Wellness #41: Part 1 Going Green

I looked at all three energy calculator sites, and found the Yahoo! Green to be the quickest and least daunting. http://green.yahoo.com/calculator The National Wildlife Federation wanted me to take a "Good Neighbor Pledge" and send them money. Sorry, not gonna happen. I can still be a good neighbor. The Green Team site had lots of questions, and really more information than I was interested in. I recycle at home our paper, plastic, cans and aluminum. Our homeowners association pays to have them come and pick it up. If not for that it would be harder for me to recycle. I'm not even sure where I would take the stuff. ?? On the Yahoo! Green site my score was 8.2 CO2/yr. Home: 4.9 / Road: 2.7 / and Air: 0.6. On the years I fly to Guam, however, my score for air goes up to 8.4. How else am I suppose to get to Guam? Take a slow boat?? That still uses fuel.
I noticed in the USA Today dated Friday, Oct. 3 that car rental places are offering possible carbon offset credits of $2 - $6 per rental. (Avis, Budget, and Thrifty, to name a few)
http://www.vroomvroomvroom.com/ For those looking for a grand adventure this other site was named in the newspaper article. http://www.wholetravel.com/beta

Very interesting about the pesticides on fruits and vegetables. I try and buy organic when I can, especially apples. I didn't realize that peaches and nectarines were the worse! And who would've thought about celery being contaminated? http://www.foodnews.org/methodology.php
There used to be a farmer's market close by, but now it's moved, and I haven't been to it.
http://www.localharvest.org/farmers-markets/M19290 It sounds great, even though it got mixed reviews. Maybe I'll check it out. The grocery stores in the area carry a lot of organic foods now. It makes it easier then going to the farmer's market, however I think we should try and support local growers. My husband had a garden a few years back that was great. We didn't use any pesticides and had a bumper crop of green beans, zucchini, yellow squash, bell peppers, and corn. It was a lot of work for him, and perhaps when we retire we will give it another go. We do still grow herbs.