"Or let’s talk waste. In 2005, per-capita municipal waste production (basically everything that’s put out at the curb) in the U.S. was about 1,660 pounds. Let’s say you’re a die-hard simple-living activist, and you reduce this to zero. You recycle everything. You bring cloth bags shopping. You fix your toaster. Your toes poke out of old tennis shoes. You’re not done yet, though. Since municipal waste includes not just residential waste, but also waste from government offices and businesses, you march to those offices, waste reduction pamphlets in hand, and convince them to cut down on their waste enough to eliminate your share of it. Uh, I’ve got some bad news. Municipal waste accounts for only 3 percent of total waste production in the United States." - D. Jensen
I think like holy Cow man thats a lot of trash man. Dude think about it 1,660 pound s of trash u could drownd. And dude if we do recycle every thing we could like totally help planet and get some noms noms. When we help the planet and not be like the movie Wall-E and we will al be fat and earth will be screwed and IDK. When the planet is happy we r happy and that = good and awesomeness. The dude who wrote this info name is DERRICK,JENSEN. So do good and recycle.
Mr.T out.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Response to Derrick Jensen Excerpt - MD
"Or let’s talk waste. In 2005, per-capita municipal waste production (basically everything that’s put out at the curb) in the U.S. was about 1,660 pounds. Let’s say you’re a die-hard simple-living activist, and you reduce this to zero. You recycle everything. You bring cloth bags shopping. You fix your toaster. Your toes poke out of old tennis shoes. You’re not done yet, though. Since municipal waste includes not just residential waste, but also waste from government offices and businesses, you march to those offices, waste reduction pamphlets in hand, and convince them to cut down on their waste enough to eliminate your share of it. Uh, I’ve got some bad news. Municipal waste accounts for only 3 percent of total waste production in the United States." - D. Jensen
Well, he does have a very valid point. I agree with him, the truth about the trash is factories are really to blame. No matter how hard you try there's always going to be someone else who's producing a lot of trash. Your waste may be zero, but theirs may be ten. Sure you can try and persuade them to change their ways, but it probably won't happen. So I wouldn't be too surprised if they said no and kicked you out of their office. Or they could just laugh and say "What a silly idea! We don't waste at all!". I suppose the worst thing that could possibly happen is they could release the hounds. Then you'll regret ever trying to save the planet from it's trash problem.
But, not everything has to be completely green. You could simply persuade them to recycle a bit more. Like instead of throwing paper, cardboard, and plastics out, they could sort them. And maybe if they have a lunch room, they could set it up like our school's lunch room. We have one for plastic, paper/cardboard, and one for Caprisun pouches. That's an easy way to keep track of what's garbage and what can be reused. And they could even start a green team of their own! Maybe that's how we could get big companies to recycle.
MD
Well, he does have a very valid point. I agree with him, the truth about the trash is factories are really to blame. No matter how hard you try there's always going to be someone else who's producing a lot of trash. Your waste may be zero, but theirs may be ten. Sure you can try and persuade them to change their ways, but it probably won't happen. So I wouldn't be too surprised if they said no and kicked you out of their office. Or they could just laugh and say "What a silly idea! We don't waste at all!". I suppose the worst thing that could possibly happen is they could release the hounds. Then you'll regret ever trying to save the planet from it's trash problem.
But, not everything has to be completely green. You could simply persuade them to recycle a bit more. Like instead of throwing paper, cardboard, and plastics out, they could sort them. And maybe if they have a lunch room, they could set it up like our school's lunch room. We have one for plastic, paper/cardboard, and one for Caprisun pouches. That's an easy way to keep track of what's garbage and what can be reused. And they could even start a green team of their own! Maybe that's how we could get big companies to recycle.
MD
Response to Derrick Jensen Excerpt - SC
"Or let’s talk waste. In 2005, per-capita municipal waste production (basically everything that’s put out at the curb) in the U.S. was about 1,660 pounds. Let’s say you’re a die-hard simple-living activist, and you reduce this to zero. You recycle everything. You bring cloth bags shopping. You fix your toaster. Your toes poke out of old tennis shoes. You’re not done yet, though. Since municipal waste includes not just residential waste, but also waste from government offices and businesses, you march to those offices, waste reduction pamphlets in hand, and convince them to cut down on their waste enough to eliminate your share of it. Uh, I’ve got some bad news. Municipal waste accounts for only 3 percent of total waste production in the United States." - D. Jensen
In that paragraph there are to many how who would throw that away with out a second glance many of us wouldn't even recycle it. That just goes to show that to many people are stubborn or they don't recycle enough. If the whole state of Oregon stopped using electricity, started recycling, and stopped the government offices and waste buildings, all of this would only amount to 3% of the USA's waste.
If only all Americans could do this, but that would be a miracle. Almost every American would say absolutely not, but I wish that it would be a "Ya lets do it" I wish that's what they would say, but yet again that would be a miracle. Americans have grown attached to their electronics and their lifestyles. It would be hard to give them up, it would be really hard. The food would be different so would the interests, it would be simpler than now we would have a harder time making war machines, food, and houses. That would all be alright by me, It would be all right by me.
In that paragraph there are to many how who would throw that away with out a second glance many of us wouldn't even recycle it. That just goes to show that to many people are stubborn or they don't recycle enough. If the whole state of Oregon stopped using electricity, started recycling, and stopped the government offices and waste buildings, all of this would only amount to 3% of the USA's waste.
If only all Americans could do this, but that would be a miracle. Almost every American would say absolutely not, but I wish that it would be a "Ya lets do it" I wish that's what they would say, but yet again that would be a miracle. Americans have grown attached to their electronics and their lifestyles. It would be hard to give them up, it would be really hard. The food would be different so would the interests, it would be simpler than now we would have a harder time making war machines, food, and houses. That would all be alright by me, It would be all right by me.
Response to Derrick Jensen Excerpt - TY
"Or let’s talk waste. In 2005, per-capita municipal waste production (basically everything that’s put out at the curb) in the U.S. was about 1,660 pounds. Let’s say you’re a die-hard simple-living activist, and you reduce this to zero. You recycle everything. You bring cloth bags shopping. You fix your toaster. Your toes poke out of old tennis shoes. You’re not done yet, though. Since municipal waste includes not just residential waste, but also waste from government offices and businesses, you march to those offices, waste reduction pamphlets in hand, and convince them to cut down on their waste enough to eliminate your share of it. Uh, I’ve got some bad news. Municipal waste accounts for only 3 percent of total waste production in the United States." - Derrick Jensen
A lot of unneeded waste is created. Our world could be much more efficient. How ever the human greed factor would have to go down. I believe there are several things wrong with world and we have to work with what we got. We need to have 0 waste before we can say you should have 0 waste. Which is why I support the 0 impact man.
I don't quite agree with the no electricity idea. There is more then one type of energy to use that does not produce waste. Water dams, solar panels, and geothermal wells. They have no impact and work. Strange enough whenever a geothermal well goes up there tends to be a unfortunate event where some pro-activist will sue the plant. Which doesn't quite make sense. Yet it happens any way.
A lot of unneeded waste is created. Our world could be much more efficient. How ever the human greed factor would have to go down. I believe there are several things wrong with world and we have to work with what we got. We need to have 0 waste before we can say you should have 0 waste. Which is why I support the 0 impact man.
I don't quite agree with the no electricity idea. There is more then one type of energy to use that does not produce waste. Water dams, solar panels, and geothermal wells. They have no impact and work. Strange enough whenever a geothermal well goes up there tends to be a unfortunate event where some pro-activist will sue the plant. Which doesn't quite make sense. Yet it happens any way.
Response to Derrick Jensen Excerpt - KJ
"Or let’s talk waste. In 2005, per-capita municipal waste production (basically everything that’s put out at the curb) in the U.S. was about 1,660 pounds. Let’s say you’re a die-hard simple-living activist, and you reduce this to zero. You recycle everything. You bring cloth bags shopping. You fix your toaster. Your toes poke out of old tennis shoes. You’re not done yet, though. Since municipal waste includes not just residential waste, but also waste from government offices and businesses, you march to those offices, waste reduction pamphlets in hand, and convince them to cut down on their waste enough to eliminate your share of it. Uh, I’ve got some bad news. Municipal waste accounts for only 3 percent of total waste production in the United States." - Derrick Jensen
Derrick Jensen wrote this article on awareness of per-capita municipal waste production. there are all sorts of things we can do to reduce our waste. we can recycle everything, use cloth bags for shopping and use your clothes over and over again. we can try to make the government recycle and not produce so much waste. The big problem is that our waste is only 3% of all waste. if we reduce our waste to 0% we still have a ton of waste.
The real problem is not our waste its all the waste coming from factories and companies. the companies create waste when making their products. Farms create waste from their animals. every money making company makes more waste than the average human. we need to try and switch companies to use more "green" products. the point is we need to worry about company waste not our waste.
KJ
Derrick Jensen wrote this article on awareness of per-capita municipal waste production. there are all sorts of things we can do to reduce our waste. we can recycle everything, use cloth bags for shopping and use your clothes over and over again. we can try to make the government recycle and not produce so much waste. The big problem is that our waste is only 3% of all waste. if we reduce our waste to 0% we still have a ton of waste.
The real problem is not our waste its all the waste coming from factories and companies. the companies create waste when making their products. Farms create waste from their animals. every money making company makes more waste than the average human. we need to try and switch companies to use more "green" products. the point is we need to worry about company waste not our waste.
KJ
Response to Derrick Jensen Excerpt - KH
"Or let’s talk waste. In 2005, per-capita municipal waste production (basically everything that’s put out at the curb) in the U.S. was about 1,660 pounds. Let’s say you’re a die-hard simple-living activist, and you reduce this to zero. You recycle everything. You bring cloth bags shopping. You fix your toaster. Your toes poke out of old tennis shoes. You’re not done yet, though. Since municipal waste includes not just residential waste, but also waste from government offices and businesses, you march to those offices, waste reduction pamphlets in hand, and convince them to cut down on their waste enough to eliminate your share of it. Uh, I’ve got some bad news. Municipal waste accounts for only 3 percent of total waste production in the United States." - Derrick Jensen
Derrick Jensen is a man that made a great decision to start helping the earth. This could give the world an idea to save the earth. People seem to not care about the earth. They just go on with their lives like nothing is going on. But thing's are going on. We are at war with each other. WMDs are around the world, just waiting to be used. We have made death machines. And sooner or later some alien race is going to think: Why are they killing there own? with that many weapons they can kill three planets in one sweep!
Derrick Jensen might be the push, the example that we need to heal the earth. The earth was made to be green, tan, and white. That is our real earth color. But if we keep on going, the earth will be so sick, it wont look like the earth as we know it today. We can save the earth, the earth is sick, and we need to help it.
Sincerely,
K.R.H
Derrick Jensen is a man that made a great decision to start helping the earth. This could give the world an idea to save the earth. People seem to not care about the earth. They just go on with their lives like nothing is going on. But thing's are going on. We are at war with each other. WMDs are around the world, just waiting to be used. We have made death machines. And sooner or later some alien race is going to think: Why are they killing there own? with that many weapons they can kill three planets in one sweep!
Derrick Jensen might be the push, the example that we need to heal the earth. The earth was made to be green, tan, and white. That is our real earth color. But if we keep on going, the earth will be so sick, it wont look like the earth as we know it today. We can save the earth, the earth is sick, and we need to help it.
Sincerely,
K.R.H
Response to Derrick Jensen Excerpt - TB
"Or let’s talk waste. In 2005, per-capita municipal waste production (basically everything that’s put out at the curb) in the U.S. was about 1,660 pounds. Let’s say you’re a die-hard simple-living activist, and you reduce this to zero. You recycle everything. You bring cloth bags shopping. You fix your toaster. Your toes poke out of old tennis shoes. You’re not done yet, though. Since municipal waste includes not just residential waste, but also waste from government offices and businesses, you march to those offices, waste reduction pamphlets in hand, and convince them to cut down on their waste enough to eliminate your share of it. Uh, I’ve got some bad news. Municipal waste accounts for only 3 percent of total waste production in the United States. - Derrick Jensen
well i think that this is completely odd. i think this i odd because the municipal waste is only 3% of all the waste.if we Americans can recycle every thing that is recyclable well lets just say that wont do much.
the cause of all the waste is companies. all the companies use tones of recyclable stuff but they decide not to recycle the stuff.the companies that i am talking about are the ones that give you your computers,shirts,books,food,and games.i am going to start to recycle stuff ins-ted of throwing it in the garbage .
well i think that this is completely odd. i think this i odd because the municipal waste is only 3% of all the waste.if we Americans can recycle every thing that is recyclable well lets just say that wont do much.
the cause of all the waste is companies. all the companies use tones of recyclable stuff but they decide not to recycle the stuff.the companies that i am talking about are the ones that give you your computers,shirts,books,food,and games.i am going to start to recycle stuff ins-ted of throwing it in the garbage .
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