I’ve been in those dorms before! 😀

I bring shopping bags to the grocery store, too! Other than that…I can’t really think of much else, besides buying local produce.

Ummmmm your dorm rooms were amazing?!? That’s crazy, but I’m sure there were fun times 😉

When I moved into a new place with new roommates, they didn’t recycle! I bought a recycling bin and take it out every week

I watched Food, Inc a couple of weeks ago and since then I haven’t really been able to stomach meat. I haven’t eaten it for a couple of weeks now and have been eating a lot of beans, eggs, and a little bit of tofu to get protein in. Right now I couldn’t do the vegan thing because I eat a lot of eggs and I just LOVE cheese too much!

I am very good at recycling at home and work, but for some reason the grocery bag thing is tough for me. I’m really trying though!

Husband and I ALWAYS forget our shopping bags! But we are doing much better lately. I really hate when we forget, and we end up repacking everything because the store clerks will only put two or three things in one bag! I don’t want to use a plastic bag unless it is Full-Full-Full! I also really don’t understand why they bag milk?!? It already has a handle! Ha ha!

Other than that, we’ve drastically cut back on meats because of the pollution of factory farms, and we’re really conscious about reading labels and trying to buy sustainably. Every little bit counts!

I live in Toronto and our grocery store charge anywhere from 5-10 cents per bag…. Pretty much every shopper brings cloth bags from home. Or every store sells nice cloth bags for a buck! Also, we have a really great city funded program Which I believe is spreading throughout Ontario and the Coubtry. We not only have blue bins for recycle but we also have green bins for things like table scraps produce peels, Kleenex….. You’re only allowed 1 bag of garbage per household regardless of how many people livein your house. Between the green bin and recycle box my husbns and I fill a quaternary to half a bag a week:).

i’d say the fact that i gave up meat for lent is the most recent thing i’ve done…but i do try to remember clothe bags at the store, or just shove it all in one paper one rather than a hundred plastic ones!

thanks for the sweet comment on my guest post! it made my evening 😉

We try to buy organic wherever we can….which works for us (shame about the cost though!)
Hope Maggie is feeling better soon 🙁

i unfortunately did not enjoy my time in the dorms… but i know many people who love them!

That wrap looks amazing! I always try to bring reusable bags to the store and we use our ac and/or heat as little as possible (even in Buffalo winters!).

I lived in Holland Hall the one year I went to Pitt (2000-01). All girls wasn’t super fun!! lol

I definitely bring my own bags when shopping– you get dirty looks out here in California if you don’t! 😉

I also try to buy organic and local (if it’s affordable). I just watched the movie “Food, Inc.” last night, and it has totally inspired me to try eating seasonally, too!! I think shopping at a Farmer’s market would help me with that goal, so that’s next on the to-do list!

I lived at home when I was in university so I never got the dorm experience. I LOVED living at home though so I don’t think I missed much

We try and remember our fabric grocery and produce bags when ever we go to the store. Its such a good way to save on plastic.
We’ve also started buying a lot more organic.
I recycle all our cans and bottles and as much paper and cardboard as possible.

We’re trying to be good about taking bags to the store as well but I keep forgetting! Arg.
The husband and I also made a pact last year to buy all-organic produce and all-organic and free range animal products too. It’s tough sometimes with certain items but we feel good about it.

We compost! With recycling and composting, our trash seems so minimal.
I actually received an indoor composter as my anniversary gift last year (I was super excited about it). We were renting at the time, so we didn’t have a yard. Now we have tons of outdoor space and I can’t wait to get a garden started this spring!

I had a two egg sandwich for lunch!

I’m really into recycling all my own bags at the store now too, and I always recycle cans, paper, glass etc etc 😀 and I’ve started eating vegetarian a few more days a week which I think helps!
Plus my car is tiny 😛

I am actually a pretty eco-friendly girl. I am just into that kind of thing, always have been. When I was young, before recycling trucks came to your house, my mom packed up the recycling once per week and took it to the local school. So, being green was kind of ingrained into my brain.

I think maybe I will write a post on going green soon. Thanks for the idea 😀

Oh Caitlin, you remind me of me 🙂 I feel similar about eggs and cheese – in some ways I want to give them up, but in other ways I don’t. I just try to pick the best I can, organic, free range, vegetarian fed. You also remind me of me because you said you can’t get into the strength training challenge! I want to get into it, but cardio is so much more fun 🙂

that wrap looks delicious! i’m going to have to buy me some of those tortillas!
i will leave my reusable shopping bags in my car to remind me to take them in the store with me. a few days ago i brought one with me but was distracted by getting out my coupons and debit card that i forgot to give them the bag 🙂

As a reporter, I tend to have lots of print outs that I use once or twice and then throw out (recycled though). I decided to do even better and now use the other side to take notes on.

We eat 85% organic everythng at home, but i am a major foodie so we like to go out a ton too. My small change was that we only order meat at places that offer local, organic beef, chicken or fresh caught fish. If it isn’t on the menu we order something vegetarian. We have both actually been vegan and veggie, so we have some ethics 😉 A year ago, i would have ordered that burger regardless after a few beers, but today the ethics come first!