How great is it to be able to walk two blocks to buy fresh bread, nice cheese, organic groceries, and fresh meat at the butcher. Plus I can get my bicycle repaired and a cup of coffee at at least four coffee houses, two diners and Dunkin Donuts within a mile. Maybe that's too much coffee. Nah, never enough coffee.
So for the next month, I'm going to try to reduce my carbon footprint by walking to get all my groceries. Also, this will help with my desire to get more exercise.
This is somewhat problematic because my carbon footprint in gas to purchase groceries is very minimal compared to the fossil fuels used to grow produce with fertilizers, ship the groceries near enough to me to get them, and refrigerate them till I get there. After all, the supermarket is only 2 miles away. How much gasoline does that really take, especially in my hybrid car?
But as an exercise in appreciating what is close by (and plastic free), onward and forward.
