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Intro

Hi ladies!

I've been over on the bump EFF board, but I feel like the only one over there without kids (recently had a m/c), so I thought I'd jump over here instead!  

DH and I have been trying really hard to be green and EF ever since we started thinking about TTC last spring, although I was raised pretty EF, so I'm used to it.  DH was raised the opposite way, and it's been quite a challenge for him, but we're getting there.

Excited to chat with you ladies!




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Re: Intro

  • Sorry to hear of your loss, but welcome to the board! I'm working on my DH, too - I think that's pretty common. : )

    Folks are great around here, and there are lots of good ideas, so we're glad to have you!

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  • Hello and welcome!  As far as getting your DH on board with being green, I found the key is baby steps.  I start one green initiative at a time, let's say recycling because we did that first, and do it myself for awhile, then he picks up on it, once we're both doing it for awhile I move on to the next one.  For recycling, I started rinsing the recyclables and leaving them on the counter to dry.  DH would ask what's going on, I would tell him I'm recycling and show him the picture on the side of the bin of what could be recycled and what couldn't.  After a few weeks of him seeing me pulling recyclable items out of the trash after he chucked them, he started placing them on the counter, where I would rinse them and put them in the bin.  Then he started rinsing them himself, and now he's doing the whole shebang.

     

    I did the same process with removing paper towels.  We used to go through 2 rolls a week, now it's 1 every other month (we only really use them for pet messes now).  I bought some rags, and started using them for wiping up messes and cleaning instead of PT.  I also hid the PT roll, which keep DH from grabbing it the way he always had.  After awhile, he started using the rags and now we have a whole system of these rags are used for this, and these rags are used for that.  I did the same process for composting, and we started gardening together.

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