Funny that Fitfreak chose this topic, I was just moved to write about it myself when I saw a woman at the mall carrying a Dunkin' Donuts iced coffee in a plastic cup that WAS THEN PLACED INSIDE OF A STYROFOAM CUP!!! ARRRRGGHHH!
Now, I'm no recycling freak, I used to toss tin cans and plastic away with abandon! Till I moved in with crunchy granola roommates in Jamaica Plain, need I say anymore??? My throwaway days were OVAH!
Al Gore has changed all that, he scared the CRAP out of me with An Inconvenient Truth (actually he HALF scared the crap out of me, half BORED the crap out of me, I confess I snoozed during some of it but the part I was awake for was freakin' SCARY!)
So here we all are trying to reduce our "carbon footprint" (ah, such a trendy phrase!) Use florescent, not incandescent. Turn down your thermostat, carpool, RECYCLE, RECYCLE, RECYCLE!
I remember when I gave Fitfreak shit about her lack of recycling, she said, "We really don't use very many plastic bottles!" and I said, 'Oh really, you don't use KETCHUP, MUSTARD, MAYONNAISE, WATER, GATORADE, SHAMPOO, CONDITIONER or ANY HAIR PRODUCTS???? You don't microwave LEAN CUISINE MEALS or buy STRAWBERRIES IN PLASTIC CONTAINERS??? HUH????? DO YOU??
Maybe it was my diatribe. Maybe it was the Living Green page a day calendar I gave her for Christmas that helped. Whatever it was, I thank you, the planet thanks you and most of all AL GORE thanks you!
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Whatever you do........NEVER tell Mr. Fitfreak that Al Gore had ANY influence on me. I never saw an Inconvenient Truth and if I brought it into this house....I would be flogged.
Anyhoo, on another note....I HATE that buzzphrase....Carbon Footprint. My sister-in-law heard a 5 year old in line at a ski lift asking his ski instructor what "the carbon footprint of the newly installed windmill on the mountain was." Barf.
Further, I would like to add....with great happiness and a somewhat smug attitude....that I do 98% of my page a day green calendar instructions....without being asked or told! I think it's from being raised in a very thrifty and frugal environment. So, really, I'm not that green......I'm just CHEAP!
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