I can’t take credit for turning another friend “green,” but I would certainly like to boast a bit about her efforts! A very dear friend came to me recently and shared the details of an interview she saw on TV with Julia Louis-Dreyfus. In this interview, Julia listed off a host of tips anyone can employ to save energy and live more sustainably. My friend was astonished by the amount of energy saved in one CFL (80%), and even more so by the impacts of using those pesty plastic bags at the grocery store: those bags aren’t biodegradable, contribute to litter, harm animals, and require tremendous amounts of energy in camparison to reusable shopping bags.
This simple interview really pushed my friend into action. She’s trying CFLs now, considers reusable shopping bags, and, most notably, she’s looking at other ways to reduce her consumption. She asked me recently, “are those plastic red party cups bad?” She uses two of these cups a day, only once, and then discards them. My answer, “YES!” If you have to use them, reuse them. But, better yet, get a reusable travel mug – stainless steel are best!
Having worked in the environmental field for nearly 10 years now, you would think that my environmental habits would extend to all my family, friends and neighbors. I do have my environmental peeps for sure, but I just don’t like to be pushy to those that aren’t. My preferred approach is to brag about my “lighter shade of green” friends when they do truly wonderful things for our environment.
Thanks Friend!
As long as we can make good use of time, always have enough time.
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