Every year, at this time of the year, the internet is swamped with green resolutions. We know that resolutions are just a way to reassure ourselves that we are good people, but in the end we don’t stick to them and don’t particularly feel bad about it, they are just new year’s resolutions. I believe that we can take decisions any time of the year and stick to them for the rest of our lives: starting to be green has nothing to do with a change of date, but with a change of mindset and lifestyle! So, promise me one thing, do what you can to respect the environment, to save energy, to reduce waste and to raise awareness about our planet’s situation, and not just because it’s the beginning of a new year, but because you believe in it!
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Just for the entertainment, I have found some interesting resolutions on the web, from this year or the previous ones. Enjoy the various and curious ideas!
BE RADICAL
This user tells us, that once we respect the basic resolutions going from recycle to reduce waste etc, we should maybe expand our horizons.
“In green terms, radical has become synonymous with tactics like, say, liberating animals from laboratories.
Well, rather than doing something likely to land you in jail, what would happen if we banded together and pledged to never, ever buy a product that was tested on animals? International animal liberation, you might call it. You can start by compiling a list of cruelty-free products.
Hey, you never know just how radical [this year] might turn out to be.”
DO NOT BUY
Talking about radical this blogger has had an interesting idea: not buying a single new thing this year. “Not clothes or shoes of any kind. Not socks. No undergarments. Nothing, nada, nope. No new bedsheets, towels, pillows, STUFF. NOTHING.” Indeed, most of us tend to accumulate so many things that we don’t actually need, but a real fashionista will have difficulties following this resolution. ( even if it sounds more like a challenge to me). Maybe the accompanying plan is sewing classes!Source
BE RETRO
Be retro. No be even more retro than retro: be your grandma! Indeed this user recommends to start using this kind of thought process on a daily basis: What would my grandma do? When you start thinking about it, previous generations were far more environment-aware than us. They re-used and recycled, they
would save energy and water like a matter of normalcy, not because they were fashionably saving the planet.
would save energy and water like a matter of normalcy, not because they were fashionably saving the planet.
CONFRONT
A writer from Treehugger proposed an interesting resolution: that is to confront one climate skeptic per week. I still have a few open questions. Where do you find the climate skeptic? Where are his grazing areas: the mall? the 4x4 store? And what do you do? You could combine it with another writer’s resolution: ‘Give away 5 copies of An Inconvenient Truth or Who Killed the Electric Car?’ Interesting but expensive if you want to confront 53 climate sceptics this year. So of course, you can convince them with the power of your own arguments, so remember to always keep informed. There are so many useful websites out there! And maybe finally change your favourite search engine to its greener option (see previous post).
THINK
As a last advice, I’d like to quote this one “Take some time to think about what really matters to you, what you really care about, what and who you love. Be aware that our consumerist society may want you to want very different things to what you really desire for yourself and your family.”
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