Green with Guilt

Okay, I have a confession to make (gulp)...I'm not feeling so green lately. I know, shockin' isn't it? But I'm finding I'm not the only one.

Let me digress.

I finally decided to finish cleaning the mess from my yard sale (was it really 2 weeks ago? yikes!)and automatically dumped my signs in the GARBAGE CAN!!! Yes, they were reused computer monitor boxes and yes they were perfectly recyclable cardboard and YES I DID IT - I TRASHED WHEN I SHOULD HAVE RECYCLED! At the time I felt like it wasn't so bad, I recycle hard every day. I talk about living green-er to everyone I meet. I look for ways to live simpler and better. But I finally hit my limit. Let's blame that yard sale, huh?

Now after the naughtiness has worn off, I feel bad, really bad. Talk about green guilt. So I thought I might take a stroll around the internet to see what other guilty greenies were doing about their shame. I came upon a website called "True Green Confessions - Because Saving The World Ain't Easy". Click the blog post title for the link.

My People.

I have arrived.

Here are some statistics to further grind in my point:

•A survey by the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. in Atlanta recently found that 20% of Americans experienced so-called green guilt. Most felt they should do more, especially recycling.

•A Catholic priest in England is reportedly taking green confessions at environmental festivals.

•And a website recently sprouted solely for the purpose of letting the green guilty confess — anonymously.


And as I always say on New Year's day "This Year I'll just try to do better".