Keep Loudoun Beautiful Sustainable Living in the Dead of Winter As the leaves start to cascade down and the tem-
excited you want to be involved in this, but we realperature plummets, our focus shifts from the natural ly need you to start using reusable bottles, because, world outside to our own home interiors. No matter what you’re seeing is a symptom of a problem, which the season or where we spend our time, being mind- is we’re generating too much trash.” Mosley said. ful of our environment here in Loudoun is important, When asked about sustainable living in wintertime, even through the bleakness of winter. Mosley provided insightful tips that are easy to follow. Keep Loudoun Beautiful is a non-profit organization with a mission to preserve the beautiful wildlife of Reduce and Reuse Loudoun County throughout every season. They accomplish this through community cleanups, raising Mosley stressed the importance of using sustainable environmental awareness, and facilitating fundraising items. “Don’t buy fast fashion; things that you’re going to wear three times and then they’re going to tear. projects. There are all sorts of great things in terms of cosmetics “I started with Keep Loudoun Beautiful in 2000 as and personal hygiene products. Don’t buy disposable an area leader,” said Carrie-Anne Mosley, Vice Pres- razors, instead buy a razor with just disposable razor ident. “I showed up at the first Keep Loudoun Beau- heads. Also, use an electric toothbrush and you genertiful meeting with a single use bottle of water, and ate so much less plastic waste per toothbrush.” the president at the time took me out and said, “I’m 6
