B’s How-To Guide
How To Be More Eco-Friendly
It doesn’t take a genius to see that we as human beings are destroying the environment. The ozone layer’s diminishing, forests are vanishing…when is it going to stop? And what can we do about it?
Well, quite a lot, actually. If all of us make a concerted effort to be a little ‘greener’, then the effect across the globe may end up being significant.
The following are just a few of the simple and inexpensive things you can do to help the environment.
Reduce CO2 Emissions
The best way to do this would be to calculate the number of CO2 emissions you currently emit, then cut that total in half. For example, if you normally release two-thousand CO2 emissions each day, limit yourself to only one thousand, releasing them in smaller but more frequent portions.
While dining at a restaurant, ask the waiter for a take-out container, then put half the emissions into the box as soon as your order arrives. Try to emit the rest slowly while enjoying other things, like the restaurant’s ambiance or the pleasant conversation you are having with your date. Remember, it takes about 20 minutes before your body starts to feel satisfied, so releasing your emissions at a slower pace will prevent you from over-emitting.
You can always take some of the emissions back out of the carton at the restaurant if find that you aren’t satisfied, but chances are you won’t want to.
Don’t Be a “Tosser” (But not in the British meaning of the word)
Don’t litter. Put your trash where it belongs – in the garbage, recycling bin or compost it.
Others will follow your lead.
*Keep in mind that masturbation and doing your part to help the environment are two entirely different activities, and satisfying yourself sexually really has no bearing whatsoever on whether or not you care about the environment as a whole. What you do behind closed doors is your own business, and as long as you are doing whatever it is that you do behind closed doors in a safe, eco-friendly way, no one will be any the wiser.
Start an Eco-Friendly Facebook Group
A great way to show others how eco-friendly you’ve become is by starting an environmentally-friendly Facebook group. Call the group something like “Mother Nature Kicks Ass” or “If I Can Get 10,000,000,000 People to Join This Group Then the Environment Will be Safe”. Since the current world population is less that 7 billion, it’s safe to say that you won’t have to follow through on this promise.
Once you’ve started your group, invite everyone on your friends list to join. If they decline, send the request to them again. Keep sending it to them until they finally buckle under the pressure and give in.
If for some reason they don’t buckle under the pressure and instead decide to delete you as a friend, don’t worry about it. You don’t need environmentally-unfriendly friends like that anyway.
Become a Lesbian
It’s a known fact that lesbian women (especially the butchy ones), are much more environmentally-conscious than their heterosexual, non-butchy counterparts. Have you ever seen a full on bull-dyke sporting a hairstyle that required the frequent and repeated use of an aerosol-type hairspray? Or wearing appearance-enhancing cosmetic products that may or may not have been tested on animals?
I didn’t think so.
Don’t Shave
Nobody would ever accuse a feral child of trying to destroy the planet. And you know why? Because they don’t shave, that’s why! Razors are destructive. Every time you pull out a convenient Mach3 Turbo with improved lubrication and anti-friction blades, you might as well be pulling out a loaded semi-automatic and waving it around the forest like a crazy person, threatening to destroy everything that Mother Nature has worked so hard to create.
If you are truly committed to becoming the most environmentally-conscious person you can be, you need to throw all of your hair-trimming tools into the recycle bin, and let those eco-friendly tresses grow into a luxuriant shield that envelops your somewhat untoned and perhaps even cellulite-ridden body.
Remember, the more follically-abundant you are, the more people will respect you for all of the hard-work you are doing to keep the environment safe.
* It’s also a good idea to avoid deodorant and limit bathing to once a month (whether you need it or not)
Most Importantly… Have Fun!
Remember folks, this is your chance to let loose and blow off some steam, in a ”non-destructive, save the world” type-fashion that would make our wild and crazy (yet ecologically-mindful) Mother Nature proud.
Now get out there and start being Green!
I already already eco-friendly because much of what I eat and wear is green in color. In fact my complexion has greenish undertones, and I also tend to decorate with a good bit of green.
BTW….can men become lesbians, too?
Well, by the sounds of it, YnB, you could quite possibly be the greenest person on the planet! People could learn a lot from you (especially if their color scheme falls into the Autumn category).
I’m not sure how it works for men, all I do know is that meterosexuals and those Zac Efron-types are definitely not considered to be environmentally friendly…
These are some great ideas for going green but I’m not sure how many of them I can really do……but I will do my best!!!!
Hey Terri,
I have to say that I appreciate the fact you’re willing to try. And don’t worry if you can’t do all of them, the most important thing is that you at least do most of them.
Remember, saving the planet starts with baby steps.:)
Thanks for stopping by, Terri,
Bschooled:)
It’s depressing after reading your list to find out what a weenie I am as a greenie! I’m definitely going to have to do some serious adjustments in lifestyle and I’ll start with the CO2 emissions…do you think a paper bag would do the trick or would the emissions leak out too quickly?? Hmmm…I’ve got lots to ponder now…and maybe not enough oxygen to ponder with!
Talon,
I think a paper bag would be fine. Just make sure you don’r order the deep fried emissions, as they tend to soak through the bag.
If I had a wooden nickel for everytime that happened…
Thanks for stopping by, Talon. And if you ever need some extra oxygen, just let me know (I know a guy who sells it for cost +10%).
b:)
Oh boy do I feel like a Nimrod right now. I feel like I’ve just completed the Tower of Babel, and forgot to put the damn roof on. I’ve always presumed that the whole ‘go green’ campaign was a huge (really overdone in my professional opinion) promotion for the Incredible Hulk movie. So it’s an environmental thing huh? I’ll bet I’m not the only one who was hoodwinked into thinking I was ‘doing my part’ by purchasing another cool ass lunch box.
Well now that I know what this whole thing’s about, I can see that you have some terrific ideas! I have a few ideas of my own…..
-Bring back parachute pants! Then we’ll be using all of that plastic up! Plus they were really fun to wear!
-No more toilet paper. Who needs it? Just wipe your ass with your hands, and rinse in the stream like the gypsies do.
-Do all of your own recycling. Almost any glass or plastic container can be made into some form of drug paraphernalia.
-Everybody should just become addicted to drugs. Drug addicts don’t consume anything. Well, except for drugs. But most drugs are environmentally friendly. They are sure friendly to my environment.
-No more drinking bottled water. If everyone just drank beer all day, no one would work. And with nobody working, nobody would really have to leave the house. And if they didn’t leave the house, they couldn’t reproduce. The global population would begin to stabilize. Calorie emissions would be cut in half. Everybody left would be wiping their asses with their hands, wearing parachute pants, doing bong hits out of Tide detergent bottles, and drunk off their asses all day.
Or we could just kill a bunch of people. Either way crisis averted!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; you are the greatest B!!
Don’t worry, Scott. You definitely weren’t the only one who was hoodwinked. I always thought I was doing my part by ordering everyone rounds of Hennessy/Hptoniq at the bar.
Expensive lesson to learn.
I love your ideas, Scott. to be honest, I’ve always wanted to bring back parachute pants as well, but mainly for selfish reasons (they really flatter my waistline). But this way, I’d be killing two birds with one stone! Oh, wait…maybe killing birds wouldn’t be all that eco-friendly after all…unless they were birds that killed larger animals? I’ll have to think about that one once my Halloween sugar/Hennessy/Hptoniq high has worn off…
I think drugs would be ok. As long as they aren’t the kind you smoke (it has something to do with the layers of ozone they give off).
As for drinking, are you talking about light beer? Because normally whenever I drink, I end up doubling my calorie emissions…although it may have something to do with the extra large pizza and tube of pringles (something else I’ll have to look into).
Thank you for the stellar ideas, Scott. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again (because that’s what we do); you are an environmentally-friendly literary wit to be reckoned with (I’ve just never said the environmentally-friendly part out loud).
I’m not sure that you can ever really go wrong with the Hennessy/Hptoniq generosity! You really are doing your part when you consider how many people will never make it home from the bar after that.
I think you’re wrong about the drugs; smoke is really good for the atmosphere. It helps to block the sun which will help to cool the planet. That’s why I start a tire fire almost everyday. I’d start them more often but the gypsies usually beat me to the punch. And don’t even try the gypsy punch; Hennessy and Hptoniq are only two of the ingredients in that bowl.
To successfully drink AND still cut calorie emissions, I recommend drinking until you throw up. After you’ve already drunk your fill, and gorged out on pizza and Pringles, you need to start doing shots of Absinth mixed with ipecac. That should do the trick. Then you’ll have a guilt free, environmentally sound, just plain fun night of it!
I hope that I’ve helped.
I can’t tell you how much you’ve helped, Scott. Not only have you made tree-hugging fun again, you’ve given me a reason to bring the word ipecac back into my vocabulary.
Now I just need to think of something that rhymes with ipecac for my protest chant…
Pollution’s Whack!
Vegan Snack
Fanny Pack
Bring our Ozone Back
Bivouac (sac)
Caddyshack
Mountain Jack
My Other Car is a Kayak
Let’s face it, the possibilities are endless….
Damn, just when I promise myself to cut down on my comments you bring out the rhyming.
Let’s get the environment back on track
Get drunk and drink some ipecac
Once you go black
You won’t go back
McDonald’s has a knack
For inducing heart attack
I know where Frick is
But where is Frack?
The Girls in Hooters
Have a great rack
Of ribs and that.
Crack is whack
But smack is …..fantastic
Sorry, I have the brain of a gnat
OMG … spare us the “Ode to a Bottle of Syrup of Ipecac” poetry or I may have to vomit.
If we follow your advice then the world will be filled with lonely, bearded men, wistfully staring at bull dikes before retiring for a private self-abuse session hoping they don’t “emit” any greenhouse gases. Sounds pretty bleak. Maybe I’ll just shoot myself now. At least that will reduce my carbon footprint to zero.
Hey Bill,
Now don’t go doing anything rash. Remember, the glass is always greener on the other side…er, I mean, think of the grass as half-full?
Nevermind…to be honest, I actually have no idea what it is that I mean. It’s late and I just got back from trick-or-treating (well, mostly just tricking, but either way, good times…)
Regardless, I think you need to look at the bright side of all this…at least you won’t be seeing any lonely bearded men giving themselves a public self-abuse session!
And trust me, that’s definitely a good thing…:)
I’d rahter the grass be half smoked … never mind
Is CO2 ass gas? If so, I am going to have to skip that one. I learned a lot about tossing in prison. There was never a shortage of people looking to get their salad tossed. Still not sure how it helps the environment but whatever it takes, I’m game.
Now if we could just young men to stop manscaping, I am pretty sure the problem would be solved.
Tanner — CO2 isn’t ass gas … ass gas is methane which is CH4 … they are both “greenhouse gases” though. (Finally … a use for those college chemistry classes ithe manufacture of … strike that.)
I thought a tossed salad was a hairstyle? I think you’re thinking of a rusty trombone..or maybe an angry pirate?
At least that’s what they called it when I was in prison…
I have no idea what manscaping means…as you can probably tell, I don’t get out much. But if you think it’s an issue that needs to be addressed, TL, then I agree. Because 7.6 times out of 10, you’re the change I want to see in the world.
For real.:)
An enjoyable and informative read, Bschooled, but personally I don’t put much stock in this whole notion that the damned environment is in trouble. All this teeth gnashing and wrist wringing over global warming and melting ice caps is just a bunch of phooey as far as I’m concerned and nothing more than an excuse for a bunch of communist hippies to smoke marijuana and chain themselves to sperm whales.
You ever notice that no one was complaining about the environment before all these environmentalists came along? Sounds to me like they’ve got a damned vested interest in making sure there is a problem. They’d be out of work if there wasn’t. A what the hell is with “mentalist” at the end of their name. The only mentalist I have any respect for is Kreskin and I know firsthand that he burns tires in his backyard and used aerosol deodorant for years. Plus he is very pro-styrofoam. A decent lad.
Anyway, sorry to get agitated there. I think the combination of environmentalists, lesbians and facebook was just more than I could stand. I’ll feel better if I go bury some old paint cans under the pear tree.
Nevertheless, an excellent post as always.
Your friend,
Don
Don,
As always, you’ve made me see things in a different light. I had no idea whales even had sperm, let alone that people would be crazy enough to want to attach themselves to them! Seriously, what’s this world coming to? (Don’t worry Don, that was a rhetorical question…I don’t want your blood pressure getting any higher than it already is right now).
I’m not familiar with Kreskin myself, but he sounds pretty amazing. Then again, working at a Company that produces polystyrene products probably makes me a little biased. Regardless, I trust your judgement implicitly, and if you say these environmentalists are up to no good, well then I have no choice but to agree.
So if you ever decide to start a Facebook group called “If I can get 10,000,000,000 God-Damned People To Join This God-Damned Group Then Those God-Damned Environmentalists Will Go Away”, well…let’s just say that you’ll only need to find 9,999,999,999 more people.
Because no matter what Don, I’ve always got your (slightly hunched) back.
Your now eco-neutral friend,
Bschooled:)
That is some funny stuff, bschooled. And I think I’m qualified to say that, what with my degree in “Fungineering.” This line in particular had me on the floor: “…you might as well be pulling out a loaded semi-automatic and waving it around the forest like a crazy person, threatening to destroy everything that Mother Nature has worked so hard to create.”
I’ve always felt a bit of animosity towards these do-gooders, who would rather kill off large chunks of humanity rather than see someone dare to use a pesticide on their crops.
But I won’t be ranting here. If I do, it would be long-winded, on-topic for a change, and completely the wrong tone for the comment thread. Plus, I’d just be back in a week, cap in hand, asking for my comment back. I always said I wouldn’t be that guy, but then I got a blog and all those principles went right down the intertubes.
But never fear, green-types, my razor does not have several blades or require CFC-powered lubricants. It’s electric and uses only 4-6 thousand watts to recharge. I’ve trimmed down my recharging to once a month due to the complaints of my whiny neighbors, who cannot seem to stomach the occasional 20-minute blackout.
Great stuff, bschooled. It’s nice to see you all covered in social conscience.
Thanks CLT. You are most definitely qualified to say that, especially since your degree in “Fungineering” is actually a doctorate.
And it sounds to me as though you’re doing more than your part to help the environment. In fact, you may also be covering some of my part. To be honest, besides throwing my diet-pepsi bottles into the recycling bin (they recently eliminated trash cans at work) and crocheting the occasional Molson Canadian beer-can hat, I’m pretty much eco-illiterate.
I’d like to say it’s because I find those hard-core tree-huggers with their constant protests and their fancy Macbook Airs to be extremely annoying, but I think it might also have something to do with the fact that I look horrible in tye-dye. That, and the fact that I don’t like the feeling of clothing made from sustainable materials (it itches…).
Thanks for the comment, CLT. I’m glad to know that I’m not the only one who compromised my values for a blog (not that I had all that many, but still…).
I think I am helping in big ways…I been on my best gastro-intestinal behavior of late and I support lesbians (even if I don’t understand why you would want to dress like a man, who I am to say).
I am also glad to hear that ‘punching your clown’ in the privacy of your home is eco-friendly…you help the earth and it feels good too!!!
“punching your clown”?
haven’t heard that one before FJ
I’m having a t-shirt made…
HA!
You are most definitely helping, FJ. From what I heard, lately your gastro-intestinal behavior has been exemplary.
And thanks to you, “Punching the Clown” is now my new favorite term (and probably Tannerleahs as well).
I only wish I could make it sound less violent and more “eco-friendly”…;)
Punching your clown has a violent overtone about it and in my experience ‘eco’ types are not violent. They don’t walk on the grass.. because it’s green and therefore to be worshipped and when one walks on grass it screams and that disturbs the hearing of the trees and bushes and they start to die and if they die then we don’t have a filter for all the bad air and the air gets worse and the old people begin to die and we don’t have any wisdom left and all the hearses burn fossil fuels and we have to dig into the ground to bury the dead and then the rocks start to scream and we all… fade away.
So, God Damn It, walk on the concrete, your local grass will thank you.
Hahaha! Brilliant DF.
You managed to write in one sentence what I was trying desperately to explain in five paragraphs, yet failed to do.
I hope you don’t mind, I’m taking your comment and posting it on my front lawn. If this helped me to understand the importance of not “cutting through the neighbors yard just to get to my clunker of a car that I park half in their spot and half in the middle of the street because I’m a belligerent old man with no-depth perception and a hate-on for the world”, perhaps my next-door neighbor will see the light as well.
Thanks for the great comment, DF:)
What happens when everyone does what they are supposed to. Will all the environmental movements go away? Doubtful. I just read that MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) has been so successful that rather than disband they are now going after smokers.
WTF? Mothers against drunk smokers?
Isn’t that the only time smoking is considered socially-acceptable these days?
Actually it is sober smokers too.
I’m doomed and toxic, B, with no damn hope at all. After working in the environmental field for a few years pulling ground water samples, mapping wetlands, and sidestepping precious little salamanders, I have to agree with Donald to say that this entire green scam is real, and it’s spectacular.
“Mess it up, clean it up” is the best job security one could hope for, like when they made us dig all those big holes in boot camp, only to refill them . . . or was that a super max prison? Hard to tell these days.
While I am still unemployed and beyond hope anymore, they’ve got overpaid union deconstruction workers walking around in Tyvec space gear about thirty miles from my house, uncovering ancient 55-gallon drums that they SUSPECT have some kind of ugly residue inside.
Just the sight of these hungover sledgehammer artists gouging huge paychecks out of inept tree huggers is enough to make you understand the overall scope of THE GRAND SCAM. Anything ugly and suspect will be removed and destroyed from this planet, immediately, which explains my rural hideout in The Quiet Corner.
This will all come to a screeching halt when they try to legally force Hell’s Angels to ride electric Harleys. Then you’ll see a day of reckoning to turn this train around.
I can’t envision a double-row of leather-clad Angels riding into town to the high whine of electricity: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Here we come! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Yesterday I relieved myself out back, where bright and boiling urine cut a healthy fire break through our surrounding forest.
I’m terminally toxic now, B. TERMINALLY TOXIC, AND THE CAPS KEY IS LOCKED AND LOADED . . .
Toxic, unemployable, and the opposite of green.
Great blog, mi amiga! Always a pleasure!
As my good friend Mr. Mills would say, that was a damned insightful comment, Invasive1.
I myself can only imagine how pissed those Hell’s Angels are going to be, when the Sturgis Rally finally decides to “go green”.
Not only will they be forced to ride electric “crotch rockets” (a term I picked up from an old bicycle enthusiast I used to date- thank God that was the only thing I picked up from him), their “bitches” will have to walk around wearing nothing but recyclable nipple-tassles and a pair of assless pleather chaps.
“Someone’s gonna be pissed!!”
As for your fire-breaking urine, it sounds to me like you might have yet another gift. I shall now refer to you as…”Toxicman” (it’s kind of like Superman, but way more radio-active and without the convenient flying shtick).
Remember Invasive1, use your toxicity (AND CAPS LOCK) for good, not evil.
Recyclable nipple-tassles and assless pleather chaps — you are on a roll, B, and not without some very marketable ideas for the biker-turned-bunny set!
I AM Toxicman! Toxicman I AM! Can you see my Toxicman tan? Tan I am!
Sorry . . . Dr. Seuss flashback . . .
Haha…don’t worry, I have those all the time.
“I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant’s faithful, one hundred percent.”
Ah good times…
Every time I shave is like cutting down a forest
. Oh and if Sonny Bono was alive Chaz would be the spokeswoman/man for the environment no doubt !
Ha!
Unfortunately I think Chaz would be ousted by the greenies anyway. According to the recent Entertainment Tonight interview, she/he is now up to shaving once a week…
Oh dear…timber!!!!!!
Damn Loon, what kind of razor are you using to shave that forest???
That’s the same thing I was going to ask…
Oh sweet mother of mercy, it started with Dr. Seuss and now Scott took it to the dark side.
You never know what will inspire true genius where the cool kids hang (the dark side)!
If only the dark side could tell me what rhymes with orange…
Thanks Invasive1! I’ve been working on my tan for the last 20 years! I think Dr. Seuss was probably a pretty dark, twisted guy too, when you really study the shit he wrote.
Any time, Scott! There is definately a demonic element traveling through the good doctor’s child-genius rants, evident in the blank, goat-eyed stares of those furry, llama-like creatures inhabiting his colorful books.
We’re surrounded by several llama farms up here in the hills, and from time to time I catch their intense goat stares and know the doctor is Legion, and that there is no escape from his furry minions.
I’m sure you see the same thing in those furtive little gypsy bastards. The goats are much cleaner and trustworthy, eh. Take care, mi amigo. I never made it to Europe, but there are still plenty of party scars from South America!
Thanks Invasive1, I also have party scars from South America, but they’re all on the inside.
Porange
Morange
Lorange
Why not just invent our own words, we do every other day!
Good point…
Never mind just trying to ryhme and find the time to drop a dime in this here blog to be a cog that meshes fine to scribners and writers who pitter and patter our quick little matters to blither and blather and rant us and rave us right up to the grave that they gave to us oh I got into this pretty damn quick and so now I’m so sorry to Don and Scott and B . . . I just couldn’t help myself you see!
Okay, I’m putting needles in my eyes now.
Haha!
Nice work, Invasive1!
If this was “8-Mile”, I would have definitely been schooled…
i fail at “dont be a tosser”. Only in the brittish way.
Always love reading me some B ;D
-Rick
Rick!
I’ve missed you! It hasn’t been the same without your politically-incorrect avatar name around here. Although I’m guessing you’ve been busy catching bad guys.
http://www.casadestoyan.com/?p=444 – very funny stuff, Aussie:)
ps. Tell Bob I miss him too.
Dear Serendipitously Accurate Mohel with a Torch, B
I’m very glad you took on this burdensome affair. You know a couple of years ago (true story) I had a work assignment for NRDC. My approach was to try and create something us normal humans can relate to, rather than taking the usual route and terrorizing the world with apocalyptic scenarios.
My thought process was elementary: Pollution creates Global Warming –> Global Warming makes temperatures rise faster and higher than Michael Jackson’s bully stick in recess –> Hot temperatures dictates dress code.
Therefore –
“Recycle – Or your daughter will dress like a slut”
Thinking I struck gold, I walked to my final meeting grinning and sold that baby like I was pitching stilettos for strippers. Till this day I’m not sure why and how they didn’t buy it.
Always choosing plan B,
Frankelstache
Dear “Can I Get A What What?” Stache,
I shall reply in numerical form, as I’m currently experimenting with different “comment response” methods (just to keep things fresh).
1) I refuse to believe that English is not your Mother Tongue…or your Father’s tongue for that matter. Your comprehensive and all-embracing vocabulary astounds me.
2) Your thought process also astounds me
3) Your reference to Michael Jackson’s bully stick= astounding
4) Pitching stilettos for strippers= astounding squared
5) I would have bought that baby, no questions asked. In fact, I’ll buy it now
6) Do you take IOU’s?
Flourishing in the abundance of your follicles,
Bschooled
Bravo! Outstanding! I laughed, I cried, it was like Cats!
Ok, let me try-
Frack is out back
He’s a bit of a slack-
er it’s a fact
But he sells the smack
I went black
And then I went back
Now I’m orange,
And…and…
???
??
?
Aw fuck. Nevermind.