How Green is Your Produce?
Posted in earth on 24. Mar, 2009
One of the things that worries me greatly about all this recession hype is that people will buy into the myth that going green is expensive and they’ll put off their green efforts until the economy is more stable. I won’t lie and say that myth has no truth to it; greening your home from top to bottom can be pricey. But, you don’t have to completely redo your home to go green. One of the most important things to remember about being green is that minimalism is often key, and with minimalism comes savings of resources both physical and financial. Being green is often as simple as one word: less. Do less. Buy less. It’s all about finding new, more efficient ways to do the things you’re already doing.
About eight years ago, I was shopping in a crowded train station mall when I was suddenly pushed/shoved into a shop by an inconsiderate passerby. I think that moment is what we refer to as one of life’s “happy accidents.” When I regained my bearings, I couldn’t believe where I was or what I was seeing. Laid out before me were piles and stacks of seemingly organized chaos of soaps, bubble baths and pretty much every body product imaginable. As a total bath junkie, I was in heaven. Blocks of soap were stacked around the store and sold in deli-like portions (by the quarter pound). Lotions were in solid form and marketed as “massage bars.” Bubble baths were solid, hard chunks of colorful awesomeness.
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As a wide-eyed, impressionable 19-year-old girl, I moved across the world to Sydney, Australia. I immediately fell in love with the place, people and culture. Finally I had found a place where I fit in. People there shared the same values and passions as I did. It was these same values that had previously gotten me labeled as a “hippie” and just plain “weirdo” growing up in Texas. I did my sixth grade science project on recycling and the lack of a recycling program in our area. I went vegetarian at age 15. Small town Texas never looked too kindly at my type of passion, a concept so foreign to them.
I feel like a real schmuck. The sad fact is that the reason I feel like an idiot is because I’m honest.
I remember the first time I saw an Esurance ad on television. The ad didn’t stick out to me because of killer branding or intense concept, though. It stuck out simply because I thought, “Big whoop.” An insurance company branded totally on the fact that you can take care of everything online? I’ve been with Geico since I could drive a car and have never once made a phone call or filled out a piece of paper.