Okay I don't even know when the hell Earth Day is...but every day is Earth Day as far as I'M concerned! I just wanted to vent because I got yet another asinine Earth-Day-related e-mail, from American Apparel this time, that reads something like:
Blah blah blah we are a pretty green company we have solar panels we recycle we use organic cotton sometimes. BUY OUR SHIRTS AND THINGS AND DO YOUR PART ON EARTH DAY!
So anyway, I really hate green-washed consumerist crap. If you really want to do your part on Earth Day, remember our tried-and-true childhood aphorism:
REDUCE - Don't buy more shit! It will, most likely, end up in a landfill or in the big garbage raft in the sea. And for god's sake, if you DO buy more shit, buy quality.
REUSE - Repurpose something you already have, or buy something used if you have to buy something at all. (Trees? Getting a bit thin on the ground. Used books? A STEAL!)
RECYCLE - Try to inventory everything you throw in the trash (and thereby directly into the earth) for one day. Recycle all those pieces of paper (despite how suspect your local recycling program may be, you might as well try), and give away your tchotchkes on Freecycle.
Argh! Okay. Getting off my damn soapbox now.
