I have always prided myself on being a frugal and thoughtful consumer, concerned about the ecological and ethical impacts of the products I buy. I pay that extra $10 a month to support green energy, use CFLs where I can, have low flow shower heads, bricks in the toilet tanks, buy earth and animal friendly cleaning products or make my own, wear my clothes until they're dead, line dry most often, use my dish and pasta water to water landscaping, shower every other day, have no ac, rarely use my gas in wall heater, bike or take public transport almost all of the time, drink tap water, buy local and organic foods to supplement those I grow in my garden, have reusable shopping bags, a reusable coffee cup, a reusable water bottle, save lidded plastic food packaging to store left overs of future meals and compost 100% of my food scraps.

....so what's with all this waste?

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

*ding* LIFE!


It is officially October...and I have fallen way off the waste wagon. What can I say that will truly explain the depths of my departure?


The stresses of not enough time, too many commitments and, as a result, less personal fulfillment have had me in a sleeper hold all summer. Once again, I find myself adrift, battling the waves of waste created by the fast-paced urban lifestyle.

King Convenience is a dictator that will run/ruin the world.

It's amazing how easily I have fallen back into the abyss of the paper coffee cup, forgotten the forests cut so that I may dry my hands and wipe my nose. Worse yet, I've let beautifully grown food waste away without even a savored nibble of appreciation for the hard labor of so many in its production.

So how to begin again? Slowly and with honest intent and attention. Stay tuned! I'm back in action!



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