Please Free Me From the Tyranny of the Current Market Economy!

I have become a good green girl. Whenever possible, I combine my errands, so as to minimize car trips. A visit to the hairdresser yesterday, became the perfect opportunity to stop by Bloomingdale’s next door, to replenish my supply of Clinique makeup. I rarely go to the mall now, and when I do, it [...]

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Grieving Life Before Global Warming

It hit me yesterday, as I was staring at the running water. I was brushing my teeth, and immediately, my green conscience stepped in. You cannot let it run. Got’ta turn off the faucet right away. And then, at once, annoyance. Why? I wondered. Why was I feeling so bothered? This was a familiar feeling. [...]

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Treating the Climate Fight As a Social Work Problem

Once upon a time, I used to be a social worker. ‘Used to’ is probably the wrong word, since social work is more a frame of mind than anything else. Lately, I have been thinking a lot about the value of the social work model, as it pertains to the climate fight. Social work is [...]

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The Separation of Earth and Sky, a BlogAct by Simon Donner

Last week I received this mail from Simon Donner, a climate scientist at University of British Columbia:
‘I came across your site, thanks to links you have to the letter I’d written for desmogblog and to my colleague Michael Oppenheimer’s work. It is good to see some discussion about the psychology of climate change. You might [...]

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The 3650 Fear Factor About Global Warming

Just found on YouTube, this ‘3650‘ video from MTV Switch:

3650 is the number of days – ten years – before the effect of our CO2 emissions are irreversible. Yes. Only 3650.

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Don’t Worry, Act Green

No Impact Man nailed it this morning in his post on individual action. The important thing is not to worry about the outcome. Instead one should act, because one feels moved to do so. When considering environmental activism, I realize what stops me most often, are some thoughts I have about what the results might [...]

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The Danger of Perfection

I get so much from the people who comment on my blog. They help me with blind spots. Darmok and Nadine, both struck me with the gentle ways in which they approach their greening process. I have gotten caught in the trap of looking at all I do not do, rather than appreciating the many [...]

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Green Humor Anyone?

I just recently made mine the old slogan, ‘If it’s yellow, let it mellow; if it’s brown, flush it down.‘ These twelve simple words have had quite an effect. Now, I think twice before flushing, and the sight of yellow gets immediately translated into a ‘don’t flush’ command. I have even become a militant, having [...]

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The 3 Green Zones

I am an addict. And I need help. In the absence of a clear program, I am left on my own, to find an approach that will work for me. It’s been confusing, so far, and I can’t tell what’s helpful, from what’s not.
The Not so Green Zone
First, there is the danger of the [...]

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One Sure Way to Save on Paper

I used to be a printing maniac. Until I decided to move my office down to the first floor guest room. The printer got forgotten in the move, and is still sitting in my old closet office. I am enjoying all the freed up space on my desk. All of a sudden, it has become [...]

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