Getting my Green Act Together!

Hi everyone!

I'm so excited about the progress we're making on the Charity Works Green House! If you're new to this blog, or this project in general, drumroll please! The website is now up and running and is Gorgeous! I only wish MY website was this beautiful, but that's another project for another day. I'm sticking with this little blog to keep everyone informed of what I'm doing right here on this little Green Page! Be sure to check out my links on the right and see the website for yourself!

It's funny, people that know me are just initially amazed that now I'm "The Green Girl" because if you met me I certainly don't fit the preconceived notion of "Green". I mean, sheesh! I wear Blahniks, not Birkenstocks, and until this point in my life I thought I was doing my part for the world just by dragging my recycling bins to the street every Thursday! Being a part of this project has made me open my eyes to just how much everyone can contribute to being Green just by changing small things they do every single day. I think twice before I print out my e-mails, I make a conscious effort in thinking about what goes into my trash bin (can this be recycled? is it renewable?) and thus I've reduced my personal waste. I just don't go out and buy even a new lipgloss without remembering that I probably have a dozen just like it floating around in my handbag. Sure, you may laugh and think this is shallow, but I really think about my choices now, and all of those containers of shampoo and hair products and makeup and wrinkle reducing creams (I must have a thousand of those! Ha!) are now being totally used up and properly recycled before I buy something new. Waste not, want not, right? I'm reducing MY carbon footprint in a small, fashionable way and encouraging my friends to do the same. Plus, I'm learning so much about running my business in a greener way as well.

As an interior designer I'm deluged with products from hundreds of vendors. "Use my trim", "Buy my furniture" they all say. But now I'm really putting serious thought into who and I buy from, and why. It's much more than just finding a beautiful cocktail table or some gorgeous wallpaper for a client. It's all about "Is this product made domestically?" Are the materials used in this table "sustainable". Are you as a company kind to the planet? Being a part of the Charity Works Green House is making me realize that the world is bigger than just me, and I'm so excited to keep promoting this through my Virtual Golf Room!

By now, if you read my previous post "Virtual Golf is Twitteriffic!" you know that I'm really digging all things twitter. If you're not on it, you're really missing out on making some unbeleivable friends who are helping to promote the Green House one tweet at a time. For example, my new Twitter friend @JohnStrauss who designs the most UNBELEIVABLY GORGEOUS sustainable furniture you've EVER seen posted a tweet this morning that people should really follow @LynniMegginson because I'm mounting a one woman campaign to reduce the water costs on golf courses to ZERO! How funny is that? But you know, it's true. My doing this Virtual Golf room is not only a fun way to get people to come out and see the house, and support our CW Partner Friendship Charter Public School with the proceeds, it's a great way for people to see that Virtual Golf DOES help the environment by giving you a way to enjoy the game rain, snow, sleet or hail!

And speaking of Twitter updates, now @TodayShow is following me as well, so I'll continue to Tweet the word about our project and keep the ball rolling. Please please share this blog and the wonderful links on it with your friends: Golfers, Green Lovers, or those who are just as addicted to Decorator Showhouses as I am! I promise to try to keep you amused right here Behind the Green Scenes! Keep reading the posts below to get caught up on what you've missed, and if you see Matt Lauer, tell him I'll see him on the links!

xoxoxo,

Lynni
"The Green Girl"