For me it starts in my home with my family using safer products, avoiding plastic, eating healthier foods, not choosing pesticides, etc. I feel this does impact the bigger picture and helps the environment as well as contributes to healthier children.
One thing I make an effort to avoid is bottled water. Besides the fact that it is a waste of money it is a waste of resources from packaging to shipping and if you head to Fake Plastic Fish, she’ll tell you even more about this! I’m not perfect on the plastic front but the water is also packaged in plastic which could leak chemicals so I’d rather go with a BPA free or stainless steel water bottle and have my water tested for lead.
For those of you that think that bottle watered is safe you might want to do some reading about the 23 recalls on bottled water since 2002 and that the FDA and EPA have different standards for testing water and water quality (the FDA regulates bottled water). A recent report by the government found that most bottled water companies do not reveal where they are getting the water and how the water is treated – that is scary!
Read more from Sommer P. at her blog, Green and Clean Mom, where she writes about how going green is sexy, sassy and fun. Sommer is a social networking and marketing consultant and passionate mother and teacher. Find her on twitter as @greenmom
