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?

Thursday, September 29, 2011

There is No Nature?

 
 Slavoj Zizek on Ecology: Examined Life 2008


Well, It has been far too long since I have had the focus to work on this blog. The idea to cheat and reformat to something that doesn't require daily attention occurred to me. But then I realized that is exactly where part of my falloff comes from.

Living any kind of life takes attention and intention. If I'm going to actually accomplish my goal to live waste free for one week (oh that's easy says my friend Meredith) than I need daily accountability.
Bring in Zizek. This guy has lead me on a whole new path. I showed this clip to my students today followed by a converstaion about if man is separate or part of nature and a screening of the classic Eames Brothers film "Powers of 10"

Many of them agreed that while man is part of nature, then could not concede that urban live, dare I say civilization, is man's natural state.

You decide for yourself. I've got reading to do. 


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