Everybody's going green

It's an ongoing theme these days, people and industries looking for ways to hop on the growing "green" bandwagon. There are alternate forms of energy like ethanol and windmills, hybrid cars, and industries of all sorts trying to tap the boom. These include the car manufacturers, oil companies, Pepsi, Starbucks, Walmart, everyone is trying to look more environmentally savvy and are at least making attempts to stop the waste and emissions. Whether you agree or not, it's a wave that is going to keep gaining over the next few years, and probably many more after that. It's a tough nut. Ethanol is proving to be maybe not the boon it was first thought to be. Simple things like "paper or plastic" are not so simple. If you live near the coasts, plastic wreaks havoc on the wildlife and everywhere it adds mountains of stuff to our already overflowing landfills. I'm sure that in 3007, those plastic bags will still be on earth. They are working on biodegradable plastics, but will they cost more to make, will they take more energy? Paper bags cost much more, but they do eventually break down and can be recycled. So everything has arguments on all sides, and my intent is not to get into what is better or if the green movement is a good thing.

Last night we were talking (we do that a lot), and Becky brought up an interesting point. She said we're doing our own little part for the green movement and have been for years. She said wearing vintage clothing is saving in many ways. The fabrics have been made, the clothing manufactured, often many years ago. Now what we're doing is reusing those items, helping the environment, recycling, and the best part-looking great! There is something about going back to former styles that is just different. No one at the party will have one like it. We tend toward casual, hippie to 80's ourselves, and often get stopped-where did you get that? Man, that's great! It's no wonder retro is big now, because many of those styles really were great. Instead of going to your favorite store and getting a retro style, why not get some real vintage? It looks terrific, you'll have a truly one of a kind look. Start your own trend. Go green your own way. Here's just one shining example: