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I will start by saying I am barely green. I am more like celery green (not green enough to make a statement but I ain’t “yeller”). I am of Latin descent; my veggie consumption has been limited to potatoes and plantains that are usually served as a side dish to massive amounts of red juicy steaks and sausages. I drive a big ole F-150 pick-up truck. Going to Whole Foods and paying a whole extra dollar a pound for anything in the “organic section” was inexcusable. “Who cares?”, I would say, “It is all going to the same place at the end”…no pun intended.
Going green requires a level of selflessness I have not yet acquired. I am willing to forgo many non-green things. I am willing to part ways with using paper to print; I will wipe my ass with recycled but not so Charming soft TP I already read books on Kindle, and I wear Bare Essentials Makeup (derived from the Earth, not that I need it if I can say so myself!). I am all for feeding my pets Organic food packaged in recycled bags, I may even try the “green tampons”. I don’t run the faucet while I brush my teeth and I am willing to skip a shower for the every-other-day deal and do a Cuban shower every now and again (Cuban Shower: Wipe armpits, ears and neck with damp cloth, use a cup of water and soap to sanitize crotch and erogenous zones, and spray body spray)…. BUT Will I ever drive a “Smartcar”? I may…Well, honestly, say what you will but: ME: Not in this fucking lifetime! Unless they come up with a V8 that is environmentally friendly while still having the ability to do all the things my “Beast” does, or the world rids itself of Semi Trucks, Drunk drivers, teenagers behind the wheel, especially those getting their first “roadhead”, Little old ladies in huge Cadillacs swerving from lane to lane, and “texting whilst holding a bagel and coffee” drivers…. I like to feel safe, secure, high up, and not worry that I will be crushed between the wheels of two semis. I also have reasons for why I like a truck:
• Drive in movies! (prop up two lounge chairs, a lil’ cooler and a small bbq on the back of that baby and enjoy.
• Camping (inflate-a-bed on the truck bed…ah! sleep with nature looking t you, you looking at the stars and not be so close to the dirt that a snake may sneak into my sleeping quarters.
• Fishing: Nothing stinks up the inside of a vehicle like fresh caught fish and bait/chum and spilled Shrimp water. That shit needs to stay OUTSIDE of my vehicle, sort of speak.
• Moving and hauling: Yes and yes, I do quite a bit of it.
• Wet dogs: You know what wet dog smells like! I hate taking the dogs for a swim/hike/dunk and then having to smell them on the way back to the house. They are happy to air dry in their nice comfy cages on the back of the truck.
• Lookin’ badass: Who doesn’t love a girl in a Pick Up Truck!
I love nature, don’t get me wrong…I love animals, I love to pet them, play with them, care for them, but I love to eat the edible ones. I even had my own “pet walking/Dog sitting business” for a year and a half. I love fishing (I have always disposed safely of my used fishing line and hooks). I love waterfalls, and oceans and anything out there that is not behind cement walls. I am ok with bugs, except flying cockroaches…. but I never really took a deep look at the things that have affected and will affect the future of these things and creatures I love so much.
What will happen in 10-15 years to the rivers I love to fish in? Sooo, my 3 eyed catch not a result of incestuous fish mating? Mercury poisoning my sashimi? My future grandchildren shall never be allowed to eat dirt like I used to do when I was three?
I first started to dip into the nature-conservation and greener things a few years ago (maybe 2 if pushing it) when I moved from the Suburbs into the City of Atlanta, more specifically, the Inman Park/Virginia Highlands area. Around these parts, the menus read “Organic/vegan/vegetarian/humanely raised/farm raised/grass fed/recycled/100% natural/locally grown”. Bar counters were build from recycled rail ties/hay/sustainable materials/horse dung/cardboard. I wondered if some homeless guy was now totally utterly more homeless because someone in Inman Park was picking up and “stealing” any and all cardboard box he saw to make a bar countertop for “Parrish Restaurant”.
Slowly I began purchasing more “green items”. My working as a dog walker didn’t provide for much cashola. I bought my truck when gas hit $5.15b a gallon, then drive home and pretty much parked it because in Inman Park you can pretty much get anywhere on foot (groceries, pharmacies, restaurants, bars, physicians, etc.) So I was very selective and rarely splurged on anything that was more than $1.50 more than the “regular” items. I figured it this way: pay for Organic root veggies because the dirt they suck their vitality from needs to be cleaner for my consumption. Do not buy organic anything growing over the dirt (lettuce, tomatoes, you go figure)…but then, the roots of these other veggies are sucking water that is coming from the evil dirt…. hmmm, choices, choices.
Honestly, I didn’t really know what I was doing and I am still ignoramus about it, but for about 6 months I have been making several purchases of other “organic” and “green products” which I feel proud of. I also favor restaurants that grown their own vegetables and buy organic, or from locally grown farms. To name all (see this list, is short…but I have to start somewhere!):
• “Green” Razor
• Recyclable/reusable Shopping bags (I have 6 because do forget to bring mine)
• Organix shampoo and conditioner (need to switch because apparently my new hair extensions cannot be washed with any shampoo containing Sodium laureth sulfate)
• Certified Grade A Shea Butter (Fucktastic, by the way, never again will I spend $$ on regular lotions or wrinkle creams)
• Organic Wines
• Organic yogurt
• Grass Fed beef
• Humanely raised, and wild caught Salmon
• Organic Goat Milk
• Organic salad items
• Organic Snacks
It took me two hours to come up with this list. It is very sad that I examined my life for the past year and a half and I can only come up with bout ten things, mostly food items!
An old friend who I recently ran into a few months ago has a plan to launch an environmentally friendly packaging business. I am about to research this and will definitively become part of that company, whether selling, marketing or spreading the word. More on that on another dedicated blog.
So, as far as resolutions go, I didn’t do the all too familiar and almost always a failure: “Join the gym, drink less, give more, go to church,” that most of us promise ourselves to do starting the New Year. I said the following:
“I will start eating healthier, finally volunteer and go greener” …and of course, join the gym.
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