Instead of a list, let me just focus on one thing I don't like: disposable paper products.
Here's what Emerson says in Nature:
"Nothing in nature is exhausted in its first use. When a thing has served an end to the uttermost, it is wholly new for an ulterior service. In God, every end is converted into a new means."
In other words, using something once and throwing it away is pretty much a sin.
So just consider:
-enough cotton handkerchiefs to have a new one or three every day
-enough dish rags to wash one or three every day
-cloth diapers
-cloth wipes, even
-pieces of an old towel for general spills, glass, bathroom counters...
-a microfiber dust cloth instead of all those Swiffers
-napkins. made of cloth. when there is no company coming. just imagine.
What do you think, gentle readers? Wouldn't the world be many times better?
probs.
ReplyDeletebut here's the thing of it: elimination of paper products becomes modestly more difficult when one does not have a washer and dryer in one's own home. keeping soiled dishcloths and cleaning towels in the laundry hamper for week between trips to the laundromat brings vermin. trust me.
not making excuses for myself, just adding to the dialogue...
I only do wash once a week. Just hang wet things over the side so they dry instead of festering. Excuses they are, and this on Earth Day!
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