And yet, not a drop to drink.

I’m speaking, of course, about the whole plastic water bottle/Number 7 plastic/BPA additive/no throwing away without recycling disaster. I’m a huge advocate of drinking lots and lots of water, and, until last week, we had scads of reuseable water bottles filled and chilled, ready to grab and go on our way to various activities. I don’t like to buy the single use bottles - I’m cheap and we have a water filter, so why waste my money?

When I read the recall of Nalgene water bottles with a 7 in the recycling triangle on the bottom - and, in reality, 3 and 6 aren’t really any better - part of me wanted to stick my head in the sand and sing, “Lalala!!” I’m a parent, though, and I don’t have that luxury. When I checked our bottles, many of them were 7. Out they went. I replaced them with SIGG bottles. I dumped sippy cups and plastic bowls, anything with the dreaded numbers. But I wondered if there was still more that I could be doing. surfing around, I found a lot of information on a great site called The Nest - Baby. A community offshoot of The Nest (which runs off of The Knot) containing blogs, boards, and information on topics ranging from infertility to diaper rash, I found many things that peeked my interest. In particular, an article about living as a green couple caught my eye.

I do what I can to keep my family safe and healthy, at the same time trying to help improve the environment. I don’t use plastic bags at the grocery, I turn off water and lights, reduce my gasoline consumption, and try, as much as possible to reduce my carbon footprint in general. Listing and trading on Zwaggle goes a long way to help with that.

Reduce, reuse, recycle. Do your share. Be ecologically responsible. It’s not that hard, and think what the payoff will be - a healthier planet, healthier children, and more money for you. What’s wrong with that?