Oh dear, this is what happens when I get super busy — I forget to think up a green change, then panic about it the next day, and end up in a mad scramble, having to do one of the dreaded things on my ongoing list that I’ve been hoping to push until the very end of my challenge. Today, that thing is sweeping with a broom and dustpan instead of vacuuming.
I love my vacuum. I really do. It’s cute and little and red and it sucks hard. I can get in every nook and cranny, and it’s so satisfying walking around afterwards without anything sticking to the bottoms of my socks.
Alas, vacuuming does suck up a ton of electricity, so from this day forward, I’m leaving it in the closet and using my broom instead. There’s going to be one exception, though: The day I move out of my apartment and into a house, I’ll most definitely need to run Little Red around before I leave for the sake of the newcomers.
Image of rainbow-coloured dustpans courtesy of Aviana on Flickr
Posted by Vanessa Farquharson 
