My New Year's Resolutions For Creating a More Sustainable Lifestyle

1. Ride my bike more/ use my car less. My oldest child's school is only 1.5 miles from our house. When school began, we rode our bikes every day. Full disclosure leads me to tell you that at this point I am trying to ride the bike at least 50% of the time. The typical excuses abound... we are running late, the kids are whining, I am freezing (I am seriously not equipped for cold weather, so I am a wimp when the air temp dips below 50 degrees). But then I have to slouch down in the car as we ride past all of my neighbors who are happily biking with their kids. A few have "green" motivations for being on the bike, but mostly they just love being outdoors with their kids, getting some exercise.
   
2. Create a Spring and Summer garden. I have wonderful memories of my parents sending me out to the garden to gather vegetables for our supper most summer evenings. I have killed more tomato plants than I care to mention and have never ventured beyond container plants. Surely I can aspire to more! We have been working on our composted soil for almost a year and I feel ready to try this. Any suggestions for veggies (middle eastern coastal area)?


3. Spend more time with friends and family. I really think there is a connection between this resolution and creating a more sustainable lifestyle. Life balance and focus on basics rather than "flash" allows us to break out of bad habits of old.

Do you agree? Do you have any to share?

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