SMHB looks so serious studying (unibomber-style) for his LEED exam tomorrow. We (royally) really truly do wish him the best of luck, both with that and other SRI endeavours. But I have to say – since I’ve gotten to Sodom-West the level of Greener Than Thou-ness I’ve been seeing has reached near toxic levels, diffused only with nanny-state behavioral modifications (NO POOP BAGS FOR YOU!! AND COMPOST NAPKIN AND STRAW WRAPPER!!) or the purchase of modern indulgences. There’s a vast gulf between encouraging green standards apartment buildings and adopting the self-loathing that doesn’t allow one to enjoy anything without calculating fuel burnt, water expended and carbon exhaled. Yet somehow many of us are on the wrong side.
My meager mild point is that it’s sometimes ok to smile, laugh, and take it easy, enjoy what we have and what we do without green guilt flagellation. To that end, I was amused by Silent Cal‘s take on green Halloween candy.
Why not give out a more local product than one made of African cocoa and Caribbean sugar? Simply dip crickets in wild honey and dust with beet sugar: voila! The greenest Halloween ever! To keep in the green spirit, recommend that the kids who receive these locavore snacks use organic eggs and recycled toilet paper to “decorate” your house that night.
And, a bonus, on my most acute of additions.
How can you call yourself green if you even drink coffee? Do you know how much fossil fuel is expended just getting it to these shores? A true environmentalist would be drinking a lukewarm tisane of mint leaves with wild honey. Or, just drink out of a puddle. Your call.
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