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Vegan Leather
Although 90% vegan (occassional pizza), I still wear my leather belts that I've had from my pre-vegan days. I dont want to discard, thus wasting the material....so I still wear them. And my hiking boots too.
I just tell everyone who asks that they are synthetic!
SMOn So tell us ... what's your dirty little environmental secret? posted 4 years, 6 months ago 84 Responses
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Vegan Leather
Although 90% vegan (occassional pizza), I still wear my leather belts that I've had from my pre-vegan days. I dont want to discard, thus wasting the material....so I still wear them. And my hiking boots too.
I just tell everyone who asks that they are synthetic!
SMOn What's your secret eco-sin? posted 4 years, 6 months ago 84 Responses
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Image - not price - is first hurdle to tackle
One important driver of change that Mr Friedman left out is image. Americans need to change what makes us cool...what makes us individuals...what makes us American. And the cost of this is free. Cars are not what we need to be free, or need to be able to get outdoors, like so many SUV commercials. A leather coat doesn't make you cool - a sustainable material speaks far more volumes. Once we are able to steer the American dream into a green-conscious reality, then (and only then) will we be abel to shape and form next steps which may include higher gas taxes, etc.
Change who we are before what we pay and who we bully...
ScottOn An interview with New York Times columnist and "geo-green" advocate Thomas Friedman posted 4 years, 7 months ago 9 Responses
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All enemies..foreign and domestic...
As a former Alaskan, the refuge represents the crux of the age old battle of preservation of wild vs preservation of wealth. And, as a rabid environmenatlist and animal rights advocate I am obviously all for protecting this resource. However, I would actually be FOR drilling in the refuge, if it was truly necessary:
- If Americans were all driving 3 cylinder vehicles, and using them only for necessary purposes.
- If all of the World's oil was gone and this was the only source for America.
- If oil was $6 per gallon and taxes could be levied to purchase/allocate substantial wildlands from logging/further destruction.
Trust me - not all Alaskans want drilling in ANWR. I wa sone of the few who did not even file for our PFD, as I refuse to be bought out by the state aka oil industry.
ScottOn Arctic Refuge drilling debate misses the big picture posted 4 years, 7 months ago 7 Responses
- If Americans were all driving 3 cylinder vehicles, and using them only for necessary purposes.