lifestyle and enviromentalism
Today at work I got yelled at by a coworker for refusing to bag his lunch. I told him to use a plate instead, a plate that can be cleaned and reused and won't be thrown away in 2 minutes and make a Native American cry. I told him that everyday, huge portions of the world's rainforests are irrevocably destroyed and that by this "lifestyle" we are having, we are leading our planet to destruction. He kept insisting on a bag. I asked him if it's nice to live without a moral conscience.
Now don't get me wrong. I am not an enviromental saint. I forget to turn the lights off. I take really long showers and quite a lot of baths. I waste power just like the rest of us. On the other hand, I reuse bags. I use public transportation and walk a lot. I don't ever litter. I try to buy my groceries seasonably and preferably from local farmers and organic. And tons of the stuff I buy is vintage.
Now this last point I don't do for enviroments sake, I admit that. But think about it. Instead of buying all new stuff, I reuse someone elses. Clothes, books, fabric, furniture, you name it. Which means that they don't have to fly in stuff from abroad for me to buy or make into things for me to buy. And all the things I get don't have to be thrown away either. It all helps with less CO2-emission which I think is a topic we should really all be more conscious about. Just imagine how much you can safe by reusing paper bags, walking instead of driving (there is always public transportation which on average still has less CO2-emission per passenger than a car, even with all the half-empty buses driving around.). Think how much unnecessary greenhouse gases are released to get all those tomatoes from Africa to Central Europe, just so we can buy them all year round.
So this is my little rant just to get somethings of my chest. Moral standards, boy do they suck!
Now don't get me wrong. I am not an enviromental saint. I forget to turn the lights off. I take really long showers and quite a lot of baths. I waste power just like the rest of us. On the other hand, I reuse bags. I use public transportation and walk a lot. I don't ever litter. I try to buy my groceries seasonably and preferably from local farmers and organic. And tons of the stuff I buy is vintage.
Now this last point I don't do for enviroments sake, I admit that. But think about it. Instead of buying all new stuff, I reuse someone elses. Clothes, books, fabric, furniture, you name it. Which means that they don't have to fly in stuff from abroad for me to buy or make into things for me to buy. And all the things I get don't have to be thrown away either. It all helps with less CO2-emission which I think is a topic we should really all be more conscious about. Just imagine how much you can safe by reusing paper bags, walking instead of driving (there is always public transportation which on average still has less CO2-emission per passenger than a car, even with all the half-empty buses driving around.). Think how much unnecessary greenhouse gases are released to get all those tomatoes from Africa to Central Europe, just so we can buy them all year round.
So this is my little rant just to get somethings of my chest. Moral standards, boy do they suck!
strandi - 3. Nov, 16:43

