Ok ..so its 2013 January and how have I been doing in living sustainably? Not too bad I would say :) I live in Bangalore now amongst relatively enviornment conscious people.I live in one of those plush apartments with swimming pool and power back up. Minus points for that!I loved the times when some hours of darkness did so much good to us. The candle light dinner, time to tune into radio, just sit and do nothing for once!!! Now how can that go with our fast paced lives? So I do live away from office for want of a social life and take the bus everyday to work. I have a composter at home so all my wet waste is taken care of..The next time I am covering my nose coz the garbage van stinks I am going to be like,thank god my waste is not in that! Ya dry waste is..But it does'nt stink. I hardly eat out..cook myself for the most part. I carry cloth bags around, I encourage office folks to do the same. I ensured there was segregation of waste at source in office. Recycling of most of the dry waste.I notice my bin is always filled with packaging waste! So I ve been trying to minimise buying certain items. I ve saved all my shampoo / conditioner/ body lotion and other bottles to recycle. You must see a picture of that to believe how much one girl in this generationcan contribute to waste. Stopped using body wash and opt for hand made soaps instead. Check my next blog for details. Making body lotion at home is the next venture :) Cant wait to begin that....
