I like the color green. It's the color of the trees when they're in full bloom, our lawn when there's no water shortage, the name of the place I try to hit my golf ball in one or two shots every time and, last but not least - it's the color of money. It signifies life and living. Being green, to me, signifies being ill since I was a kid (she turned green in the face - not good). Now with everything under the sun being labeled "green" - it's taking on a whole new meaning and life of it's own. So that I now find myself and my lifestyle as "green" is purely an accident.
We've been composting forever simply because it was a good place to put excess grass clippings and old fruits and vegetables. I have been adding coffee grounds and egg shells since I did read that was good for the pile. It's in the very back of our yard and we use it when planting our garden. Oh, by the way, I guess we're "organic", too because we only use bunny drops and compost for our vegetable/herb garden. And we have a vegetable/herb garden. AND we recapture water when it rains in what little buckets/vessels we can to water the gardens.
I'm pretty thrifty (i.e. cheap) when it comes to other things around the house. For my Real Estate paper work I use the back and front of all paper and I recycle because we have a free recycle bin (we also recycle aluminum, glass and plastic). Any sensitive documents I've always shredded and re-used as bunny bedding. Schools are always having paper drives, too, so we've sent newspapers there for years to support the schools.
As for the gas guzzling vehicle, I have one of those that I can't live without. It's literally my office. But we have a sporty little red '89 Daytona that gets a kazillion miles to the gallon and has no air. We usually park it for the winter but with gas hitting $3.45 this week, I bet we'll be getting it out in a hurry. It holds golf clubs and open house signs quite comfortably.
My lifestyle, I guess you could say is "green". I've just always considered it being resourceful.
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