It might be that No One is Too Small to Make a Difference.
I say that corporations are too big not to make a difference. They must be held accountable for their role in global warming.
My life on the other hand is Not-so-Green.
I order food to be delivered that comes in plastic containers. This isn’t good. Not for the planet and not for me either. Since hot plastic leaches chemicals into food.
What is the solution?
I plan instead of ordering dinner to be delivered to have soup when I have no energy to cook.
I think it comes down to making trade-offs. You can excel in one Green area and come up short in another Green area.
My aim is to find a suitable plastic container I can take with me to the deli counter to have the staff use and reuse the same container.
Instead of buying food that comes in a new container each time.
This tactic was talked about in a book a woman wrote about achieving zero waste. If I remember right the book was titled The Zero Waste Home.
The goal as I see it is to consume less–less electricity less gas and oil less of anything that is wasteful.
My electric bill statement has skyrocketed in the time of the pandemic. Plus New York City has had a record number of heatwaves this summer.
The air conditioner has been going at all hours in my apartment. That’s not-so-green. Only I can’t be in direct heat for longer than 10 minutes. I’m at greater risk for heat stroke.
I will search on the Container Store website for a reusable plastic container.
I expect the deli counter staff to look at me screw-eyed when I ask them to use my plastic container not theirs.
The Trash is for Tossers woman allegedly reduced her yearly waste to only one mason jar of trash.
That’s phenomenal–is it realistic for most of us?
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