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[quote=Anonymous]I hear you, OP. I can't claim that I'm great about reducing my carbon footprint but it's certainly something I'm aware of. I understand the tragedy of fast fashion and planned obsolescence.

If I need a piece of wood furniture, I try to go to the antiques store . . . the quality is way better than what you'll get unless you have a craftsman make it anyway. I do try to walk to run errands but I'm handicapped and it's not always possible. I try to use my dryer as little as possible. I hate flying so I'm naturally inclined to avoid it and I realize how terrible it is for the planet, but the rest of the family isn't as conscientious as I am so we do take regular trips (though we always take the train when we can). Because of my illness I can't tolerate cold temperatures but I do try to heat up only the part of the house I'm using. I hate hate hate that companies are making electronic items to die and become junk after a certain amount of time, so when possible I buy the longest-lasting brand (e.g. SmartQueen for our washer and dryer). I try to educate myself about little swaps you can make, like I use the old baby wipes from our cloth diapering days when I need a small wipe instead of a tissue or paper towel. I've tried to find good bamboo toilet paper but ultimately it just clumped too much, so we used recycled paper. I could definitely be better about eating meat.

And I know that REDUCE is a huge part of it. Don't run out and buy 25 cotton totes for grocery shopping (cotton is a huge water guzzler) . . . up-cycle or reuse what you already have.

But all of this knowledge is the result of committing a fair amount of time to research. Unless you hang out with crunchy types, who tend not to have the HHI that we have, then most people are just completely unaware. It's one of those things where you feel like you know the asteroid is coming but most people don't. How can people really not KNOW? But then again, how much am I missing? [/quote]

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