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Step 1
Participate in the 100 mile food challenge by buying only food ingredients that were grown or produced within 100 miles of your home. Going local can help support smaller, organic farms and cut down on vehicle emissions that happen as food is transported across the country.
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Step 2
Buy organic foods for your Thanksgiving dinner. If you decide that you can't do without the turkey, opt for a free-range, organic turkey. Even if you can't afford the organic turkey, make as much of your meal organic as you can.
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Step 3
Cook less food. Thanksgiving dinners are easy to go overboard on, but ask yourself if there are items that you can either cut back or do without. If you do end up with too many extras, donate the extra food to a homeless shelter so that it doesn't go to waste.
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Step 4
Ask guests to share rides. Carpooling can be a simple way of making the dinner more green, and your family and friends will get to spend a few extra minutes with each other. If you or your guests are traveling long distances, purchase carbon credits to offset this.
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Step 5
Serve organic wines and beverages that have real cork stoppers. Cork is renewable and doesn't include chopping down forests. Keep the cork industry running by opting for this traditional stopper.
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Step 6
Use old decorations or look to nature. Purchasing new decorations each year means more in the landfills. Use potted trees that you can plant later or pick up leaves from the yard instead of purchasing new decorations.
