Green Up
Olivia enjoying the view: Dada's sago's and strawberriesWe live in a big city.
Let me elaborate.
We live in a big city in China.
As a vegan, 'hippie' at heart, married to a farmers son (neither vegan or hippie!), a big city is not where we belong.
But for the time being we are here and with an important purpose, so we are doing our best to stay green where it may seem most challenging;
A big city in China.
Before baby arrived, we vowed to make smarter purchases. Albeit, often more expensive, but in these cases, less is truly more; a few cloth diapers, wooden or fabric toys, some organic produce...
Books are priceless purchases and we buy them without working them into a budget. The family Green Thumb (hint: it's not me!) is building a beautiful balcony garden. With some imagination, we have even made some cool things in lieu of buying the market version (full-sized tee pee, wooden play kitchen, canvas art, felt food...)
Our biggest dilemma in the 'going greener' department comes with the fast-approaching date of baby's first birthday & Christmas close behind; avoiding gift overload. Great we want to be greener, but how do we get Grandma to take this seriously? How do we implement a 'book or best wishes only' rule, to actually be followed?