Now that I'm only lower impact man

Some truths about my life without the gazillion rules to follow:

• I don't like making an impact but I like living in the dark less--the lights are on. All our bulbs are CFL. We buy wind power (and you can too). Nothing is plugged in when it isn't used. The fridge is on but the freezer isn't. The A/C is never coming back. So far no appliance but the vacuum.
• I can't even look at a plastic cup. I still carry my jar everywhere. I don't even believe in filtered water anymore. I drink water straight from the tap. Municipal water should be clean and free. If rich people don't insist on this by drinking it, it won't be.
  
• Baking soda cleans my hair and deodorizes my armpits. Olive oil and beeswax moisturize my skin. But I'm a sucker for toothpaste--not really, but I have areas of my teeth that supposedly need fluoride. I'd be perfectly happy brushing with a mixture of Dr Brommers and baking soda.
• I ride the subway when it rains and once or twice when it was cold, but can't bring myself to get in a taxi. I love public transportation but I still love my bike more.
• I'm still the weirdo with the cloth, who won't use a paper napkin and always asks the waiter to take it back. It's so trivial but I can't help myself.
• I eat at restaurants cause it's fun and social but all our home shopping is done at the farmers' market. I can't bring myself to order takeout wrapped in plastic or paper.
• I took an airplane to Minneapolis for Christmas. The train was going to cost $2700 and we couldn't swing it. I offset with Native Energy. I hate that I flew but I'm also not prepared to never see family again. I am prepared to be very sparing, compared with days of old, when it comes to air travel.
• Hence, I am taking the train from NYC to Indianapolis and back to give a talk next week. Forty-four hours on the train for one hour's work. But I'm looking forward to it. I have a little compartment. I'll report.
• I take short showers with a one gallon per minute shower head.
• I bought two pairs of new shoes--not from shopping addiction but need--but they are made from hemp and reused tire rubber and union made. They're called Black Spot from Adbusters. See the picture? Cool, right?
• I'm obsessed with turning off lights that aren't in use in whatever building I go in.
• I'm a freak.
• I'm beyond irrelevant.
• Care to join me?
• Help!
• Michelle turns the radiators on but I turn them off when she isn't looking.
• I know the air travel undoes everything.
• I don't have the answers.
• All the same, any questions?