My First "Green" Mama Meeting

A couple weeks ago I learned that the town I live in has a "green moms" group (http://www.medfieldgreenmoms.org/). It was organized about 6 months ago by a small group of mamas who wanted to go green and be able to support and educate one another through this process. I was SO thriled to hear about it and joined the group last week. Tonight was my first meeting.

I found the group to be very welcoming, non-judgemental, and a mix of mamas at different places of the going green process. This was reassuring to me because although I feel proud of the few things I have done to be more green, I'm far from reaching green nirvana. And I didn't want to be judged because I'm not a vegetarian or driving the Toyota Prius or composting (yet). I didn't feel judged at all and I have to say that I was really happy to be among a group of other mamas really wanting to make things better for themselves and their families.

The topic for this evening's meeting was Climate Change and the guest speaker was Dan Ruben from Green Decade of Newton. He presented briefly on the overall climate change crisis and how it is related to energy use and global warming. This topic always overwhelms me. I felt similar to the way I felt when I saw "An Inconevnient Truth" - sad and defeated...but also informed, fascinated and empowered.

He went into further detail about how to "put your house in order." A great list of "to dos" to follow when considering how to live a more eco-friendly lifestyle. I found it really helpful and affirming. I realized we have done many of the items on this list. But I also found that there are many more ways we can make our home more eco-friendly.

Overall, I enjoyed the meeting. I'm really excited about this group and look forward to learning more about being green and meeting more green mamas. I'm very tired now (as you can probably tell by the writing of this entry) so I'm off to bed. Ciao for now.