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Our Story

Be Green, Be The Change grew out of our own journey over the past 15 years in taking small steps to improve our way of life.

We made changes in many aspects of our lives deriving from our own desire to improve our health, live more sustainably and reduce our impact on our planet.  Some changes were conscious decisions (becoming vegetarian, growing an organic garden, switching to recycled TP), others derived from the circumstances in which we lived (water and energy conservation, giving up our car for 3 years). 

Over 15 years ago, our President, Diane Dennis, became a dairy eating vegetarian during college.  This evolved over time to include a backyard organic garden and desire to know where our food comes from.  8 years ago, we changed our view of the planet and the effects of climate change.  For four years we lived in drought stricken, environmentally conscious Australia.  A country that, by necessity, conserves water and plants native, drought tolerant and fire resistant plants.  Aside from that, Australians eat far more fruit and veg, use very little preservatives in their food and have fewer cars per capita (yes, they also have better public transportation).  This adventure taught us so much more about living with the planet and how scarce resources really are.  Then as VP of Operations for a wellness company, Diane saw the effects of hazardous chemicals in our cosmetics and skincare, along with the health hazards in chemical additives in our food and pollution in our environment. 

All along the way, we asked WHY?  HOW?  What If?  We talked with people, we sought out as much information as possible and we chose - one step at a time - to reduce our impact, improve our health and fatten our wallets (being “green” is great for your bank account).

Over the last few years, through casual dinner conversations, parties with friends, random meetings with strangers, people began asking for our help.  Inquiries about being a vegetarian, requests for recipes, asking to help start an organic garden in their yard, which skincare products were best for their health, and thus, Be Green, Be The Change was born.

It is our honor and pleasure to share with everyone our years of knowledge gathering, trial and error, and fun in changing our own lives.  We look forward to continuing our own journey and helping others along theirs.