I have called my mother a hippie on more than one occasion. (And once I accidentally called her hippy, which is apparently not the same at all and slightly more insulting.  The more you know…)
My mom was eco-friendly before going green was all the rage.
We had a compost heap in our backyard before you could [...]

I am always one of the last people to pick up on the latest “going green” trends.  It’s not that I don’t love the earth or want to be more eco-friendly.
It’s that I’m lazy and cheap and like my stuff.
I tend to be suspicious of green products because there’s a lot of overpriced, yuppy crap [...]