A handy reminder about keeping your spending green

When I’m doing a lot of entertaining, like at that date of year, I can get a little sloppy in my shopping. Things I usually stay away from, like Ruffles and Diet Coke, somehow invent it into my grocery cart. Not to mention the charcoal lighter fluid that I nearly bought before green heads prevailed!

Over at iVillage I just read a great list of seven things to think about when making a purchase. It’s all data you know — and things we talk about all the moment here — but it helped me to see it again all in one place. The essay is

an excerpt from Big Green Purse, by Diane MacEachern, which Patricia reviewed a few months ago.

1. Buy less
2. Read the label
3. Support sustainability
4. Look for third party verification
5. Choose fewer ingredients
6. Pick less packaging
7. Buy local

Yes, every loner one of those is a no brainer, but it’s good to be reminded that every time you take out cash, credit cards or a checkbook, your decision can have a good or poor impact on the world around you. After all, the environment never gets a holiday from us.

[Source] Cat Lincoln

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