Assumptions...

We all make them. Assumptions and judgments. But often they are proven to be incorrect. Take this afternoon.

My very good friend Lisa visited this afternoon, which was lovely as she lives miles away and we don't often get to meet up. Mid conversation (which is ALWAYS at the speed of light !) she mentioned that she'd been reading the blog. Brilliant, I appreciate all my friends' support.

She commented, that she knew, I would assume that she wasn't very environmentally friendly because of her love of cars. Fast cars. Posh cars. Cars. (She is the female version of my husband - gorgeous, geeky and loves fast cars and gadgets!!)

She was spot on right. Awful. I squirmed. Clearly I was about to be proved wrong.

So we explore my misconceptions. She uses organic, natural cosmetics and has favoured Liz Earle for years. She wrote to them a while ago to suggest stopping the excessive packaging (which happily has happened, but Lisa can't take credit for that!)
She buys the products when she is in London to save them being posted to her door.

Her house is fully insulated, she doesn't water her garden, recycles everything, has energy efficient light bulbs and offset her recent flights to the States.
She gave 3 bag loads of clothes to charity (which could have come my way and be sure they will next time!!!).

Pretty impressive huh. And there was me thinking she did relatively nowt. Just because she likes flash cars.

Onto the cars. She has a new car. Its shiny and red. She told me about all her research into the fuel economies of all the cars she tested, about the gadgets she tracks her fuel consumption with and her sheer knowledge of how those 4x4 cars that carbon offset the first 40,000 miles when you buy them.

That was me told.

Clearly, the best thing to do is ditch the car. But at this point its very unrealistic that the whole of society is going to do that. So the next best thing I guess is to really research your cars eco credentials before you buy it and only use it when necessary.

Now Lisa has agreed to write for the blog too. She certainly is more of a green queen than I ever gave her credit for!! And for that I apologise.

If it's all about small steps, you are already well on your way.