I recycle the trash.

picnics are great use real dishes take home and wash

The one picnic I anticipate attending this summer will be a Fourth of July picnic that is a potluck. So I will bring one putting on the dog dish to share--a red, white, and blue dessert--consisting of some sort of red fruit (maybe strawberries, maybe red watermelon cut up in chunks), blueberries, and a spray can of whipped cream--all arranged at the last minute on a new, disposable aluminum rimmed cookie sheet, to look sort of like an American flag. Not very green--but oh well, that is the one picnic I expect to attend.

work on the environment!

For a while now I have been doing exactly what you suggest.. I take washable everything with us whenever we go away and even though it takes a few extra steps I feel great that I am helping the enviroment! My mom and I have a compost pile and most days I have no trash at all! It makes me feel like I am making a difference in this world!