Just watched No Impact Man, a very interesting documentary about living without impacting the environment. While I doubt I could do this it does give me a lot of insights and ideas on decreasing consumption and waste.
From the No Impact Blog about the year plan to go without.
“You hear of one study saying that the energy used washing ceramic coffee cups is as damaging to the environment as the use of disposable plastic cups that won’t biodegrade for thousands of years. You hear of another that says destroying trees to make paper towels is no worse than using hot water and toxic detergent to wash cloth rags.
Everything, if you listen to conventional wisdom, is as bad as everything else. The spin merchants have got us believing that to try to make any difference is futile. You might as well give up. Throw away another plastic coffee cup. Don’t bother with the hybrid car. Go on, guzzle.”
