What happened?
Life happened.
It's been over a month now since I blogged, and thanks to all those who emailed me wanting to know when the next installment is coming.
Environmentalism is important, but when you're struggling with the other curveballs that life throws your way, it becomes more of a "nice to do" rather than "have to do."
Not to say that I've become a plastic-bag loving, non-recycling, screw the environment it's all about me kind of person. But after three months of making all the changes I wrote about, they become so ordinary and ingrained into my daily routine that I felt there wasn't much to write about.
I decline a plastic bag so often that I lost count, and most of the stores where I shop now know me well enough not to even bag my groceries if I'm only buying an item or two. Not even milk!
We recycle to the point where we only have to take the garbage out once a week, and I have successfully free-cycled a few items each week in my ongoing decluttering project - even that damned printer was picked up off the street. We've put up the ghetto plastic on the windows to keep the heat in, and even my herbs are thriving. All the unused chargers remain unplugged, and while I haven't managed to get my electric bill under $50 I'm still trying.
"An Inconvenient Truth", in it's bright red Netflix envelope still sits on my DVD player, waiting to be watched. I still faithfully read my Ideal Bite daily emails, and I'm constantly surprised how many other sources are now providing tips on how to live a greener life, such as Daily Candy and even Oprah.
But sadly I felt that I had come to the end of this particular journey, having integrated as many of the 50 ways to save the planet as well as I could into my daily life.
I will continue to occasionally post about environmental issues as they affect my life, but for now, I'd have to say that I have successfully completed my "One Plastic Bag" project and live as green a life as practiceable.
Those who know me know that I can only keep my mouth shut for so long, and it's only a matter of time before a new topic ignites my passion and/or pisses me off. So watch for a new blog soon.
Until then, tawk amongst yourself. Topic: "I'm not the Grinch, I'm freaking Jewish!" Discuss.
It's been over a month now since I blogged, and thanks to all those who emailed me wanting to know when the next installment is coming.
Environmentalism is important, but when you're struggling with the other curveballs that life throws your way, it becomes more of a "nice to do" rather than "have to do."
Not to say that I've become a plastic-bag loving, non-recycling, screw the environment it's all about me kind of person. But after three months of making all the changes I wrote about, they become so ordinary and ingrained into my daily routine that I felt there wasn't much to write about.
I decline a plastic bag so often that I lost count, and most of the stores where I shop now know me well enough not to even bag my groceries if I'm only buying an item or two. Not even milk!
We recycle to the point where we only have to take the garbage out once a week, and I have successfully free-cycled a few items each week in my ongoing decluttering project - even that damned printer was picked up off the street. We've put up the ghetto plastic on the windows to keep the heat in, and even my herbs are thriving. All the unused chargers remain unplugged, and while I haven't managed to get my electric bill under $50 I'm still trying.
"An Inconvenient Truth", in it's bright red Netflix envelope still sits on my DVD player, waiting to be watched. I still faithfully read my Ideal Bite daily emails, and I'm constantly surprised how many other sources are now providing tips on how to live a greener life, such as Daily Candy and even Oprah.
But sadly I felt that I had come to the end of this particular journey, having integrated as many of the 50 ways to save the planet as well as I could into my daily life.
I will continue to occasionally post about environmental issues as they affect my life, but for now, I'd have to say that I have successfully completed my "One Plastic Bag" project and live as green a life as practiceable.
Those who know me know that I can only keep my mouth shut for so long, and it's only a matter of time before a new topic ignites my passion and/or pisses me off. So watch for a new blog soon.
Until then, tawk amongst yourself. Topic: "I'm not the Grinch, I'm freaking Jewish!" Discuss.
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Monday, December 11, 2006
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