I drive a pretty fuel efficient car, have been recycling as long as I can remember, my home has insulation and double paned windows and solar panels, there arelow flow toilets, I have quick showers, I personally prefere wearing warmer clotehs around the house instead of turnin gup the heat, I do not run the airconditioning very much (on the last points, I credit geography and know that it is very uncomfortable, if not dangerous for peopel in more extreme climates tonot use tehir central heating and cooling) I pay extra to get organic and sustainably grown and raised foods, I shop farmers markets and get locally grown andseasonal crops and we keep a pretty extensive garden ourselves.
I dislike the term "green" as it reduces sustainibility into a fad, which can be forgot about just as soon as it became popular. It also makescertain actions, which are visible or trendy into things taht peopel do for the sake of keeping up apperances but then those same people neglect the lessglamorous or trendy things, like picking up your own trash at natural parks and beaches or even just in your own neighborhood. I see way too much litterdespite living i na County that considers itself to be very progrsesive and "green." Sustainibility should not be about one upsmanship or style, itshould be a mindset and way of living. There is much more I could do but I do consider myself a a sort of "rational-environmentalist" and maketradeoffs that minimize discomfort and cost but maximize my ability to reduce my carbon footprint and to simply keep the area around myself clean.
