Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Going Green--Walking the Walk

Well, I've been wanting to do my part to cut back on my gas consumption, for lots of reasons. I think we need to take better care of the world around us, but I also want to save money. We live ridiculously close to our library and I've always been too afraid to walk to it. (Dogs--don't like them, I'm scared of them.) But I did it today. I walked the kids to story time and back. It was a nice twenty minute walk each way. I feel great. I conquered a fear, got the kids outside, and saved some money.

Rob and I actually dream of owning a greenish house. We want solar panels, a tankless water heater, and those cool windows with the gas inside of them. We wouldn't say no to heating and cooling alternatives either. But we would need a bit more money to make that happen.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Yay! Good for you!
My main excuse is no sidewalks in our neighborhood. But we try to live simply in other ways.