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Lily
outbound
28 Posts
Lily
Moss Landing
California
USA
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 Posted - May 25 2007 : 08:59:49 AM
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| I think the most valuable thing to come from this “experiment” (other than publicity for the cause, which is no small thing) is that at the end of no-impact man’s year, he and his wife will have sorted through all the conflicting information we hear about how to live with minimal impact and to help normal concerned people decide where to best put their energies. I am deeply distressed about humanity’s negative impact on the environment and sometimes I find it overwhelming. For example, when I was pregnant with my first baby, I planned to use cloth diapers, but then read somewhere that the water, detergent, and bleach usage for cloth basically negates the benefits gained over the use of disposable diapers. Clearly, any intelligent person would see that this is highly dependent on many factors such as whether or not you use a “diaper service,” the type of washing machine you use, how large your loads are, what type of detergent you buy, etc. — not to mention what brand of disposable diaper you are talking about. This article said that if you live in a spot where water shortage was an issue you should use disposable diapers, and if you live in a spot where landfill space is an issue then you should use cloth. Since I lived in the desert for much of that time, I chose disposable. Whether or not this was the “right” thing to do I am not really sure (and it’s a moot point now since my girls are beyond diapers), but my point is that sometimes it can be really hard for people to get correct information to make decisions that have minimal impact on the environment and that they feel good about. I would love to find a valid, research-based source for consumers that I can rely on to help me make informed decisions. Hopefully the no-impact man project will give us some of the information we need to be responsible consumers. |
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No Impact Man
