plantface




I'm doing 18 things
 

plantface's Life List

  1. 1. lern perl
    2 people
  2. 2. read Yochai Benkler's new book
    1 person
  3. 3. travel more
    2,496 people
  4. 4. run a 5k faster than W can
    1 person
  5. 5. write every day
    710 people
  6. 6. be more engaged with my family
    1 person
  7. 7. buy a house
    10,345 people
  8. 8. be more adventurous
    215 people
  9. 9. walk abandoned railbeds
    1 person
  10. 10. go on a nature walk with Urban Pantheist
    1 person
  11. 11. bike more
    84 people
  12. 12. sell my CDs, maybe
    1 person
  13. 13. develop a personal education plan
    4 people
  14. 14. Invest
    656 people
  15. 15. read as many books as possible, starting with all the books I own but haven't read
    553 people
  16. 16. volunteer
    3,872 people
  17. 17. host people at my apartment
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    1 person
  18. 18. Become carbon neutral
    68 people
Recent entries
purchase consciously: organic, local, fair trade...
I have done this (I mean I am always trying to do this, with some success) 1 year ago

I have a few thoughts on this:

Start small – start with something like organic coffee or recycled content toilet paper. Develop habits with these things, then look to expand your green habits.

Focus on repeatable actions (habits) and on major purchases, which usually have the largest impacts.

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