By Coco Clayman-Cook

With all the talk about recycling, reducing and reusing it's important to remember one of the most essential elements of living green, which is thinking green.  Let's face it we have all gotten used to doing things one way and it's hard to break old habits.  But if we simply start to "think green" it won't be long before we find our selves "living green".  All it takes is asking yourself, "What can I do today to reduce my carbon footprint."  Notice I didn't say "erase my carbon footprint".   If we simply think about what we can do, not what we should do, change can actually happen.

I have a friend who is very successful and very busy.  When I told her about my passion for living green she looked at me like I had sprouted 4 heads.  "I don't have time for that!" she told me.  More importantly, she believed it.  Fast forward two months and my friend was redoing her dining room.  I asked her if there was a way she could use reclaimed materials.  She hooked up with my good friend and brilliant designer Erin Ferucci who helped her to create a fabulous dining room with entirely reclaimed materials.  Her dinning table is amazing, hand crafted from antique beams reclaimed from a barn.  The entire room is unique, gorgeous and "Green".
All because my friend was willing to "think green".

Challenge yourself to think green and see where it leads you!