http://www.greenprophet.com/2008/10/green-activists-devoted/ A sustainable news site on the Middle East Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:51:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.greenprophet.com/2008/10/green-activists-devoted/#comment-1408 Daniella Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:38:33 +0000 http://greenprophet.com/?p=3570#comment-1408 Can we make "Carborexics for Dov Khenin" t-shirts? Can we make “Carborexics for Dov Khenin” t-shirts?

]]> http://www.greenprophet.com/2008/10/green-activists-devoted/#comment-1409 James Murray-White Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:33:50 +0000 http://greenprophet.com/?p=3570#comment-1409 all completely potty, if you ask me, Karen. But potty with a passion...and that's sure healthier than being as dead as a dodo, methinks! all completely potty, if you ask me, Karen. But potty with a passion…and that’s sure healthier than being as dead as a dodo, methinks!

]]> http://www.greenprophet.com/2008/10/green-activists-devoted/#comment-1406 Karin Kloosterman Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:05:17 +0000 http://greenprophet.com/?p=3570#comment-1406 Ha. Love this post, Karen. The above are all green weirdos, your truly included! :) Ha. Love this post, Karen. The above are all green weirdos, your truly included! :)

]]> http://www.greenprophet.com/2008/10/green-activists-devoted/#comment-1407 yberry Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:44:35 +0000 http://greenprophet.com/?p=3570#comment-1407 Well, I can say that I used to be extreme in my green activism, to the point of alienation from the "non-green". In a certain sense I was shooting my own foot, because I was making green life look like something ascetic and difficult that is not accessible to the average person. An emotional breakdown put me on hold from activism, and now I'm easing my way back in. This time around my philosophy is not "all or nothing" but rather "do what you can" and I feel I am making much more of a change in people who were not affiliated with the green cause before. I definitely think that my previous turn as a hardcore greenie was in part a platform for my mood disorders to thrive under the mask of serving a good cause. But I also think that greening up our lives is the way to do it, and if it is done with tolerance and moderation, we have a good chance of enlisting more people to come and join us. Well, I can say that I used to be extreme in my green activism, to the point of alienation from the “non-green”. In a certain sense I was shooting my own foot, because I was making green life look like something ascetic and difficult that is not accessible to the average person.
An emotional breakdown put me on hold from activism, and now I’m easing my way back in. This time around my philosophy is not “all or nothing” but rather “do what you can” and I feel I am making much more of a change in people who were not affiliated with the green cause before.
I definitely think that my previous turn as a hardcore greenie was in part a platform for my mood disorders to thrive under the mask of serving a good cause. But I also think that greening up our lives is the way to do it, and if it is done with tolerance and moderation, we have a good chance of enlisting more people to come and join us.

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