Happy New Years! Welcome to 2010!

It's that time of year...time to make those New Years Resolutions. I'm not going to lie, I did not stick to last years resolutions very well. I made an effort not to use paper or plastic bags at the grocery store. The whole idea of flossing...well I can't even say I made a good effort at that one. This year I have something in store for all of you readers out there. I am going on a year long challenge and....well if you want you are more than welcome to come along for the ride!

I recently read a book, Sleeping Naked Is Green, in which the writer makes an eco-friendly or green change every single day for an entire year! That is 365 green changes! Now now - I'm not that crazy.



The woman who wrote the book ended up selling her car and unplugging her refrigerator! There is no way that I have the time or the energy to make that many changes.

My plan is to go for 52 green changes, that is one per week. This I feel is much more manageable and it gives me a full week to get used to each new green change that I make and hopefully semi-solidify it into a new habit. When it comes to carbon consumption I am a real fatty -we're talking nearly 15 carbon tonnes per year. I calculated this from carbonfootprint.com and carbonfund.org
I have started working on my green changes list for a little while now to start preparing myself for the year. And I will tell you right now some changes are going to be really easy and others not so much. My goal by the end of the year is to at least attempted having a compost bin and to go on a carb(on) diet with the ultimate goal of decreasing my weight to less than 10 tonnes.

My mother thinks I'm crazy, but her and Dad make eco-friendly changes on my behalf (thank you) and we'll see if Sief and I survive the year.
When I told him that there were going to be some green changes coming around when I got back to Hershey he informed me that, "I'm not wiping my ass with a towel and then washing it!"

Every Sunday will be the day that I post my change for the week. So...get ready this Sunday will be the first change!

It shall be an interesting year! 2010 holds lots of excitement: green challenge, graduation from medical school (woo woo!!!), and moving (location To be Determined - we'll find out March 18th!