At Draper Media, the parent company of WBOC, we’ve taken the challenge to reduce our environmental impact by powering our Salisbury, Md., station with clean, renewable energy. We're now celebrating our company going green. On Thursday, Oct. 1, we're featuring news stories, green tips, and green facts.
SALISBURY, Md.- A "go green" lifestyle today can bring a meaningful impact to the future, according to families on Delmarva that have already adopted the lifestyle. That's especially the case for the Whipple family of Salisbury.
For mom, Eva, life can be chaotic sometimes with her two kids: 2-year-old Sonny and 4-year-old Lois.
The family also owns two downtown Salisbury businesses, including Soul Yoga, an environmentally conscious yoga studio located on Main Street.
And while it may seem like chaos, the Whipple's have found a simple way of turning the kid's energy into fun.
"We've chosen to be a little bit more selective about the purchasing that we do for the kids or the things that we make," Whipple said. "For example, a stick is an open ended toy. It can be a sword. It's a million things. So rather than buying 20 different plastic things that each have one function, we have a cardboard sword or something that also can function as a wand and about a million other things. It results in a lot less waste."
From toys to clothing and food, the Whipple's simplify to reduce waste. Eva says they make scratch-homemade meals from their farm. In whatever they can't grow, they buy at the farmer's market. For them, play time is learning time.
And families looking to go green can do it virtually anywhere, according to Salisbury author and artist, Dana Simson.
Simson says one great way to start is by reusing grocery mesh bags.
"They are great bags you can reuse," Simson said. "Then, I won't have that plastic coming into my house and there's all kinds you can use."
Like the Whipple's, Simson says the key to green is simplicity with the goal of finding great ways to play along the way.
"You're doing good things for the future and the kid is going to be very thankful for you for it," Simson said.
More information on Simson's green-conscious book, "Come Together," can be found here.
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