My parents didn’t come to my pottery show last weekend. It wasn’t that I do these all the time — this was my first show – or that they were out of town or had something of vital importance going on. My mom’s offhand comment: “Other things got in the way. You know how that [...]
Posts Tagged ‘being green’
22 Sep
Busting Green Stereotypes
I don’t like tofu. I have never taken a yoga class in my life. By now, you’re either thinking: 1) And you call yourself a greenie? or 2) Phew! I’ve always secretly thought tofu was kind of gross. I filled out a survey a while ago for a book about ‘green women’ (or whatever that [...]
25 Jun
Why the Greener-Than-Thou Attitude Needs to Die
A few weeks ago, Huffpost published an article debating whether men or women were the greener gender. Apparently, it’s a fairly heated topic: the article concluded that women do more ‘little picture’ things like make greener consumer decisions, while men do more ‘big picture’ things but don’t sweat the small stuff. Cue more debate. We’re [...]
12 Apr
Going Green on the Cheap
The most common excuse for not adopting greener measures is that they cost more. Organic food often does cost more than conventional, because treating the Earth responsibly means not taking myopic shortcuts for greater immediate gain. However, being green can cut down your bills because it’s actually a movement about reducing. Pretty simple. Use fewer resources, [...]
19 Feb
Drawing the [green] line
Just a handful things are truly impossible when it comes to being green, and most of them involve undoing things you’ve already done. Un-drive those miles? Un-eat those factory-farmed cheeseburgers? Sorry. Everything else involves choice. It’s easy for me to say that I can’t give up my car because of my job, but in fact I could look [...]
