Resisting Change
| June 24, 2010 | Posted by Lisa Sharp under Uncategorized |
This month on APLS this question was brought up:
”Why are we, as a nation, so resistant to the idea of conservation instead of more oil exploration? … Yes, our lives look a lot different than years gone by but we have a lot of waste and excess that makes life cushy but is not necessary.”
I think we fear that conservation will mean giving up everything that makes us happy. We have gotten used to a life where everything is automatic to the point we have to buy gym memberships to stay in shape. We like our everything is just a push of a button away life.
Even those of us who lead what most would call a pretty green life still have a lot of cushy-ness (I don’t think that’s a word). My a/c is running as I type this, I just watched a movie today on my tv, I have an iPhone and all that great stuff that makes life a breeze. However my a/c is set higher than would be the most comfortable setting, my tv is an LED energy star tv and is plugged in to a power strip and turned off when not in use, and my iPhone get charged sometimes with a solar charger.
The point is we don’t have to do it all, we all just have to do something. After time these green changes just become habits. You just have to slowly change the way you look at life. Where should we really be looking for happiness, toys or people?
We must change our mindset, conservation isn’t about doing without, it’s about doing more with less.
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