http://greenjean.org learning to go green Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:33:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://greenjean.org/?p=27 We should have seen this coming - after months of carrying our own bags to the grocery store, farmer's market and bookstore, our special IKEA plastic bag holding device is empty. It used to overflow regularly. It's good and I feel happy to have made a visible change in my consumption. But ... http://greenjean.org/?p=26 Something to think about during the purchasing frenzy that precedes Christmas ... http://greenjean.org/?p=25 I saw this bag across a concourse crowded with students and bypassed all manner of offerings (stuffies, toques and accessories) to get to the stand selling it. This bag is the perfect size for a full scale notebook, a small purse and a few sundries (hankies, granola bars, daytimers). It was ... http://greenjean.org/?p=20   I spent ten minutes in the paper aisle of the grocery store tonight, trying to figure out if Seventh Generation is a better choice than Cascades toilet paper. Analysis paralysis started to set in, so I bought both and brought them home to do the math and compare. Both brands are ... http://greenjean.org/?p=16 Watch the video. Choose your action. At the very least, don't buy your gas from Shell.  Send the link to this video to two friends. Consider writing a letter; to Shell, to your MLA (elected Member of the Legislature - provincial), to your MP (elected Member of Parliament - federal), to the local paper. Many people ... http://greenjean.org/?p=7 There are days when recycling and changing lightbulbs feels hopelessly trivial.  Miss Landmine is a beauty pageant for Angolan women who have lost limbs in landmine accidents. This project, by norwegian artist, Morton Traavik, has generated some debate. Shouldn't this be the purpose of art? Creating dialogue, provoking thought, moving people to ... http://greenjean.org/?p=11 This is a site that allows you to build your vocabulary while donating grains of rice to feed the hungry. Yes, grains of rice - ten for each word that you choose the correct meaning for. The rice is donated through the United Nations World Food Program  paid for by the ... http://greenjean.org/?p=9 Do you know a business that espouses 'green' but uses virgin old-growth toilet paper? (Not that T.P. is ever labelled in that way.) Why does this happen? Could it be because the standard office supply catalogues offer no alternative? Visit http://www.frogfile.com and consider making a change.  It might be like turning the Titanic, but until ... http://greenjean.org/?p=8 passive: 1. suffering action, acted upon. 2. offering no opposition; submissive. 3a. not active; inert. activism: vigorous action to further a cause, noun: activist The dictionary definitions suggest that at best, passive activism is an uneasy balance of opposites. Daily life and observation imply that enormous segments of the population fall into this category of ... http://greenjean.org/?p=4