the next step

[the_siobhan]

Every resource I've ever seen about climate change gives the same basic instructions. "Turn down the AC. Get a more fuel efficient car. Buy locally."

We don't have air con. We bus and bike everywhere. We eat vegetarian most of the time, and every lightbulb in the house is compact fluorescent. We patch, repair, reuse and freecycle.

Now what? Where is the environmentalism 201?

*sigh*

I guess I could always write more letters.

What I'm listening to right this second: Knucklehead

Comments

[ihvpave.livejournal.com]

Hee.

Yeh, I haven't got any water features in the back, though I am thinking of putting in a pergola-type thing with a waterbutt thingo behind it, mebbe.

As far as the lawn goes, it's fairly interesting 'cos I live in a pretty working-class neighborhood, but day-UM of those folks aren't nuts about their yardwork. 's pretty interesting to me, actually. Chain link dividing lines, and perfectly manicured lawns.

[inulro.livejournal.com]

Bizarre. Some people here are very keen about their yardwork, but it hasn't occurred to them to care what anyone else does.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Most people here are keen on their yards> We have such a diverse neighbourhood that could mean anything from "perfectly manicured squares of grass" to "interestingly arranged rock and shrubbery with a rusty iron art piece in the centre".

I get the impression my "promiscuous wildflower riot" is considered perfectly acceptable.