Nope, I’m not talking about St Patrick’s Day.<\/p>\n
I’m talking about the things we are doing differently than we were a few months or years ago to help the planet.<\/p>\n
I will admit I’m not any kind of eco warrior.\u00a0 \u00a0I eat too many processed foods.\u00a0 I use some paper plates and paper towels.\u00a0 I eat at fast food places more than I should.\u00a0 I see things like reusable feminine hygiene pads or reusable Q tips and my first thought is “gross”!\u00a0 (Yes, those are both real things)<\/p>\n
But on the flip side, I drive a fuel efficient car and maintain it.\u00a0 I have switched to silicone drinking straws.\u00a0 I use laundry pods and wash dark color laundry in cold water.\u00a0 \u00a0I watch full loads instead of half loads.\u00a0 I don’t own a dishwasher.\u00a0 We have used cloth napkins in our home for many years.\u00a0 \u00a0I’m trying to get better cooking at home thanks to my Instant Pot.\u00a0 I buy larger containers of non-perishable items to cut down on waste.<\/p>\n
If we all do a few little things it adds up to a big thing.\u00a0 So, what are the little (or not so little) things you do for the planet?\u00a0 Let’s all share our ideas and all get better together!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nope, I’m not talking about St Patrick’s Day. I’m talking about the things we are doing differently than we were a few months or years ago to help the planet. I will admit I’m not any kind of eco warrior.\u00a0 \u00a0I eat too many processed foods.\u00a0 I use some paper plates and paper towels.\u00a0 I eat at fast food places… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice","category-issues"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Earth.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}