Confessions of a Closet Environmentalist

Disclaimer: This page is a work in progress!!! And its endless too.

1. Sometimes I leave the lights on when I don’t need them.
2. I use non-fluorescent lights Edit: I have one several CFL.
3. Worse than that, last time a CFL bulb burnt out I replaced it with another CFL… and then i threw it away in the trash bacause I didn’t know any better… I still can’t get over the guilt…
4. I watch TV. Now I’m only watching Desperate Housewives and Lost on DVD/computer.
5. I leave the TV on while Im blogging.
6. I leave the computer on when Im whatching TV.
7. I turn off the TV with the remote control…
8. I leave the laptop on when I’m not home.
9. I leave the phone charger in the socket.
10. I don’t unplug the laptops and ipod power adaptors.
11. I have a monster freezer sucking up power to freeze last century veggies, ice bags and half-pack of ice-cr… nope, nevermind, not even ice-cream now.
12. I use too much central heating.
13. I fly. Frequently.
14. Sometimes my supermarket decisions are governed by “whatever is cheaper”.
15. I eat meat every day once-twice a week.
16. Sometimes organic meat, but not always.
17. Most of my veggies are not organic.
18. I buy bananas and mangos and pinnapples from Costa Rica and from who-knows where else.
19. Sometimes I buy overpackaged goods. Sometimes I overpackage them myself
20. I throw away food because I let it go bad.
21. I don’t turn off the shower while I’m soaping.
22. I use toilet paper. Not recycled.
23. I use disposable tampons and pads.
24. I use napkins and paper towels, not recycled.
25. I use paper tissues.
26. All some none of my cleaning products are environmentally-nasty. I don’t know what’s in them and I never cared. Edit: I know there is nasty stuff in them.
27. My toiletries and cosmetics are Eco-nasty and most of them must be tested on animals (except the Body Shop ones). Edit: I have all natural, organic, shower gel, tooth paste, sunscreen body lotion and lip balm.
28. I take the pill, contributing to all those hormones in the sewer that cause sexual disfunctions in fish.
29. I use clumping kitty litter.
30. I get plastic bags I don’t need and use them to throw away daily kitty clumps.
31. I use non-biodegradable trash-bags, litter scoopings bags, sandwich bags, ice bags.
32. I have refused to recycle organic waste. (There is even a special bin for that just outside my bulding…)
33. I’ve made fun of my friend Ana for being a naive environmentalist.
34. I wear leather. In fact, I can’t wear shoes in anything but leather. When are “organic leather” shoes going to be widely available?
35. My clothes are all either regular cotton or synthetic from-oil fibers…
36. My internet addiction is getting outta hand… What should I do???