April, Mother Earth MONTH!

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” ~Native American Proverb

Mother Earth Day is officially April 22nd.  It began in 1970 in the United States and was taken international in 1990, with organized events in 141 nations that year.  It is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network, and is celebrated in more than 175 countries every year.

Since this issue has been forefront in my life for as long as I remember, I feel it necessary to use April as the month to post about all things GREEN:-). There are so many ways to go GREEN, from what you eat, water/electricity usage, what you drive, to what type of businesses you support. It can be a very overwhelming thing to ponder, and with many other concerns in ones life, sometimes the environment takes a back seat. What most don’t realize is, most of the time, saving money and supporting the environment goes hand in hand, but we’ve gotten so used to the ease that modern day technology has given us, we’ve forgotten or never learned how to do things more naturally.

Let me begin by saying that my current foot print on the earth is, in my opinion, very muddy and dark. There was time I was much more “Crunchy” and have been taking strides to get back there again. We will be taking a leap later this year with downsizing. We will be moving back into our other house, we’ve been renting it out for 8 years now. It’s only 900ish sq. ft. We are a family of 4 humans, 8 cats and 2 dogs, so luckily the back yard is good sized, for St. Pete, and there is a separate 200 sq. ft. unit out back as well. We won’t have a dishwasher and will be using our clothes line again, like we did the 2 years we lived there before, when we cloth diapered our new baby, I have pictures:-).

I’m really looking forward to it, the need to get rid of half our furniture to fit in there, less STUFF!

Anyway, this is the first of many posts about going GREEN. I follow many blogs on this topic and I’m excited to share them with you, hopefully they’ll be helpful to your journey in going GREEN too.

Filed Under: Earth LOVE, More LOVE

Tanya

Hello:-) This is where I'm supposed to share with you a little about myself. Ok, here it goes. Born in NY, moved to Florida when I was 4 and grew up just north of Orlando in Altamonte Springs. I met my husband in 1994, knowing without question we were meant to be together forever, we got hitched in late 1996. We had a short jaunt in Las Vegas, NV, with his radio career and we conceived our first baby. This prompted us to return to Florida, landing in St. Petersburg. We've been back in FL for over 10 years now, kids are 10 & 8. My life can be summed up with family, traveling, life science, photography & fur kids. We currently have eight cats and two dogs and live on over 7 acres in Bradenton, a dream! I've combined my lifelong passion of photography & animals into turned them into my dream job in 2008, it's been wonderful & I Love every minute of it. I have a wonderfully supportive husband and two amazing kiddos and we're having a crazy good time together on this journey of ours! Cool beans.