ECO baby + kids

It is a cold, rainy day and I walked into a store that was a chilling 58 degrees. After listening to Jeremy complain about the frigid store on Saturday I decided the heat must go on. A few years ago I would not have thought twice about it; if I am cold the heat goes on and if I get hot switch back to the air conditioner. Now almost everything I do seems to be a battle between comfort and conscious and running a green baby store adds a whole other dimension. I have images of selling clothing and toys by candle light and warning people to come bundled up and serving hot cocoa (warmed by an open fire of course). I don’t think it is such a bad image but the reality of it does not work so well. No matter how much I torture myself at home, I expect comfort when I am out and about and find myself complaining when I am in a store that is too cold or too hot. So the heat is on, it is set at 67 and that is where I can find moderation; at least until I see someone uncomfortable in the store and the people pleaser in me pops out and adjusts it up a notch. At least the heat is natural gas which is the cleanest burning fossil fuel and produces less CO2 and we do purchase carbon offsets. But lets not just stop at that we all need to challenge ourselves to keep up the fight and do what we can to change the world for the better.

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