Reflecting now on our first couple of months with a new focus on recycling…many wonderful things have happened. The first is that we are saving money. Not only are we using less trash bags (thus causing less trash in the dumpster), we are also putting more effort into what we buy. Some items that we have less or no longer purchase: pop (cans), paper towel, etc.
This new focus has also helped our family with our health. We are drinking more water and buying less pre packaged food that will cause excess garbage. Much of our waste food is fed to the cats that hang around our farm.
Another aspect that has changed is dish washing. While we use our dishwasher quite often, we are trying to hand wash more often in order to lessen the energy and water used by the dishwasher.
This has been a fabulous experience that we are just happy that we have finally directed our attention to. Is it easier to do things the old way? Perhaps, but once in a routine our new sense of doing things a better way has become second nature in some ways.
I just wish we had started this earlier as we have worked diligently to improve our farm so that we may share it with others in future ministries. Yet, we had not done everything we could have been doing to improve not only the land and water on our farm, but everywhere our garbage is sent.
I continue to dwell on an idea that was shared by a colleague at Shalom Hill— that not only do we leave a carbon imprint, but a Christian imprint as well. It seems that earth care falls under both categories.
Peace!
Earth Care part II
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