I'll Environment You!
I don't own a car and I live in an apartment. That's all I'm doing for the environment. Oh - and I'll take no lectures from anyone who either does own a car or does live in a house. Especially if it's a house in the 'burbs. Because we all know the real cause of pollution is - single family suburban homes.
Oh - and thriving economies.
I mean, who are we trying to kid - really. I worked hard to save up for a house and once I had one there was no end to the consumer goods I needed to purchase in order to fill it. It was like a cancer. And it wasn't even a big house. But even with 3 kids and a husband, there was one room that never really got used but that still had to be furnished. Why, I don't know. Except that having a bare room in the suburbs is not socially acceptable. Or something.
But now I'm in an apartment and I don't own a car and I like it that way because I'm not constantly cleaning and doing maintenance and shopping for all the stuff you need to make your single family suburban house just like everybody else's single family suburban house.
It makes me feel like I'm doing my bit for Planet Earth. That's why I tune out now when I hear anybody in business, politics or the media going on about the environment. It's not that I don't care - well, maybe it is... - it's just that there's not much more I can or will do. That's it for me. I have committed myself to apartment living and public transit. So when I do listen to environmental talk - it has to do with plans to improve apartment living and public transit or I'm not interested. And I've decided that since I've chosen this lifestyle - and like it - I will do what I can with regards to getting involved in - apartment living and public transit. I'm not even going to bother with the "Think Global" part of "Think Global, Act Local".
Act Local. That's it for me. I'll let the big guys "Think Global". And maybe that'll keep them busy so that the rest of us can get the improvements we need for the little guy lifestyles we live. Because I can tell you this - I've never seen a "big guy" walking down my street and heading for his apartment. Walk the walk or go talk amongst yourselves.
