Avocado Green

Max and Zane strives to be Avocado.
No, we are not talking about the fruit used to make guacamole... we're talking about the color green. Like the green of that cool seventies refrigerator.

April and I personally and professionally try to live eco-conscious lifestyles. Not to say we will never be spotted at Starbucks using paper coffee cups- we are human, after all. But we do what we can to try and be green with our purchases, what we eat, and how we live our daily lives.
A huge part of what I consider being green is limiting wastefulness. This means not filling a dumpster with remodeling debris to have a 100% green kitchen. When my ugly laminate countertops are finally beyond repair, I plan to replace them with fabulous Paperstone. But throwing perfectly functional countertops into a landfill, even if it means replacing it with something "green", just seems flawed.

Undoubtedly, there needs to be a cultural shift towards green living. The green bandwagon that is attracting big corporations such as WalMart and BP, though, is a double-edged sword. There is value in a greater awareness and availability of eco-friendly, Fair Trade, and organic goods and alternative energies. But being "green" needs to be more than a marketing tool or a trend- after all, trends come and go. It needs to be a lifestyle.

In my mind, green living is steeped in recycling, re-purposing and reusing. But this doesn't necessarily mean you have to fend off all traces of consumerism. Thats crazy talk! There is so much cool vintage, recycled, and repurposed stuff out there. Don't simply go green, go avacado.