energy to do everything that I want to do, should do, wish I could do. Plus I am still very much in the learning phase of my eco-friendly lifestyle conversion. Maybe that is why I enjoyed watching Beth Terry’s (aka Fake Plastic Fish) video guest post on Retro Housewife Goes Green so much. She actually showed us some of the simple ways she is reducing her waste, specifically her plastic waste. She (and Lisa too) have really inspired me to keep up my own personal campaign of darkening my shade of green. I admit, some days are harder than others but I have to remind myself that every little bit does count.

Watch Beth’s guest post for yourself and let me know if you were as inspired by it as I was.

My guest post on Green Gigs

If you have a few moments check out my guest post on Green Gigs:
Greening a Lifestyle Leads to a Green Career

Green gig is a unique blog that brings green jobs to a central location for people to bid on. It is a great resource for freelance writers like me, who are looking for green writing gigs.

Recently, WE Magazine for Women included her (Green Gigs Girl) among their list of "101 Women Bloggers to Watch for 2009" so you can imagine how honored (and incredibly excited) I was when she asked me to do a guest post on her blog.

Check out my post (Greening a Lifestyle Leads to a Green Career ) and let me know what you think.

I wouldn’t even mind if you left flattering comments on her blog ;-)

Guest Posts

Guest Post 1: Green and Clean Mom

Guest Post #2: Retro Housewife Goes Green

Guest Post #3: Green Gigs

Guest Post #4: Trying to be Greener

My Guest Post on MomTrends

Guest Post on Green Gigs

My featured post on Green and Clean Mom