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Stuff Environmentalists Like, Part 5
The fifth and final installment in your beginner's guide to befriending and exploiting green people.
Tue, Mar 24 2009 at 6:26 PM
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Step Five: Never throwing stuff away
Environmentalists are passionate about bicycling, public transportation, and walking — none of which ever add up to a free ride to the airport. One of the few types of automobiles accepted by environmentalists is a Volvo or Mercedes converted to run on vegetable oil. These are considered valid options because they run on the waste of nonenvironmentalists and they reuse older cars. Environmentalists will go to great lengths to reuse things, even things they didn’t like the first time around.
While this emphasis on reuse will ultimately benefit the earth, you should not overlook the many ways in which it can benefit you! When you are in the home of an environmentalist and see something you covet, start dropping hints. Keep saying, “I suppose I’ll pick one up — I just hate to buy new and use all those resources.” If this does not work, you probably aren’t dealing with a real environmentalist.
Please note: This tactic will not work if the object in question is a Prius. Procuring an environmentalist’s Prius is an advanced procedure that is too complicated and delicate to divulge on these pages.
Continue reading the guide:
Part 1: Bringing numerous talking points to dinner
Part 2: Brainwashing children
Part 3: Being depressed by statistics
Part 4: Knowing which ingredients in your shampoo will kill you
Part 5: Never throwing stuff away
Story by Christian Lander. This article originally appeared in "Plenty" in November 2008.
Copyright Environ Press 2008
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I think it's awesome how people look at Gandhi, who led a successful non-violent resistance against a foreign occupier, and assume that his statements on how to carry out such a resistance are perfectly and entirely applicable to their own political convictions.
funny, and now we know where we are at.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, they they fight you, then you win.
-that indian fella that led his people to kick the brits out.
This is very true.
Notably so, I just threw away a plastic bottle. Never fails to anger environmentalists. What are you going to do next? Tax me for throwing away recyclables?
In Chicago, they tax us for plastic bottles assuming we'll throw them away.
LOL! These are so funny! :)
Its funny because its true.
This is witty, fun, self-deprecating humour! Please write more!