Well, looks like I’m not a ‘true’ environmentalist. I still have a car, I still don’t buy 100% organic, I haven’t eaten the carbon-intensive blind cat, I’m still on the grid, and yep, there’s even still a roll of paper towels (recycled) in my kitchen — mostly for said cat’s occasional hairball. I have a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘green movement’
9 Mar
The Dumbing Down of Green
In the past week, I came across two comments by completely different people about how sucky/snobby/discouraging it is when people say it’s hard to be green. Given the name of my blog, I took this maybe a little personally and began to wonder if I was going about marketing greenness in a completely ass-backward manner. Is my [...]
3 Mar
How to sabotage your cause
I overheard an older couple in the grocery store the other day. The woman picked up a bottle of organic V8, to which the man grumbled, “If it’s organic, I don’t want it.” Clearly the word ‘organic’ meant something different to him than what it means to me — grown without synthetic pesticides with [hopefully] more sustainable [...]
10 Jun
Why I hate the phrase ‘Save the Earth’
It’s a catchy slogan, and it’s everywhere: ”Save the Earth by changing a lightbulb!” “Save the Earth by not using plastic bags at the supermarket!” “‘Save the Earth by buying recycled toilet paper!” The real message: you don’t actually have to do much, give up anything, or go significantly out of your way to feel that warm [...]
7 Dec
Why a Kindle isn’t on my holiday wishlist
My idea of a good Saturday used to involve going to the library in the morning, getting a stack of books, and spending the rest of the day in my sunny room devouring one after another. Even though I no longer have the leisure to do that every Saturday, I’m still definitely a book junkie. [...]
2 Oct
Thoughts on the Sigg Recall
A favorite of the green movement, Sigg bottles are reusable aluminum water bottles with snazzy designs that are marketed in three ways: Reducing single-use plastic water bottle/cup waste (my Sigg has served me for over a year so far and eliminated my 1 plastic water bottle a week habit). Reducing exposure to toxins present in [...]
