it was the wurst of times
I hereby direct you to The Worsted Witch, a blog about environmental/green living issues and yarn/knitting.
I think that most of the blogs that I read are written by people who share the same kind of greenish outlook that I do - they try to be conscious of how much they're consuming, buying, using, wasting. There's a set of assumptions that leads them to compel their readership to raise money or do good for various causes by setting an example and creating the opportunities that make it easy for people to join them. I guess that's pretty much the definition of leadership, and it's really good to see people leading others towards this type of goal.
The Worsted Witch is a nice combination of resources for those people who want to get involved in movements larger than themselves or their households and a personal story about what it means to actually try to change your behavior for the better (from a green perspective) and generally feeling compelled to be doing stuff (doing stuff!) for the environment anyway.
I must say, though, that feeling obligated to consume differently than the norm and the visible mainstream - to say nothing of actually doing so - is really difficult sometimes.
It's difficult because I forget to bring the tote bag for the grocery store with me when I leave for work in the morning, and because I get lost in my thoughts in the shower, and because I feel that incandescent light is some kind of gift to the earth and its inhabitants and hate fluorescents, compact or no. And in one way it costs a lot to do stuff the better way, and in another way, part of living greenly is about not spending money on stuff you don't really need, and both of those things are hard.
So there are always questions. Is it better to drive home and get the canvas bag (thus using/wasting gasoline and accepting the pollution that comes with that) or to use 2-3 new plastic bags? Is it better to use the gigantic bag of incandescents left behind by your dead relative, or buy and use new compact fluorescents? (I'm resigned to the fact that it's better to take shorter showers.) (Sigh.)
I think that most of the blogs that I read are written by people who share the same kind of greenish outlook that I do - they try to be conscious of how much they're consuming, buying, using, wasting. There's a set of assumptions that leads them to compel their readership to raise money or do good for various causes by setting an example and creating the opportunities that make it easy for people to join them. I guess that's pretty much the definition of leadership, and it's really good to see people leading others towards this type of goal.
The Worsted Witch is a nice combination of resources for those people who want to get involved in movements larger than themselves or their households and a personal story about what it means to actually try to change your behavior for the better (from a green perspective) and generally feeling compelled to be doing stuff (doing stuff!) for the environment anyway.
I must say, though, that feeling obligated to consume differently than the norm and the visible mainstream - to say nothing of actually doing so - is really difficult sometimes.
It's difficult because I forget to bring the tote bag for the grocery store with me when I leave for work in the morning, and because I get lost in my thoughts in the shower, and because I feel that incandescent light is some kind of gift to the earth and its inhabitants and hate fluorescents, compact or no. And in one way it costs a lot to do stuff the better way, and in another way, part of living greenly is about not spending money on stuff you don't really need, and both of those things are hard.
So there are always questions. Is it better to drive home and get the canvas bag (thus using/wasting gasoline and accepting the pollution that comes with that) or to use 2-3 new plastic bags? Is it better to use the gigantic bag of incandescents left behind by your dead relative, or buy and use new compact fluorescents? (I'm resigned to the fact that it's better to take shorter showers.) (Sigh.)
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