Are you Green? #GreenHousewives

by Claudya Martinez on February 4, 2013

Truthfully, I don’t consider myself the “greenest” of the green, but I’m definitely a shade of green. I recycle, use eco-friendly cleaners, carry reusable bags, consider my impact on the environment. I am green, but I am not perfect. I don’t always (like I fail at this one all the time) compost, I use way too many paper towels, I shower longer than I should, I use disposable diapers and wipes, and I’m sure I commit all sorts of other non-greenisms (yes, I coined a term) on my particular green journey, but I’m fine with it because I know that doing some good is better than doing no good at all. I also know that not one single one of us is perfect. Are you green?

A recent study found that some women feel the pressure to be green is stronger than the pressure to be thin and that many feel judged when they commit “eco-violations”. Check out the following infographic…

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Forget about shame or stress or pressure. Let’s celebrate the ways in which we can be green and encourage others on their green journey. Trending toward green is so much easier now, than it used to be. Eco-friendly products are available in just about every supermarket. When I travel outside of San Francisco, which is a pretty eco-friendly city, I see that there is a perception from many that you have to be ridiculous to be green and do all sorts of inconvenient things, which is simply not the case.

Speaking of San Francisco greeness, I find this episode of the Green Housewives  that pokes fun of the “extreme green” amongst us funny…

 Being green is not about status or whether it’s popular or chic, it’s about doing what we can for the environment. It’s not easy being perfect, but contrary to popular belief, it is easy being green at least some shade of green when it comes to doing better for the environment.

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This is part of a sponsored campaign with Latina Mom Bloggers and Green Works. However, all opinions expressed are my own.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000747608091 Kyl Neusch

    the extra cost

  • Guest

    Green products definitely cost more but there are ways around that. I shop places like vitacost which has great prices and stock up during sales. I save a lot but it does take a little more time then just grabbing anything off the shelf at the grocery store.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Priscilla-Nascondere/100002291594705 Priscilla Nascondere

    Green products definitely cost more but there are ways around that. I shop places like vitacost which has great prices and stock up during sales. I save a lot but it does take a little more time then just grabbing something off the shelf at the grocery store.

  • penelope merriweather

    My biggest hurdle is finding a place that takes my recyclables..!! I live in an a apartment that doesn’t have a recyle truck or drop off places in the city..Thanks for this giveaway!

  • Tamar

    My biggest hurdle is being addicted to electricity.

  • latanya t

    I need to use my recyclable totes when grocery shopping

  • Kim W

    The biggest for me is that the green items cost more. That needs to change.

  • http://twitter.com/SVollowitz Stephanie Vollowitz

    generally cost – about half green, the other things I want will cost too much for our budget

  • http://afcsoac.blogspot.com/ lisleman

    some shade of green – I was expecting 50 shades of them. I believe in recycling and believe it has made a difference.

  • katherine d

    time! i simply don’t have time to do a lot of the earth-friendlier options

  • http://www.facebook.com/cynthia.conley.5 Cynthia Conley

    I really try to do my best but I need to find time to research about the ingredients in products

  • http://www.facebook.com/sherri.c.lewis.9 Sherri Caudill Lewis

    It seems like the green products tend to be a lot higher and we are on a really tight budget.

  • sheila ressel

    definitely the cost…

  • Christine Waddell

    My biggest hurdle is giving up the brands I have used for years and trying the new, green ones.

  • Julie Thompson

    Trusting new brands and the cost thank you for the giveaway

  • http://www.facebook.com/jayne.townsley Jayne Townsley

    My biggest hurdle is believing that green products clean as well and smell as good as traditional cleaners. Cost is also a huge factor.

  • http://www.facebook.com/heather.stanley.777 Heather Stanley

    cost is the bigger factor for us being green

  • Terri Herman

    Time. It takes time to be green by recycling. Also the cost of green products seems to be higher.

  • http://www.facebook.com/saver.sara Saver Sara

    My biggest factor is cost.

  • http://www.facebook.com/nichol.tone Nichol Tone

    My biggest problemis the proce

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Christine-Viscomi/100001036282935 Christine Viscomi

    Trusting new brands

  • katie bellamy

    Will they work as good??

    • http://www.unknownmami.com/ unknownmami

      I’ve been using eco-friendly cleaners for so long, I don’t remember what the other ones clean like.

  • http://twitter.com/Brynn20 Brynn

    Not having recycling drop offs near me

  • http://www.facebook.com/wl.burro Wl Burro

    the only obstacle is me….laziness….old habits.

  • http://www.facebook.com/clifford.kristen.jeffery Kristen Jeffery

    Affording some of the cleaners since they tend to be more expensive.

  • Stevie

    My biggest hurdle is being lazy – I try to use rags to clean up instead of paper towels, but grabbing a paper towel is easier. & when running out w/ my daughter, sometimes I get too lazy to get my reusable bags out of the other car

    • http://www.unknownmami.com/ unknownmami

      I’m very bad with paper towels. Apparently, I think they grow on trees. Oh wait, I guess they do.

  • julie matek

    some products are expensive. That is my biggest hurdle

    jmatek AT wi DOT rr DOT com

  • Dawn K.

    my biggest hurdle is the expense

  • Melanie

    Usually cost is the biggest thing and sometimes the extra work it takes like having to wash rags instead of just using paper towels!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Allison-Downes/100000807547080 Allison Downes

    The cost

    thanks for the great giveaway!

  • http://www.facebook.com/di.breznay Di Breznay

    old habits – I’m used to doing things the same way for years & using the same old products

  • Beck James

    the prices is expensive

  • http://www.facebook.com/sarah.skeem.7 Sarah Skeem

    My biggest hurdle is the extra time it takes.

  • jessica e

    mainly the cost

  • http://www.facebook.com/karen.gonyea Karen Gonyea

    The cost primarily.

    ktgonyea at gmail.com

  • Jennifer R

    My biggest hurdle to being green is finding bathroom products that work as well as conventional products.

  • Audra Weathers

    Okay the girl drinking the hair conditioner was pretty funny. One of my biggest hurdles to being green is finding the green/natural items available when I’m shopping. There’s several natural laundry detergents I like that I have to buy online.

  • Donna George

    My biggest hurdle is remembering to look for and buy them.

  • denise

    It’s my laziness

  • http://apileofpenguins.blogspot.com/ Ally

    My biggest hurdle is resources: time and money.

  • http://www.facebook.com/timothy.stephens.129 Timothy Stephens

    My own apathy and money… I’m working on it though

  • Ella Brooks

    I would love to be green but the extra cost is the biggest issue I have.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Laurie-Gentry-Murley/1073773012 Laurie Gentry Murley

    most products are more expensive

  • Susan Smith

    My biggest hurdle is the extra time and expensive it takes

  • Vikki Billings

    For me a lot of the products are really expensive, too expensive

  • jeanne conner

    i don’t like that being green is more expensive

  • http://twitter.com/mtbears819 Dorothy D

    too expensive

  • http://twitter.com/imaclutz89 Samantha M.

    The economy. It’s always so expensive to buy green!

    sugarsweet7202@yahoo(dot)com

  • susansmoaks

    my biggest hurdle to going green is the expense

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1437607411 Sharold Moffit Friedrich

    I would say the cost of the green products is what is hard for me

  • http://twitter.com/RazzMyBerry Breanne Tennant

    I’d say availability of products. The military store only seems to carry popular brands.

  • Laurie Emerson

    My biggest hurdle is that so many of them are so much more expensive then ones which are not green.

  • Brian E.

    Thanks for the giveaway…sometimes the only products that will work (i.e. remove rust stains) are the ones with nasty ingredients; for general cleaning we use “green” products.

  • http://twitter.com/Smc_Dreams Brenda Burgess

    it is expensive

  • slehan

    I don’t take my recycling seriously enough.

    Thanks for the contest.

    slehan at juno dot com

  • donnak4

    I don’t like the increased cost.

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