Welcome to the Year of the Ock (or Rat, depending on which particular calendar you follow). In case any of you are the resolution making types, here are a few green ideas from the folks at Plenty Magazine:
Only a little more than a month remains until that special time of the year when you make your annual New Year’s resolutions – lose 50 pounds in two days, organize entire life, write daily letters of love and appreciation to parents, exercise twice daily, read three books per week, give up chocolate – and then promptly break them. But these green leaders are tougher than your average resoluter: They go to the office everyday and stand up against climate change, Big Oil, environmental illiteracy in America, and the full force of our generally wasteful culture. So we’re confident that they’ll stick to their outside-the-box eco resolutions this New Year. Here’s what they vow to do in 2008:
Some serious and some hilarious, read the green ‘eco-lutions’ at Plenty Mag’s site. Here’s a sample:
I’m going to stop making fun of crunchy, Birkenstock-wearing hippies driving their holier-than-thou Priuses and figure out how to retro-fit my bro’s 1984 VW vanagon for biofuel so I can drive cross country guilt-free. I’m going to start carrying a travel mug for my thrice-daily caffeine injections. And even though I may cringe in embarrassment purchasing condoms from my local CVS (beacon-hill biddies be damned!) I’m NOT going to let them give me a plastic bag because damn it, sea turtles are cool and that shit’s never gonna biodegrade. Although now that I think about it… condoms probably aren’t much better. Do they make biodegradable condoms? Would that even work?
The Plenty Magazine greenies also have put together a list of ideas for ‘Recycling Christmas,’ including ways to deal with the mounds of wrapping paper, boxes and holiday cards you may have acquired, as well as what to do with your Christmas tree and the presents you got that you didn’t really want. Classic re-gifting.