Buy Blue, Buy Green, Buy Less

I saw the Inconvenient Truth last night and I was surprised by how much it freaked me out. I've always believed that global warming was happening and I care about the environment, but I guess I didn't fully grasp the magnitude of the damage we are doing. Nicely done Al Gore! For a list of fairly easy things you can do to reduce C02 emmisions, check out the What You Can Do section of the site.

This morning I woke up to the latest from Free Range Films, an expose on PVC plastic. I read about PVC in college and spent a few weeks worrying about it, but just as we Americans seems to be slow to respond to global warming, I've been pretty complacent about making sure not to buy things made from PVC. I try to avoid plastic in general, but I rarely check for PVC alternatives when I do buy something made from plastic. No more! Consider my future purchases 100% PVC-Free. (The opposite of the cool green faux leather jacket that I bought in Oslo that reads 100% PVC. Yikes!)

All in all, I'm trying to be better about making sure I Buy Blue, buy green, buy local and buy less. As I find good alternatives, I'll post them here!

P.S. My friend Andrea just sent me this article, Energy Diet--A great read for people who don't want to change their lifestyles very dramatically, but still want to make a difference.