tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197250410230307517.post-50325496342961593222008-03-24T07:03:00.001-06:002008-03-24T08:16:42.137-06:002008-03-24T08:16:42.137-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_T_y9lbL0KfE/R-Nb5_UROhI/AAAAAAAAD_8/Q-GQCcf4r5E/s1600-h/bb996b69-b7e1-4406-972a-bb23000ef2cc_4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_T_y9lbL0KfE/R-Nb5_UROhI/AAAAAAAAD_8/Q-GQCcf4r5E/s320/bb996b69-b7e1-4406-972a-bb23000ef2cc_4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180085048213322258" border="0" /></a><br />If an eco-friendly lifestyle seems overwhelming perhaps reading through these <a href="http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/energy-environment-2007/environmental_myths_a3.asp?caret=3a">1</a><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/energy-environment-2007/environmental_myths_a3.asp?caret=3a">0 myths about green living</a>, might make it easier to sort through.<div><br /><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Myth No. 1: Small changes don't matter.</span></div><div> </div><div>One of your biggest weapons in the green movement is your own wallet. Recent numbers demonstrate that a few smarter buying decisions translate to big changes in the planet. One that's fairly easy: When you buy household paper goods (like paper towels, napkins, toilet paper and copy paper), look for products that use high percentages of recycled or post-consumer waste.</div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div>If everyone in the country elected to buy one package of 100 percent recycled napkins instead of the non-recycled variety, that act alone would save 1 million trees.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Myth No. 6: Eco-friendly grocery options are expensive.</span><br /><br />Not every green choice has to cost you extra green. Buying local grown produce is a good example. The average food item travels 1,500 miles to 2,500 miles to get to your store shelves, according to the Natural Resources Defense council. Locally grown produce -- usually grown within 200 miles -- saves all those transportation and fuel costs, along with tons of carbon. For that reason they are often less expensive and -- because they typically get to ripen longer -- tastier, too. What's more, many smaller local growers don't use pesticides, herbicides or artificial ripening agents, keeping petrochemicals out of the soil and reducing crude-oil usage even more.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">View entire list </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/energy-environment-2007/environmental_myths_a3.asp?caret=3a">here</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span><br /></div><div> </div></div>brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06856125251682676811noreply@blogger.com1