Better footprints...

There are plenty of sites that tell you how your lifestyle impacts the planet and essentially what you "ecological footprint" is. I went to this website http://www.earthday.net/Footprint/index.asp and tried it out. It turns out that some things I scored really well on but others weren't as good. (My score meant that we needed two planets to sustain my lifestyle! And it was low!) So with that in mind, I rolled out of bed on Sunday, having caught up on some seriously needed sleep and headed to Sunday Ballard Farmers' Market to try and improve our apartment (household) score by buying more locally. We managed to purchase half of our groceries for the week from the farmers market (all local). I've also, proudly, been able to say I've taken the bus a heck of a lot more lately (can attribute some of that to gas and the fact that I need my brakes replaced.)

Better footprints... gotta keep working on that - we all have to keep working on it.