Happy Earth Day!!!

Earth day is one of those holidays that always makes me feel guilty. The guilt increases ten fold because my children come home from school with all sorts of accusations. Last night my little 7 year old "Green" patrol child came home and the following conversation ensued"

Child: "Why don't we have twisty light bulbs?"

Me: " Honey you have to wait until the old ones burn out and then replace them with the twisties."

She wrinkled her nose in disdain and replied: "Well everyone is going to know that we don't have the twisty kind."

Me: "Will they hate you for it?" 

Child: "No because we can go pick up trash on the side of the road, that will be so fun!" 

"Shit." I said under my breath.

Bionic ears responded: "Taylor's Mom doesn't say bad words." 

I imagine that it is sort of the way I made my parents felt when I was young. Back then the message they were bestowing on kids was about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. I would go home and tell my parents about just saying "no" and what happens to eggs when they take drugs...

My parents would always respond by saying that they didn't do drugs. To which I would respond "BEER is A DRUG." My mother would always respond with "Only for people who can't handle it." 

I never really understood what she meant by that until I had my first shot of tequilla and then subsequently broke chair over some one's head.

Any way, what kind of things are you doing to go green? What can we do to help the environment? 

Am I the only one who doesn't compost? What is that anyway?