"Can We All Just Admit We're Not Going to Carpool?"
If you live on this planet it should be no secret that the environmental conversation is raging towards the forefront of awareness in our media. In December, comedian Jim Gaffigan, currently on his popular Beyond the Pale Tour, appeared on Conan O'Brien with a pretty funny environmental stand-up bit. He did the same bit on Letterman last Friday night, February 23rd.
In that bit he hits on several reasons many of us do not take steps towards going green.
Some of my favorite lines in the video are:
- "I guess you know you're lazy when you find recycling a pain in the ass "
- "I guess we should know that paper towels are bad for the environment, because they do have a lumberjack right on the label."
- "I'll chop down these trees, you drive an SUV."
For many of us, it can and often times does seem too ominous a task to live green. Fortunately, that's a common misconception. Sure, you can retro fit your roof with solar panels, dig a rainwater cistern, and go all hard core, but you can also take some very simple steps as well.
I dare not say that one is more valuable than the other. Check out some of the posts in the Simple Steps category here at The Fun Times Guide to Living Green for some quick, simple, easy, and cheap ways to go green.
What are some simple steps you can think of or have taken?
Jim Gaffigan is THE funniest new comedian on the scene! Thanks for sharing. He's the only artist I loaded on my daughter's MP3 for our trip out of town recently for the sake of my sanity.
To the green points...
I must admit that I am green at heart but not on my bark...at the moment.
BEFORE WE HAD KIDS, I used to...
recycle all of our tin cans, paperboard, cardboard, aluminum, PET, plastic grocery bags, glass (sorted) and anything else that the recycling places would take. I bought a small pick up truck with hauling recycling tubs in mind for crying out loud...and it would be loaded front to back when I made my one trip 'round town to all of the recycling depots to conserve on fuel and time. I knew the open and close schedules for all of 'em and how many pennies per pound the aluminum would bring. Everything else was purely to recycle at n/c.
Then the children came with all of the seemingly necessary disposables, paper towels for quick clean-ups, paper plates for when we were on the run, and on and on. It just seemed overwhelming at the time, not to mention that a few of the recycling centers closed shop due to lack of profitability. All things combined put a bit of a damper on my green state of mind and things went down hill from there.
Now things are starting to come 'round full circle and we've begun to conserve much more energy than previously through the purchase of Energy Star appliances and HVAC systems. I just wish there were more convenient places to take our recyclables.