No seriously, I'm not a treehugger.
Came across this interesting article about a couple who ate only food grown and produced within a 100 mile radius of their home. The main impetus for the challenge is the ever dwindling amount of locally grown food, and the perpetually increasing amount of imported food. With all the imported food comes increased GHG emissions produced while in transit. Pretty interesting idea. Check it out.
100 mile diet
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Thought this was retardedly interesting. (I generally try to use retarded as an adjective when describing things to you because of how not pc it is...you're welcome.) Thought about the things I would maybe have to give up and I think you can really luck out down here: we've got sugar and coffee in mad production within 25 miles of the city. Is that all I need? NOOOOO! But it's def a major component. This argument can be transferred to clothing purchases I think. A few years back I tried to encourage only the purchase of used clothing. My logic was that we would be re-establishing a sense of need. It was unsuccessful in that I converted no one, and eventually lost interest myself, BUT it made a few folks think I hope. Another argument, though, would be that this type of behavior (purchasing used clothing) encourages the same thing that the hundred mile diet does. Instead of a shirt traveling all the way here from India for a lifespan of what, 3 years in someone's closet, that trip (and consequently the feul used on it) will last for many lifetimes of clothing use, instead of a new shirt using all that gas for new consumption. Was that all one sentence? I am losing the point.
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