You Have to Laugh
The other morning I was waiting in the freezing cold at my local bus stop for the express into the city, and a school-mom buddy passed by in her car screaming kudos to me for traveling by public transportation. As she shouted, "How cool are you?!" I had to laugh, because I know she's happy to see that I am not only talking the talk, but actually walking the green walk in my hectic everyday life.
So here I gladly sit at the bus stop, a mom on the edge of green, striving to make a meaningful impact while carbon offsetting as a mass-transit babe, drinking tea from my 3X-reused Starbucks drinking cup made with 10% post-consumer recycled fiber and its cup sleeve made with 60% post-consumer recycled fiber. Onward and upward!
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I WANT TO TALK ABOUT DENMARK. THE PEOPLE HERE RECYCLE ALL. GLASS, PAPER AND GARBIGE. NOW THEY ARE MAKE IT NATURAL GAS, WITH THE ORGANIC GARBIGE.
I LIVE HERE HAPPY.
I love this site, but have a hard time folling all the green ideas. Love the one i just read.
hehe. I know what you mean, the same things happened to me, and I'm only 16 going on 17. but hey, I want to make a difference, and that's what I'm going to do. I'd rather wait for the bus in the frezzing cold, then be blaimed for the all the pollution my would-be car would make, so yeah, it doesn't matter to me if i have to deal with that kind of weather; either way I'm going to get to my destination, arn't i?
Global warming is real. It will bring about more huanitarian crisis. It will cause more innocent children to starve and die. We are all partly to blame for this. We need to get our BOTTOM LINE ENERGY CONSUMPTION down to a reasonable standard. Don't expect any celebrity to set a good example. They will NEVER compromise their extravogant lifestyles. Not Oprah, Angelina, Brad, Bono, Bill, Ellen, Lebron, Johnny, or Paul. They will ALWAYS squander energy like there is no tomorrow. Oprah owns a dozen mansions all over the world and personal jets. She travels the world extensively. Brad and Angie have already booked their seats on the first 'space tourism' flight. John has his own personal airport and 2 full size jet liners. So don't fall for this 'just make one change' CRAP. That is nothing but a cheap comment made by celebrities to excuse their OBSCENE consumption of resources. Like I said. They will not compromize their extravogant lifestyles. Not for global warming, the energy crisis, or the good of humanity. NEVER. NEVER. NEVER. So don't follow their disgusting example. Don't fall for their PR CRAP. They will say whatever it takes to keep their 'humanitarian' image. But they will NEVER make any real sacrifice. Eco friendly toilet paper is all fine and dandy. But we need to get that BOTTOM LINE CONSUMPTION OF RESOURCES down to a reasonable standard. Otherwise, our grandchildren will live and die in shattered world. I'm sorry for the serious attitude. But this is a serious issue. Like I said, it will cause more innocent children to starve and die.
Amen.
Conservation of energy consumption of resources is what we need to focus on. the absolute real deal. Hands down. No other way around it.
No matter what you feel about what I do, I whole heartedly agree with you about how we need to conserve to preserve.
Know this, not all celebrities are created equal as not all people feel as passionately as you do (thank you!!!) for the environment. So in that, I continue....
Each person can do one thing to change their consumption, use, purchase...whatever, the ripple effect is enormous. Additionally I feel you have to be consistant (now that's the "hard" part) You can think that just because you picked up after someone else once that your job is done for the rest of your life. Quite the contrary. We all must take the stand that if we turn off the water once while we are brushing our teeth, we must do it always, with out fail.
If we recycle one plastic bag once, we must do that with EVERY plastic bag (hopefully more times than just once)...but you get what I mean here.
Consisitancy is key with your intent for making your living space, communitiy, environment and world a better place.