Turning on oil spill depression

Okay, I do all those and more. Am I less depressed? No. I get depressed because it seems like when I take steps to save, others are consuming more - Elon Musk is flying in a private jet; people buy Hummers and ATVs; people vote against mass transit; no one wants to carpool; we import beef from Japan; Central Market gets their produce from Chile; my mother has deforested the Amazon with her over-consumption of paper towels; there are shopaholics that stampede in Walmart; businesses leave the lights on in their skyscrapers all night & weekends; Disney and other theme parks waste more water than I could EVER save


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Easy things anyone can do to fight oil spill anger/apathy (in random order):

1. Take one less airline flight per year
2. Keep your car tires properly inflated, engine tuned and take 100 excess lbs. out of your car
3. Leave your car at home one day a week (use mass transit, bike, or innovative ride-sharing programs like Weeels)
   
4. Carpool two days a week or telecommute one day a week
5. Go meatless on Monday’s and switch from red meat to poultry two days a week
6. Support your local Farmer's Market or Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
7. Use recycled paper products (office paper, toilet paper, paper towels)
8. Reduce the number of catalogues you receive by more than half
9. Turn off unused lights, use the hibernate mode on your computer, unplug things when you’re not using them
10. Wash your clothes in cold water 75 percent of the time and hang clothes out to dry in summer
11. Share more - including this list, and talk to people in your life -- at work, weddings, in elevators or better yet on the stairs -- about other simple ideas to add to the list

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