Green Update

So I'm still not advanced enough to take a screen shot of my footprint, but I have managed to get it from 3.9 earths down to 3.3. The biggest part of my footprint is still electric land, but it has decreased significantly, most likely because I'm now getting 100% Green power, and the increase in local food products probably helped as well. I'd say this decrease is actually a lot more than I expected it to be, sine I didn't change my air travel at all, which I had thought to have the biggest impact on my footprint.

As for continuing with my current behavior, I think most of it will be easy, except buying local produce will be getting increasingly difficult, because obviously, it's winter and theres not a lot growing here. I would love to buy locally frozen fruits and veggies, but I don't know of any. I'm going to do my best to stick to the two state rule, but I will continue to make an exception for peanut butter. I just can't help it. But I am making the effort to buy organic peanut butter, and I'm planning on keeping an eye out for everyday products that come in recycled packaging, and the fair trade seal.

As for my goal of getting my roommates to turn off the lights/waste less water, I'm working on it, and plan to continue, but it's a slow going process. I have gotten them to use the water saver function on the dishwasher, and have turned of the heated dry option.