Going Green-2013 Theme

So it has recently come to my attention that "Green" is really the theme for me in 2013.

• Eating green...enjoying green smoothies and juices 

• Looking after my green (money) with Dave Ramsey's financial peace university

• Greening the grid...through Viridian an affordable green energy supplier 

At the end of last year I watched the movie fat, sick and nearly dead.  I loved Joe Cross' humor and how down to earth he came across in the movie and really took to heart his message of food is our medicine. This started my journey into juicing which quickly turned into a love for plantpower (aka plant based nutrition) and all things natural and healthy.

Somehow this really got me thinking about the things that I am passionate about (outside of my religion and family) and I had to chuckle because they all had one thing in common....GREEN!

So here I am to share my passions with you!

Most recently I had the pleasure of volunteering alongside my fellow Independent Viridian associates at Pennington Park.

This was an eye opening experience to see how modern life is having an impact on our local ecosystem. We were informed that birds in the area are now starting to make there nests from bits of plastic as there is so much of it in there habitats. It was great to be able to do what we could in our time there but there was still so much more to be done.  With other local volunteers we were able to collect 2.5 tons (5,020 lbs) of litter and debris from along the shoreline of the Rancocas Creek. This included 17 tires, 22 barrels, and various bottles, cans and Styrofoam packaging. Here are a few photo's from my day.

This is what we were finding in the creek bed.

The dumpster! Yes, the barrels were pulled from the creek too!

One of the many hauls to that were taken to the dumpster

Trash bags filled with plastic bottles, food packaging and misc debris

Did I mention it started snowing when we were cleaning up!