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Being environmentally conscious is called “being green”. There is such a thing now known as being light green. This refers to people who do some green things but who don’t really put a lot of effort into going green. Who wants to do that? It may be easier but it’s not really something to be proud of.

Even the greenest of people can do something a little bit greener. Let’s say that you work as a green dentist. You may think that the green dentistry you provide is the only green thing that you can do. It’s not. You could use green services as well. If you needed to get dentist disability insurance then you could call around for disability insurance quotes and ask the providers if they practice green habits. If you needed to get a web host then you could find one that does energy-saving stuff with its servers.

It’s definitely simpler to just stay light green. You get to clear your eco-conscience without much effort. However, that’s not how real change happens. Try to be as green as you can be. You’ll be proud of yourself when you manage to get greener. And the earth will thank you for your efforts!

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When I first started doing landscaping around my yard, I was surprised at how much the simplest landscaping materials, such as topsoil, cost.  It turns out, though, that there is a perfectly good reason why topsoil costs so much.

In order to function as topsoil, the soil needs to be fine, rich earth, with no rocks and other random objects.  This requires that a soil be run through dirt screening plants or topsoil screeners, machines that screen out large particles to make the dirt useable as topsoil.  A portable screening machine isn’t cheap, so it costs something to put the soil through this process.

Topsoil also has to be embued with the decaying organic matter that is found naturally in topsoil.  This matter works as fertilizer and is a necessity for the health of the plants.  This is often added using compost, which is decomposed organic matter, usually manure or organic trash from households.

When you figure all these things in — the time and equipment it takes to screen the soil and the compost, the time and money it takes to make the compost, etc. — it’s easy to see that topsoil isn’t “just dirt,” and to understand why you have to pay for good topsoil!

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