Greener Every Day Month

30th November is Buy Nothing Day, a good opportunity for me to take stock of all the things I buy that I don't need. On that day, I plan to review my shopping list and perhaps reduce it a little.

The Green Parent celebrates the day with a Buy Nothing Month, very laudable but a challenge too far for me this year! Still, I am inspired to make a real effort and I will be doing something green every day this month. Call it my Greener Every Day Month.

I'm already on catch up as it's 4th November and I only read about the Buy Nothing thing today. Happily, I have been seriously decluttering my bedroom to make room for baby's cot and it meant moving the fabric mountain leaning precariously against the craft/fabric/linen drawers (2 very tall towers of them!). This evening, 2 large bin liners of fabric were collected by a fellow Freegler (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fenlandfreegle/) and I have offered a box of cross stitch supplies. I also passed on a ginormous box of clothes that my little boy had outgrown, that was yesterday. So that must add up to 3 days worth of greener, surely? And as it's only 9.25pm, I have a bit more time to do today!

PAUSE

The pause was for me to turn the thermostat down on the heating, doing my green deed for today. (And I will keep it turned down, too.)

Isn't it amazing how so many green things also make financial sense? One of the best ideas I've come across is the idea of an eco sabbath, a period of time (afternoon, day, whatever) where you buy nothing and use nothing - no machines, no cooking, no using resources. I might put that in my diary for later this month.

And in case you were wondering, yes, I did feel a small pang watching that fabric disappear out of my door! I was brutal in my cull and I arranged for a speedy collection so that I didn't rummage in the bags again 'just to be sure'. So, feeling a little sad, but the joy of all that space to keep my recycled and organic fabrics neatly arranged and immediately accessible more than makes up for it.