EAT GREEN

The first step in greening out your St. Patrick’s Day feast, is to have green foods. Duh? And I don’t mean the clever marketing term that signifies environmental consciousness, I mean the color green. We’ll get to that, but think green. Not only does it adapt perfectly with Ireland’s national holiday tradition of green, but green fruits and vegetables provide cancer fighting antioxidants, phytochemicals, beta-carotene, fiber, potassium, vitamin A,C,E and many minerals such as calcium and folate vital for life. You will need to include a variety of the following for your menu: broccoli, romaine lettuce, zucchini, collard greens, artichoke, brussel sprouts, turnip greens, spinach, asparagus, celery, cucumbers cabbage, kiwi, honeydew, melon, lime, green bell pepper and so forth.

Secondly, to truly go green with your holiday feast you should have 100% organic foods. Non-genetically modified, pesticide free, naturally fertilized veggies for your celebration. Organic food is a no-brainer. Not only are you virtually eliminating toxic chemicals in the food itself, but eliminating eco-unfriendly pesticides from food crops and promoting a clean and sustainable method of agriculture long forgotten by the top tier agriculture corporations.

WEAR GREEN

In order to claim a green unofficial U.S. et al holiday you will also have to consider the material of your apparel. All synthetic fibers must go! No nylon, and for all drunk Irishman’s sake don’t get out the spandex. Sorry. These types of fabric are petroleum based fibers which, as we know, are destructive to the environment and all lifeforms. No recycled petro fibers, especially. To support our green habit and passion you’ll have to find some organic cotton, organic wool, hemp fabric, cork, bamboo or other more renewable and toxin free fabric to drape over your oversensitive and susceptible skin. Conventional cotton requires more pesticide than any other crop in the world, and account for 25% of the world’s pesticide usage, so make sure it is 100% organic.

The very dyes in your clothes are the toxic products of one of the largest petrochem industries in the world, dyestuffs. So keep in mind your already pricey green threads will also require an eco-friendly coloring process. There are various methods and products for coloring fabrics but usually dyes can also be made from berries, roots, and flowers and require only natural fixatives such as salt. Researchers are even working on ways to use pond algae to produce fade resistant eco-friendly dyes for fabric and paints.

DRINK GREEN

Now on to what is no doubt our favorite part of the celebration, the drinking of the green. The brew industry is another complex beast to tackle, but know that the best way to acquire your suds is to make it yourself, from organic ingredients, of course. This also eliminates the unnecessary overproduction of aluminum cans and glass bottles, both of which are heavy polluters during production and as waste we end up recycling or discarding into landfills.

If you haven’t found the time to plunge into such a hobby as homemade brewing then you can always shop for organic beer. This way you at least can at least drink assured that your your barley, hops, yeast, sugar, and water are from the highest quality sources free of any unwanted chemicals.

Green Dye for your Green Beer? If you do not want toxic dyes in your clothing, then your most certainly do not want to consume them. There are alternatives.
Browse over to Seelect Organic Natural Green Dye to make your perfect St. Patrick’s Day brew as green as possible, for you and your environment.

Have a great St. Patrick’s Day everyone and keep sustainability in mind even if you can’t pronounce it by the end of the night.

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