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Or do you try to be?
I'd like to think that my family tries to be... We tend to support local / smaller businesses, buy from local farm shops (mostly organic) - if not, then from sumasomethingorothermarket.com (which by the by, give you a great free gift - a USB (1GB) memory stick, covered in wood.. I like it
- it has a magnetic lid too, so kind of snaps shut)... er lost track now. Oh yes, and the other things such as turning stuff off, not leaving lights on, only using what water we need in the kettle..
However, I think that I may be a bit of a hypocrit! I do like cars, espeically mine. It's a bit of a polluter (large engine, and I think ~200g/km of emissions, ecnomony isn't that good). I don't take public transport to work (if I can help it) - I just can't stand taking the dirty, filthy bus, or train.. I often end up in a foul mood when I get into work, and home again in the evening if I've had to use it (such as recently being snowed in, yet the trains still running - d'oh!!). I just like to drive really.. Added to that, I'd really like a 4x4 (mainly, due to the safety - we've recently had a baby, the amount of silly beggers on the roads these days - I'd rather them go under me than into me)..
I don't think it's something that I'd settle with, by moving to an 'eco' car, or a nice family car.
It's a strange feeling, on one hand I love the fact that we do our part, but on the other hand whilst I love my car and sometimes like to have a more 'fun' trip home thorugh the country lanes where safe to do so I feel guilty !
My wife and I have spoke a couple times of how great it'd be to sell all our assests off, then buy some land and have a small-holding trying to be as self producing/effecient as possible... wow, erm there you have it, two random posts by me in the same evening.
Any thoughts?
I'd like to think that my family tries to be... We tend to support local / smaller businesses, buy from local farm shops (mostly organic) - if not, then from sumasomethingorothermarket.com (which by the by, give you a great free gift - a USB (1GB) memory stick, covered in wood.. I like it
- it has a magnetic lid too, so kind of snaps shut)... er lost track now. Oh yes, and the other things such as turning stuff off, not leaving lights on, only using what water we need in the kettle..However, I think that I may be a bit of a hypocrit! I do like cars, espeically mine. It's a bit of a polluter (large engine, and I think ~200g/km of emissions, ecnomony isn't that good). I don't take public transport to work (if I can help it) - I just can't stand taking the dirty, filthy bus, or train.. I often end up in a foul mood when I get into work, and home again in the evening if I've had to use it (such as recently being snowed in, yet the trains still running - d'oh!!). I just like to drive really.. Added to that, I'd really like a 4x4 (mainly, due to the safety - we've recently had a baby, the amount of silly beggers on the roads these days - I'd rather them go under me than into me)..
I don't think it's something that I'd settle with, by moving to an 'eco' car, or a nice family car.
It's a strange feeling, on one hand I love the fact that we do our part, but on the other hand whilst I love my car and sometimes like to have a more 'fun' trip home thorugh the country lanes where safe to do so I feel guilty !
My wife and I have spoke a couple times of how great it'd be to sell all our assests off, then buy some land and have a small-holding trying to be as self producing/effecient as possible... wow, erm there you have it, two random posts by me in the same evening.
Any thoughts?
We recycle bottles cans plastic cardboard newspaper, make compost etc
More Chooks lol 
...those are my 'luxuries' at the cost to the environment.
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