No Need to Be Boring
by Sophie Uliano

I used to think it was all about wearing hemp and eating organic tofu. I thought I would have to turn into one of those zealous do-gooders with unshaven armpits. Trust me; this is not what the Gorgeously Green program is about. Far from it. We are going to be busting out in bright and wonderful colors. We’re going to be painting our nails and our lips and wearing the latest, hippest fashions.

I am not part of the tree-huggers’ “My way or the highway” movement, either. Gorgeously Green is not all or nothing. On the contrary, if you can learn to make just one small change a week, you will start the snowball rolling. In my experience, one action leads to another. I’ve always been put off in the past because I thought you were either a hemp-wearing do-gooder or a nasty consuming mess. I’m somewhere in the middle. With one foot in my Jimmy Choos and the other in the dirt, digging for weeds, I have to admit that I enjoy having my cake and eating it, too.