Be green(er)

Happy Earth Day!

It seems that everyone nowadays is trying their best to be a little bit greener. With Blend Creations, we try and use off-cut materials whenever possible, we recycle all of our scraps, and part of the reason we chose to work with stainless steel was because it is both a recycled and recyclable material.

I think having a child makes you want to be a better environmentalist, if for no other reason than when they're an angry teenager, you can honestly say, "hey, we tried to do what we could!".

Ever since Jack was a wee little baby, he's been at least part-time in cloth diapers -- we use Fuzzi Bunz on him and they've worked quite well.

I got to thinking how if Jack was in cloth diapers, that perhaps I should try and do a little bit more myself in terms of the female equivalent of over-used paper-products. (Guys, I can understand if you want to skip a post about menstrual products).

I'd seen LunaPads before in Bitch magazine, and after being reminded of them again at Arbour (an environmental shop here in Ottawa), I decided to give them a try and I ordered the Deluxe kit in the mixed light fabrics. My first thought when I received them in the mail? "Oooh they're pretty."



And normally, who thinks that about menstrual products?

The "extra" work with these reusable pads is minimal -- just a cold rinse before putting them in the wash, which isn't really "extra" work if you're already used to washing cloth diapers. The LunaPads FAQ is here. I wholeheartedly give them my thumbs-up and it's nice that they're a Canadian company too!