It has come to my attention that I posted about what not to use (here), but I didn’t post about what you should use….

Here are some links to some fantastic products. Most can be found at your local natural grocery store (Whole Foods, Trader Joes, Erewhon), or you can order online!

Seventh Generation
products at “Let’s Go Green”
HERE is a great guide from the NRDC

And just remember: If every household in the United States replaced just one box of virgin fiber facial tissues (175 sheets) with 100% recycled ones, we could save 163,000 trees

I am beginning to think that television is bad and we all need to get rid of them.

Big statement for someone who used to really, really, really, REALLY want to work in this industry. But after being a part of THIS, and doing more and more research about it… well, I think it is time to throw away the remote.

A list of reasons:
1.) It restricts the use of your sense, with the exception of the eyes and ears.
2.) And with sight… it is limited. It doesn’t provide a vista. There are always close-ups, it chops off perspective… peripheral vision is gone, you are not choosing what to look at like you would in life.
3.) And with sound…. only one sound can happen at a time. I just counted SIX distinct sounds sitting in my office.

Life is not singular… one sight, one sound. All of this contributes to a muffled, shrunken world.

4.) I could write for days and days about the advertising… starting with THIS. But, in short, when you watch a program you like, you see ads of products you would want to buy. EVERYTHING about television is geared towards YOU and only YOU. No wonder we don’t care about our communities, we have no idea what is going on besides ourselves.

5.) And then lastly, television does stuff like THIS. If you don’t support this, then why would you support the cause of this.

I could write more, and I may write more… but for the time being…. just start to think about the fact: is it really worth it?

I cannot believe that this is okay. Which it isn’t and most people with a critical thinking mind knows it isn’t…. doesn’t change the fact that it was allowed.

click HERE

There is a very interesting article on PlanetSave about the number of trees it takes to make all the books that are published in a year… 30 MILLION TREES!!!

You can go here to read the article.

So this is what I want to say about this. I think it is better to reuse than to recycle. Don’t get me wrong, recycle, recycle, recycle. But know that when you recycle, the whole can or the whole paper or the whole book or the whole plastic cup is not getting 100% recycled. There is waste. And, each and every day, we are consuming more and more. This means that what we make from recycling is actually less than we currently use, so more must be made to account for what we will consume. Does this make sense? I’m sure it does… you’re all smart.

Reusing, however, re-uses 100% of that item. There is no waste biproduct, there is no additional resource usage, nothing more is added to this environment. So, Re-use is always better than re-cycle.

OK. There are exceptions. Don’t re-use plastic water bottles, too many toxins. But, you don’t even have to buy the plastic water bottle in the first place… buy a SIGG. And, don’t re-use the obvious, like prophylactics, or syringes… that’s not only bad, it’s disgusting… those you should recycle. I’m in a weird area right now and think it is best to move on.

So… some great ways to reduce your footprint when it comes to books:
BookCrossing, or buy a Kindle, or the good old fashion library, which is my reading method of choice!