Comments on: Quote of the Week: Breaking Habits

By: Alex Bornkessel

Alex Bornkessel — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:41:29 +0000

@Franke Thank you for the inspiration–I continue to learn and grow from reading your writing.

@LaDonna The Real Poop on Social Change is one of my favorites too. @Nedra was the one who first pointed it out to me. Soundsl like you are making some great steps to make a difference in your home. We switched our light bulbs and are currently working to buy local foods–course that’s a hard one we’re finding, but it’s also a fun one. One of the items on my things to do this year is to visit a landfill in person–I’m a visual person, so I feel like this will further motivate me.

By: Franke James

Franke James — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:58:25 +0000

Thanks Alexandra for featuring my “No Newsprint Diet” experiment. I’m thrilled that you found inspiration in it — and I hope your readers do too.

It’s funny how giving something up can actually result in life being richer.

Cheers,

Franke

By: LaDonna Coy

LaDonna Coy — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:04:14 +0000

Thoughtful post and I’m a huge fan of Franke’s and her awesome visual essays. The Real Poop on Social Change is my personal favorite! We’ve done quite a bit at our house to reduce our footprint like not taking a newspaper, using our canvas shopping bags but there’s loads more we can do. Recently (Feb 26 to be exact) I gave up sodas and now have a water container I can take with me pretty much everywhere I go. Now we have way fewer cans and plastic bottles. Baby steps but each change is a tiny course correction to better health in a healthier world. Today I’m being inspired by others as they tell about their new choices 🙂