Think About It

Hi All!

Today's "think about it" is a bit more personal.

"In your household, how often do environmental issues enter into discussion? Which members of your household are most likely to initiate such discussion? From where do they get their information?"

This is an interesting questions to me today, because I do not live with environmental activists in any stretch of the imagination. In fact, I could live in the most wasteful apartment on the block. Unfortunately, none of my roommates care too much to learn the consequences of being wasteful. Nor, would they be willing to spend the money to recycle, or buy greener cleaning products.

I have one roommate that is passionate about turning the lights off once you leave the room. She is not, however, interested in helping the environment. Rather, she is interested in helping her wallet. But, I'll accept that because its a step in the right direction.

Unfortunately, my second roommate does not care about the environment or her wallet because she wouldn't turn out a light to save her life.

However, I would argue that we would be very good at recycling if we had the option to. Even though our building does not offer recycling, we naturally sort our trash! After the cardboard boxes, glass bottles, and tin cans begin to add up next to the trash bin, out of the apartment they go and into the trash-bin they land.

I would attribute our innate sorting skills to the recycling practices that had been drilled into our heads as children by our teachers and parents. To this day, my mother is an absolute recycling freak. I've never seen someone have the household recycling down to such a science.

What about you? What does your household look like in terms of environmental issue discussions? Also, were you programmed to sort your recyclables as a child?