Thoughts on Big Green Purse

The book, Big Green Purse by Diane MacEachern provides great resources for anyone who spends money. That's you and me, right? I love the title of her book: Big Green Purse: Use Your Spending Power to Create a Cleaner, Greener World. She states that "women spend eighty-five cents of every dollar in the marketplace". Women have tremendous buying power, and what we do and don't buy sends powerful messages to manufacturers. The Big Green Purse lists countless resources, from researching/buying furniture, clothing, food, cleaning supplies, cars, cosmetics and more!

The format of the book makes it easy, and fun to read, with icons and quick tips indicating "thumbs up" or "thumbs down", along with "ecocheap" and "green at work".

Check out Big Green Purse. She invites us all to make a pledge to shift $1000 of our annual spending on green products. To make your pledge go to www.biggreenpurse.com. I did.

With my major kitchen remodeling project that was just completed (well...almost completed), I used a counter-top product called Richlite, which is made from recycled paper and resin. I also installed a cork floor, and another counter-top made of bamboo. It's a start.

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Still not working for $$$

Today was day 22 of being unemployed. Is there any significance to that number? I don't think so...I might find out later. I'm amazed every day at how much time it takes to actually be unemployed. How did I get anything done when I was employed? How did I spend my time? Do our activities expand to fill our free time? I feel busier than ever...Is this vacation time?

The kitchen project is moving right along. I've very happy with my green building choices...Richlite countertop, cork floor, and bamboo countertop. I love the way they look. The folks at Straw, Sticks and Bricks have been great to work with. Kudos to Jen, Josh and Teri for their great advise and patience. I'm still putting the oil on the bamboo countertop, and I'm very careful about not setting anything on it yet.

The painting is finished. Now, I just have to wait for the backsplash tiles to arrive... (then, do I learn to tile?) I think so.

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Earn some money while you're "unemployed"!