Dirty Thoughts

It had to be done.

Arley: Honestly, this has been one of the easier parts of the project.  I think most people recycle when its most convenient for them, and I was definitely one of those people before this project started.  So it wasn't the biggest life-altering aspect of what we're doing.  Its soooooo easy not to throw paper in the trash, or when I'm cooking to just throw away the parts I'm not using out of vegetables.  Recycling/composting is always right next our trash and composting.  The trickiest part has been packaging-which we've been able to avoid in a big way because we're shopping at the market! We buy a lot of fresh food, so its easy to avoid the packaging that processed food comes in.  Recycling and composting makes easy-breezy sense. It surprises me how many people don't do it! (13,000 pieces of individual paper are thrown away per year in an average American household, instead of being recycled. Yikes.)  Just doooo it people.  Plus, recycling and composting your waste is cheaper on your bills. So there's affordability in the Indian Summer! Holler.

Sarah: There's a reason there are so many triple R phrases, songs, and movements. Reducing, reusing, and recycling are awesome. Like we mentioned before we cut our trash in (less than) half at our house of twelve girls by recycling and composting. Arley and I have made very little trash. And let me just tell you, it feels pretty good. Composting is cool too. It makes sense. I can't believe I never did it before. I mean, you have nutrient rich waste that can be composted for better soil for gardening or whatever your needs. I just challenge any of you to really gage how much you are throwing away in any given day. Then figure out the week. And then the year. And then your life so far. That's probably a lot of trash. And it will probably be good for you to think about it. What if you could cut it in half or even more? What if everyone did that? Call me a dreamer, but hey it could be so amazing. Speaking of challenges...

GET READY FOR OUR INDIAN SUMMER CHALLENGE starting this Saturday (yes perfectly in line with the farmer's market for your convenience) where you can pledge to live a more mindful "Indian Summer"- style lifestyle for a week. You can pick one thing, a couple things, or do the whole she-bang that we are doing to come along with us! We will post more details and a facebook event to make it official very soon.