Comments on: It’s Not Too Hard Being Green http://www.jasoncoleman.net/2006/06/10/its-not-too-hard-being-green/ All the makings of a real web site, plus my stuff. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:44:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jason Coleman http://www.jasoncoleman.net/2006/06/10/its-not-too-hard-being-green/comment-page-1/#comment-4801 Jason Coleman Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:47:50 +0000 http://www.jasoncoleman.net/2006/06/10/its-not-too-hard-being-green/#comment-4801 Zone, you're always welcome to leave long comments here and when you write long long posts on your blog, I hope I can add as much as you just did to them. I'd like to say (and I meant to at the end of this post here) that this is really the first step towards us doing something. The next is tougher, because it may involve us actually giving up things or changing our lives in substantial ways. It also involves us putting out money where our mouths and hearts are. I'm glad you got something out of it, although I'm pretty sure that you two are actually very conscious and good people in being world citizens just because that just like you guys in everything else, too. Zone, you’re always welcome to leave long comments here and when you write long long posts on your blog, I hope I can add as much as you just did to them. I’d like to say (and I meant to at the end of this post here) that this is really the first step towards us doing something. The next is tougher, because it may involve us actually giving up things or changing our lives in substantial ways. It also involves us putting out money where our mouths and hearts are.

I’m glad you got something out of it, although I’m pretty sure that you two are actually very conscious and good people in being world citizens just because that just like you guys in everything else, too.

]]> By: Zane http://www.jasoncoleman.net/2006/06/10/its-not-too-hard-being-green/comment-page-1/#comment-4800 Zane Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:40:49 +0000 http://www.jasoncoleman.net/2006/06/10/its-not-too-hard-being-green/#comment-4800 The following is not meant to sound like a smartass: I do like to think that I am not a huge producer of earth killing dirtiness, but the article seems like it is touting a normal way of living or at least a normal one for me. These suggestions seem to be common sense. Of course this may be because for most of my life up to this point I was more concerned about paying the bills and making ends meet than I was about saving the planet (I know, I need a spanking), but something felt weird while reading this article... then I figured it out. This article was not written for me. It was written for the people that go through life without the cares of making ends meet. It was written for the people that are not informed on frugality. This was written for the people with excess, which of course most Americans fall into now once you really think about it. So, I suppose this article was for me. It was for me because I can feel good that I'm helping save the world because I'm trying to be frugal. Now what else can I, the cheap bastard, do? Jason, Thanks for posting the article and even if it sounds the opposite, I do think it is a good idea to see where a small switch in the normal operations of daily living can cause a ripple down the line. I suppose that should be what I take away from this. Long post = Long comment The following is not meant to sound like a smartass:

I do like to think that I am not a huge producer of earth killing dirtiness, but the article seems like it is touting a normal way of living or at least a normal one for me. These suggestions seem to be common sense. Of course this may be because for most of my life up to this point I was more concerned about paying the bills and making ends meet than I was about saving the planet (I know, I need a spanking), but something felt weird while reading this article… then I figured it out. This article was not written for me.

It was written for the people that go through life without the cares of making ends meet. It was written for the people that are not informed on frugality. This was written for the people with excess, which of course most Americans fall into now once you really think about it.

So, I suppose this article was for me. It was for me because I can feel good that I’m helping save the world because I’m trying to be frugal. Now what else can I, the cheap bastard, do?

Jason,
Thanks for posting the article and even if it sounds the opposite, I do think it is a good idea to see where a small switch in the normal operations of daily living can cause a ripple down the line. I suppose that should be what I take away from this.

Long post = Long comment

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