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Saturday, January 19, 2008
The Growing Up and Greening of Cowgirl Funk
Obviously Going Green has been going on for quite a while, in my lifetime we've cycled through the trend at least a few times. In junior high I owned "The 50 Simple Things Kids can do to Save the Earth" and hung a poster of the planet as seen from space over my bed. In high school I was an officer of our school ecology club (which I think existed mostly to sell rainforest cookies). Certainly Green is everywhere in current years. I think it makes sense. I've certainly fallen off the green wagon in the past ten years or so, I'm good at doing some things, terrible at others. Embarrassingly terrible at others. I think it can't be just about buying cool green consumer goods. One of the most important things I can do is Reduce. Over the next few months I hope to use the blog to make myself accountable and to share with you how I, an average person living in an apartment in New York with a husband and a baby, am learning to become more green. And all the usual stuff: what works, what doesn't, a few jokes, and some ranting. Oh, and I have to tell you that No Impact Man and others have already been doing this for quite a while. Also, especially since I have a baby, it's time to become the proverbial grown ass woman. I have to admit that my inspiration in this arena is Lisa at The Rage Diaries. Most of my issues, at least initially, involve organization, adult homemaking (less cake baking and more...not continuing to live the way I did through most of my twenties), and perhaps even fiscal responsibility. Sexy stuff. Beyond accountability, I can only offer you the perspective of a person who is definitely not an expert or even on her way to her own media empire. |
