tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644151026973894663.post3895761955599355360..comments2023-07-05T09:44:10.492-04:00Comments on the account of my life and times: Dear BurlingtonGreen...Joshua Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12682712482565565465noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644151026973894663.post-76416588061076147412009-08-07T22:45:23.146-04:002009-08-07T22:45:23.146-04:00I'm totally the better for my (quick) dip into...I'm totally the better for my (quick) dip into the FRIGID, FRIGID waters of vegetarianism. While I realize now that I wasn't quite ready, I benefited hugely because of my willingness to go there in the first place. Taking two steps forward and one step back is still taking one step forward, you know? I'm not vegetarian anymore, but I'm a whole lot more aware of the environmental ramifications of what I eat. <br /><br />- Josh<br /><br />PS I win for using the word <i>ramification</i>.Joshua Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12682712482565565465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644151026973894663.post-14152745120971867652009-08-07T14:39:20.507-04:002009-08-07T14:39:20.507-04:00Hi there Josh! I suppose you can tell how much I a...Hi there Josh! I suppose you can tell how much I adore Shawn. I'm going to babble about it again and say that I ADORE the concept of sustainability needing to be sustainable in your life. That's the best idea. I live in a crazy-liberal town and have crazy-hippie friends with all manners and levels of environmentalism and sustainability as part of their lives, whether that comes through in recycling, veganism, raw food eating, hardly showering, dumpster diving, not riding in cars/motorized vehicles, what-have-you. To me, and I'm a lazy and barely-principled person who is still trying to make a difference, there are two things that I try to keep in mind: first, you need to enjoy your life. And second, you need to make the best choice possible with the options available to you.<br /><br />So if that means recycling aggressively, but eating all the bacon that comes within three feet of your face, that's how you put your green vibes in the world. <br /><br />Do everything you can do reasonably at first. Then stretch a little. Then stretch a lot if you can. <br /><br />The best thing that you can do is be educated about it, and it sounds like you are. You can't un-know what you've learned about the impact we humans have had on our surroundings. You'll naturally respond to it, but you're not 100% responsible. <br /><br />or that's my $0.02. <br /><br />Cheers!katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148972684639753002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644151026973894663.post-18354533053620249572009-07-28T19:15:32.142-04:002009-07-28T19:15:32.142-04:00I really like what you said about our choices havi...I really like what you said about our choices having to be sustainable in our lives, Sara. What I realized is that the choices that I made were a hasty and not very well thought through. <br /><br />While I've shed the vegetarian thing, and I allow myself to indulge in a 140 degree tall caramel machiato every couple weeks, I still recycle, drink soy milk most of the time, re-use old items, and support local farmers. I'm really glad for the influences I've had in my life in the past year. I'm a whole lot greener now than I used to be...Joshua Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12682712482565565465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644151026973894663.post-79405316710709210952009-07-27T23:08:37.634-04:002009-07-27T23:08:37.634-04:00Yesterday (before I read your blog) I was thinking...Yesterday (before I read your blog) I was thinking that I did all of us a disservice by attempting to be so hard core. I felt remorse at pressuring different friends (especially you two) toward the lifestyle. Shawn always said that if we care about sustainability for the earth, then our green choices needed to be sustainable in our lives. I have seriously pulled back myself, because I know that no matter how much I think I'm doing I will ALWAYS be part of the problem. Said realization doesn't stop me from trying, but it makes me way more humble about it and I don't attempt to convert people anymore. I was remiss.shawn and sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991715495007411431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644151026973894663.post-52827033145865565042009-07-27T00:53:49.988-04:002009-07-27T00:53:49.988-04:00Yeah, I here that brother. I'm sustainable+ (a...Yeah, I here that brother. I'm sustainable+ (aka: sustainable-plus... has anybody coined that yet?) but unfortunately our efforts don't change the world - if anyone can make a difference it's companies and governments ~ you should write them a letter and tell them to get on with it already.nahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993968757013200323noreply@blogger.com