A Fresh Beginning

Hello! Let me briefly introduce myself. My name is Diana, and I will be entering my senior year in college this fall. Currently I live at home, and during the year I have three wonderful roommates with whom I share an apartment.

My life is not very exceptional in any way. I am as average as a 20 year old can be, and my goal is to live better. Although this sounds very much like a New Year's resolution (Let's be honest here, those are usually quite... short lived!), it is a serious life change I am undergoing, and I'd like to take you all on a ride with me!

For the health of my body and the environment, I have begun to alter my diet and lifestyle to embrace the more "natural" opportunities that exist out there in the wide world of eco-activists and tree huggers, but more importantly, exist where any person today can easily grasp them. Let me note right now, all my respect goes out to those that are able to make drastic life changes in order to live their lives with less impact to the environment. I also do not use the words "activist" or "tree huggers" in a negative way, and I hope using those terms does not offend, but I simply use the terms to emphasize the fact that many of you out there in cyberspace reading my blog are, like I am, ordinary people with busy lives, unable to go whole-hog into this green movement without careful thought and planning. Through my blog, I will try to set out the steps I am taking to have less impact on the environment, while sorting through the many varied life options that are advertised to help consumers live a "greener" life.

Enough about me, and on to the blog!