Instead "Green" is a movement.
Is it just me or is it less about Earth and more about being trendy?
Don't get all activist on me.
I'm a gen x-er so I'm fairly environmentally conscious. Ronald McDonald came to my school in 2nd grade and rapped to me about the 3 Rs, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. It made an impression. We have a compost bin, recycle and watch Whale Wars.
But I'll be honest. I've never thought about buying a Prius. I use real chemicals to clean, yup, I have Drano under the skin. I take long showers. AND I throw batteries in the trash. If you just cringed, please stop reading. Follow this link and look at some kittens and bunnies.
Yes, yes, I know the planet is dying and the polar bears are balding due to global warming and something about forests disappearing. Maybe McGruff should have talked to us about the environment, sure we'd all be kidnapped and taking guns from strangers but the air would be so clean!
My office building is LEED Gold. It is like Energy Star rating for a 76 story building. It is kinda funny to me cause we live in the most air conditioned city in the world how can that be energy efficient? (I'm not sure if we are still the most ac-ed city in the world anymore. I guess Dubai could have snuck ahead of us cause we all know how nuts Lil' Prince is and may have fully air conditioned the UAE desert)
Anyway, my office building installed low flow toilets and purchases eucalyptus TP. For that they got a little decal for the doors to let everyone know how green they are. Impressive. Of course, eucalyptus TP doesn't dissolve, its pretty much cardboard. And low flow doesn't really care for the green paper either so it takes 4 flushes to equal 1 naughty normal flow flush. AND we recently got new green lighting. It is bright like the sun. And not very flattering. I think the term insane asylum has been tossed around.
Crazed and white blinded we flush the 4th time and shout "For the Trees!"
Luckily we are a LEED Gold building.
I'll be sure to send a post card to the polar bears, on recycled eucalyptus toilet paper.
*ok, maybe i went overboard. i like my planet. and i'm sure polar bears are quiet the pleasant companions. and i work in a great building and even scored a christmas ornament of my building and hang it up every year. and the extra flushes keep me away from work which isn't that bad.
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The Rice college we just moved into is also LEED Gold; it's the first college residence with that certification in the country. But our toilets have a two flush system -- push one button for liquid and one for "solid" waste. And for some reason, they are called pods instead of toilets. And we have cements floors which are great for the environment but not for little boys learning to walk. The students' rooms are put on movement sensors, so if they don't move for very long (like say, they are sitting still while they are studying or sleeping) the lights and the a/c go off. It ain't easy been green.
Yes!! We have the light sensors too. And sometimes I will flap my arms and it still won't see me. I have to get up and walk to the center of the room. Ha!
Enjoy saving the environment.
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