Being green

As a Gran to seven GC, I am keen to do my 'bit' for the environment and have really committed to the cause - wherever possible, avoiding plastic, using chemical free personal and household products including making my own if possible. I walk instead of using the car as much as I can. My Dad was reading books on pollution and careless use of resources when I was a teenager so I was very aware of'green issues before it was ' fashionable to be green. I was used to recycling as much as possible, never used disposable nappies and tried to use resources carefully. My children were brought up with this approach but just don't seem to have taken it in to their own family lives - they jet off on several holidays a year, have used nothing but disposable nappies and don't seem to give much consideration to their 'carbon footprint'. I do sometimes wonder why I bother!