The other morning I was waiting in the freezing cold at my local bus stop for the express into the city, and a school-mom buddy passed by in her car screaming kudos to me for traveling by public transportation. As she shouted, "How cool are you?!" I had to laugh, because I know she's happy to see that I am not only talking the talk, but actually walking the green walk in my hectic everyday life.

So here I gladly sit at the bus stop, a mom on the edge of green, striving to make a meaningful impact while carbon offsetting as a mass-transit babe, drinking tea from my 3X-reused Starbucks drinking cup made with 10% post-consumer recycled fiber and its cup sleeve made with 60% post-consumer recycled fiber. Onward and upward!