Do Treehuggers Pretend They Are No Longer Responsible?

I certainly don't pretend to no longer have any complicity in 'the environmental problem' because of the choices I have made to actively reduce my impact on the environment. No one I know who lives the way I do or even more extreme pretends to no longer have any complicity in the environmental problem. We are simply people who are trying to do the best we can, and I for one am tired of people telling me or implying that I am doing wrong or pretending something I am not by the choices I make for my life. Sharing this information is sharing knowledge that may help other people see ways they can lessen their impact.

That is my intention, not to put forth these ways as the ultimate or ideal solution. If people hadn't shared their knowledge with me, it is highly probable I'd still be throwing my newspapers out with the garbage and I'd definitely have little idea of building an eco-friendly house or cloth pads or any of the choices I have made. The lives of my children and the lives of my friends' children would be very different...we are not raising kids who feel passive or indifferent or even scared about the environment like so many other kids are. Our children feel like they are doing something and when they are grown they will be able to do even more.

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