eff u "earrrrtttthhhh day"

\/Eff U Earth Day\/

Just like every month should be poetry month, every day should be earth day.

For Earth Day I:

• did not commute with someone else to work -- however, I usually do. My commuter mate is on vaca this weekend.
  
• did not put anything in the recycling bin -- because it was already at the curbside or pick up, and by "it", I actually mean them. We had one trash barrel and four recycling bins on the sidewalk
• did not ask people at my work to think about eco-friendly products -- because THAT'S ALL WE THINK ABOUT ALREADY
• did not start to give up meat-eating in recognition of the vast resources used to make one pound of meat -- because I've already been doing that for the last SIXTEEN (anniversary back in March!!!) years
• did not forgo using plastic & paper plates, knives, forks, etc -- because I rarely ever use them in the first place
• did not suffer the inconvenience of not having my purchases bagged at the store -- because I hardly ever use a bag (just throw it in my giant purse), and don't consider that an inconvenience
• did not change the margins of my print outs -- because I didn't print anything, and if I had, I would have reduced the margins to .7 all around and, in the case of my personal print outs, reduce the font size to 11 or 10, make two columns with .5 gutters and turn the page to landscape to portrait, often reducing printout by 2-4 pages, depending on the size of the document...

The point is: every day is Earth Day. And it is with very little inconvenience. Or, aybe, because it's so much of a routine, I don't recognize the inconvenience. Regardless, these little thing add up after 16 years of doing them, I imagine.

So I say, eff u "Earth Day" because we should think about climate change, resource management, reducing waste, decreasing emissions, conserving energy etc etc etc EVERY SINGLE DAY and not just once a year. Therefore, I get a little pissy on Earth Day and it's tokenism. Every day should be Earth Day -- and can be, so easily...

http://www.grist.org/

http://www.treehugger.com/

Greenandmore.com [disclaimer: my place of employment]

http://www.41pounds.org/

http://www.changethemargins.com/

Okay, strident people like Hilary and Barack and Nader need their soap boxes back, so I'm getting down.