Dressing Green

Apparently I'm on a roll today. Enjoy it while you can.

I was reading a blog by a fellow raw foodist. (I'm a raw foodist for a now) And she was saying that she bought some clothes that were made of hemp and that she felt wonderful and was never going to wear non-green clothes again. That got me to thinking.

Years ago, I made the conscious (pun intended) decision to stop wearing synthetic fibers. I slowly converted my wardrobe to all cot ten, rayon, silk or anything natural. I would wear hemp, but I work a square job. I'm already partially hippie, I ain't trying to become a full fledged homeless hippie. I was curious to what she wears regularly.

I stopped wearing synthetic fibers years ago because they screw with my skin. My skin can't breath like it needs too. Also I noticed the cleaner my diet was, the less tolerant I am to synthetic fibers. So why not just give them the boot? My wardrobe is now about 90% natural. Bras are made with polyester; and I can't go bra less. Ain't that much of a hippie.

I'm a big thrift store shopper, too. I learned years ago that folks think me affluent. So I can wear knock offs and people will think they are legit. In the end isn't the goal you being cool with it and folks not aggravating you?

Then I make about 1/2 my clothes. This is how I get to be so picky about what they are made of. I think my closet is very environmentally conscious.

So what do y'all do? Do you give thought to the chemical composition of the garments that adorn your back?



Peace

Toilet Paper?

know I said I was gonna do better with this blog, And this is me doing better. I can't always think of more ways to be crunchy. And the people in my cipher are so clueless, just to get them to do the basics is hard. So I post when something hits me. Today something did.

I saw an add for recycled toilet paper. That's nasty. Do the manufactures know where toilet paper goes? Do we know where the paper is coming from? I assume it's not other toilet paper because other toilet paper gets destroyed through the flushing process. I know I advocate greeness but I cannot say that I start wiping with used toilet paper. I use single ply. It's cheaper and uses less paper.

I think of my parents' stories of using an outhouse and wiping their asses with pieces of the Sears-Roebuck catalog. Toilet paper in the 40's was a luxury. SMH. But at least they were recycling and reusing. I wonder what happened when they ran out of catalogs?

Are y'all willing to use used toilet paper to save the environment?


Peace