Itsy bitsie, teeny weenie steps
This link BLOWS me away: http://www.poodwaddle.com/clocks17.htm. The link takes you to a ticking clock which shows you EXACTLY how many crops and animals are being produced and used in the United States each second. You’ll find the numbers STAGGERING, and maybe even bone chilling. Take a moment and ponder how much crap we all USE.
As Daryl Hannah recently said at GreenFest in CO; “People need to remake the American dream. The three Rs — recycle, reduce, reuse — can use two more: repair and reject.”
Perhaps we could all dump one item from our diets, or lifestyle TODAY that is harming our planet. Think of the sheer strength of that action if we all got onboard! I thereby proclaim TODAY that I will join look seriously into joining a CSA, buy fewer packages of non-organic baby carrots from the fruit stands (guilty as charged!!), and stop using toxic nail polish (more on that in a very soon to come post). Tiny steps create TREMENDOUS change. What are you going to do to make a tiny little change today?
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead
On Wendesday, September 17, 2008, people around the world will turn off their lights for ten minutes - from 9:50pm to 10:00pm in their local time zone. That’s an easy first step, eh?
Next; check out PETA’s new carbon calculator widget—a small interactive tool to determine how much a change in your diet could change your impact on the environment. Simply enter your age, gender, and current eating habits, and the tool will instantly tell you how much carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) you’d prevent from polluting the Earth if you upgraded your diet. Go on, it won’t bite or tell your trainer about that container of mixed nuts you stuffed down your gullet last night!
Every positive social movement began with a single idea followed by the courage to share that idea with a friend and then another and another…
Chloe (and others) are understanding and sharing that every interaction we have with a living creature, with a “product”, an image, with the very planet we all depend upon is an opportunity to protect not only the vulnerable, but ultimately ourselves.
(08.28.2008 8:54 pm)well, we’ve all got to eat, but holy cow those numbers are insane. just knowing how many chickens or cows or buffaloes (people really eat them?!) are factory farmed every minute might shed some light on our insatiable appetite. maybe focusing on america’s overeating problem, and addiction to junk food, could curb some of the problem.
(08.29.2008 9:15 am)these numbers are staggering! I am amazed at the insatiable hunger!!! If people only new that they could eat the wild weeds from their own lawn, and actually benefit health wise, we might see a change! This is a true fact ladies and gents… we are able to exist on the vegetation of wild edibles! Thank goodness for lovely ladies like Miss Chloe Jo and others who are so deeply rooted in the grass roots movement!
(08.29.2008 5:49 pm)Holy crap, that calculator is scary! So many chickens! They are the MOST abused farm animals in the world.I always wonder how some people can continue to eat those wonderful birds. My small step today is signing the pledge to stop using bottled water!
(08.30.2008 1:52 am)I have been thinking a lot about the bottled water thing. For a very long time, I’ve felt guilty about the usage and discarding of all these small plastic bottles - sometimes dozens per week in my household. Although, I do my part to recycle, I can never feel confident about the effectiveness of the recycling program in New York…I’d feel better simply having less to recycle. I am researching a good water filtration system for home and a sturdy - yet stylish! - reusable travel bottle for the road.
I agree that with ALL of the world’s problems and challenges, if we all just did ONE thing (besides complain) the world would be a profoundly improved place to live!
(08.30.2008 5:33 am)How green is my diet results: Congratulations! You have already saved 7000 animals by choosing a vegetarian diet! By sticking with it, you will save over 15400 more animals from dying and 181500 lbs. of CO2e from polluting the Earth during your lifetime.
Props to my parents for raising me in a vegetarian household and to my sister for encouraging me to stay on the vegan path!
(06.11.2009 8:11 am)