Jewcology Question of the Week #1
Noam Dolgin asks the first Jewcology "Question of the Week." Please post your answers in the comment box.
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Noam Dolgin
November 28, 2010 (8:46 pm)
Can I answer the question now?
The easiest BIG change I ever made was giving up meat. Just by this one choice I was able to reduce my carbon footprint by close to a third!
What did you do?
Deborah Klee Wenger
November 30, 2010 (8:59 am)
One of the easiest environmental changes I’ve made at home has helped us virtually eliminate paper towels. I bought a big bag of T-shirt material rags, and cut them into six-inch squares. I put all these little squares in a nice-looking hanging bucket next to the paper towel rack. They are so small that they can easily get washed with the rest of the laundry — no extra loads. To sop up bigger spills, like when the refrigerator coughs up something, I keep old hand towels under the sink. At mealtimes, we use cloth napkins.
Evonne Marzouk
November 30, 2010 (10:36 am)
putting a bottle filled with water (and some pebbles) into my toilet tank. Since the bottle was plastic, I had to weigh it down with some pebbles… a fun project for my son. It saves so much water and I don’t even have to think about it!
avram davis
November 30, 2010 (5:34 pm)
avram davis
November 30, 2010 (5:47 pm)
The biggest change for me has bee moving to the country and living rurally; working toward raising most of the food we eat and eventually the energy we use.
Dolgin’s comment about reducing his carbon footprint by becoming vegetarian is disingenuous. While it may, in some circumstances reduce carbon, vegetarianism raises a whole host of other problems, including the widespread disruption of small game through widespread planting; the mass destruction of habitat all over the world (most egregiously in Brazil) to accommodate soy for tofu, mono cultural planting – the list just goes on and on. As Wendell Berry pointed out, it is far better to simply know the food; where it is grown and who grew it, to the best of our knowledge.
A Davis
newtorahfarm.org
karen walsh
November 30, 2010 (6:58 pm)
The first thing I did was get rid of the paper napkins, I bought pretty wash clothes, there is always room in the wash for a few extra wash clothes and even room on the clothesline when it comes time to dry them.
Jesse Glickstein
November 30, 2010 (7:37 pm)
The easiest change for me was being aware. Even when I fail to live up to my expectations in regards to responsible environmental behavior, I am aware of it and continue to try harder in the future. I think awareness also allows me to make responsible choices whenever I can and to be open to others suggestions for ways to constantly do better.
Noam Dolgin
November 30, 2010 (7:52 pm)
I’ll correct myself and say eliminating meat, especially beef, has allowed me to greatly reduce my resource use and greenhouse gas footprint. in one fell swoop.
rick wice
December 1, 2010 (6:11 pm)
recycling things at home.
Sarah Osborne
December 3, 2010 (9:16 am)
Recycling paper is definitely a very easy environmental change. Many businesses and schools use a lot of paper and this is a very easy change they can make.