Rising to the challenge
Many of us have resolved to be greener. We've vowed to start recycling, bring our reusable bags to the store or bike to work a few days a week, but despite our best efforts, it's easy to let those eco-commitments fall to the wayside. But what if you had the entire blogosphere to hold you accountable? These nine inspiring people did just that. They took their green goals to the Web to share their experiences of giving up cars, going vegan and even producing zero waste. (Text: Laura Moss)
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'going vegan' - don't really associate going vegan with going green then again I love meat. 'and even producing zero waste' - impossible, you would have to recycle your excrement (unless you DON'T consider that waste)
There is no way these people who claimed they only had 1 small trashcan of trash in a year. Recycling is trash, no matter how they claim its not. Unless they are keeping all those junk mailings they are throwing out way more trash than they claim. And going with no technology for a year is impossible, that couple didn't do anything, because to go without technology for a year, they need to pull the cord on the power lines running to their house, and create their own electricity. The woman.... More
I disagree with your skepticism.
I think reducing waste to a single trash can is possible, expecially after seeing Grant and Jen's documentary where they didn't eliminate consumption completely, but rather bought ingredients or products (only when necessary) and recycled the packaging accordingly. They had something like 8 different recycle/compost/etc bins for plastics and paper. Which is where your point about junk mail comes in. Surely if they recieved any excess mail, it would go in.... More
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