Comments on: Eco Maniac: Simple Survival

By: Steph H

Steph H — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:46:04 +0000

“…that extremely practical lesbian haircut”…..

Only a lesbian could get away with saying something like that!

By: Steph H

Steph H — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:43:17 +0000

Off topic
Hi M
Hope you are doing okay! We are totally freezing over here at the moment - how about you?
A bientot
S
xxx

By: Xanadu

Xanadu — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:30:29 +0000

Sorry - but I do everything else to help save the planet! … and as I remind the people I live with, I don’t have that extremely practical lesbian haircut which only takes 10 minutes (or less)!

I have long naturally wavy/kinky hair (that requires deep conditioning treatments) and all sorts of products, so as I do not leave the house looking like a crazy woman!

I’m all for saving the world - I just refuse to do it with bad hair!

*The perils of being a femme*

By: loveminuszero

loveminuszero — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:44:56 +0000

hi third world i’m with you on that one

By: peacekitty

peacekitty — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:37:13 +0000

Are hot tubs okay? 40 minutes, wow. I think I’d get a hot tub and sit in it or at least use a bathtub rather than let the water run that long.

My showers are less than 10, but that’s usually because I’m running behind in the morning.

By: Kelly McCartney

Kelly McCartney — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:53:52 +0000

Okay, I’m totally coming down on you for this one. A 40-minute shower is considered pillaging in my eyes. There’s really no excuse. What the hell are you doing in there? Washing inch by inch?

Not only are you wasting about eight times the amount of water of most people’s showers (I think it’s seven gallons a minute.), but you are also wasting the energy it takes to heat that water.

Here’s my challenge to you which I issued to my ex, as well: Cut back a little at a time until you are under 10 minutes. Seriously, we can’t afford bad habits like that.

By: Kelly McCartney

Kelly McCartney — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:50:01 +0000

PS - The quoted cost of education per year per girl is cheap in comparison to developed nations. That was the point I was making and the audience to which I was speaking.

By: Kelly McCartney

Kelly McCartney — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:47:47 +0000

I’ve never been called racist before. Quite the opposite, actually, and in far cruder terms.

I actually believe that education is great birth control for all nations and races; this point was actually just focused on Africa because that’s where that particular organization operates. I also believe that global resources are scarce and, therefore, global population control is necessary.

I am also a huge proponent of economic justice. I believe it to be the root issue that must be solved before all others.

I’m sorry if you took offense to something I wrote. That was not my intention nor is it in line with my beliefs at all.

By: Kelly McCartney

Kelly McCartney — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:42:30 +0000

I’m so into the whole 2012 thing. I was thinking that, too, about the LifeStraw. Would be good even for hikers and campers.

By: theresa carr

theresa carr — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:45:01 +0000

kelly , i actually think that your framing of this information is flippant. i find the environmental materials of interest,however, i would suggest you do a bit more reading of history and development and present your findings more sensatively.