The Seven Deadly Sins have conquered the minds of every human on this planet. Overpowering them has proven to be more and more challenging with the fiercely rising competition, increasing number of temptations, and attractive gizmos that achieve the impossible, with just a ‘click’ and now even by simply ‘sliding’ your finger! If we don’t allow either of these sins to bedazzle us, the world will be a better and a greener place. Yes, greener! A staunch supporter of the “Go Green” movement, LA Vintage is always on a lookout for innovative ways to spread the message of saving our planet. It has been our consistent effort to share with our fashionistas, our precious green finds which provide every reason to don on the green avatars that benefit our very own Mother Earth. And when we stumbled upon this brilliantly conceived green website – “Do The Green Thing”, we thought of bringing it to your attention without further ado! So how is this website different from the regular websites that believe in the power of this fascinating color?
It is an intelligently concocted website by “Green Thing”, a not-for-profit public service that inspires people to lead a greener life, through its demiurgic videos and most engaging stories from their creative community members around the world. Founded by Naresh Ramchandani and Andy Hobsbawm , two people who genuinely wanted to make an environmental difference, Green Thing is backed by a talented team and endorsed by the finest environmental brains, including the Nobel Prize Winner – Dr. Wangari Maathai, and tree-planter extraordinaire – Satish Kumar. Their endearing “Glove Love” initiative and their intriguing blog filled with green facts makes you want to be green-conscious.
Green Thing focuses on the following seven things that make “Going Green” a fun activity, and also helps you to conquer those indisputable seven sins!
1. Stick With What You Got
The latest electronic gadgets lure you with their charming features. You land up succumbing to the sin “Extravagance” or “Lust” for luxury devices, by giving into the peer pressure. Surplus consumption of these fancy appliances leads to surplus production and emission of CO2. Work towards being eco-friendly by being satisfied with your good ol’ thingamajig and Stick With What You Got!
2. All-Consuming
The sin “Gluttony” leads to over-indulgence and buying new stuff at rapid speed, most of which is chucked out even before it gets completely utilized. The perishable items which are deemed to be thrown away, sit in your refrigerator till eternity, way past their expiry date. A lot of clothes bought, become ideal candidates for the landfills that are occupied with heaps of clothing which gets discarded every year. It is time to stop wasting and start All-Consuming. Yes, it is worth using that pencil to the very end, transform those unwanted bread ends into a delicious bread pudding, and recycle the old clothes in your closet!
3. Easy On The Meat
The habit of eating meat daily might seem harmless, but the way it gets processed harms the atmosphere. The enormous consumption of precious fossil fuels aggravates the global warming. Taking this serious fact into consideration, it’s wise to hold back the “Greed” for meat and go easy on it.
4. Walk The Walk
Achieve that distance which seems daunting without your car, with your two strong feet. Walk The Walk or Pedal The Pedal with more of your own steam power and less of machine power. Shake the “Sloth” from your body by burning off that unwanted fat and enjoy the sights around you which go unnoticed otherwise.
5. Stay Grounded
Every plane journey that you undertake dumps massive amounts of CO2 and other harmful greenhouse gases directly into the atmosphere. Find out greener alternatives to travel to your destination and stay grounded by letting go of your “Pride” of jetting around in the air.
6. Plug Out
Tune into your green quotient by plugging out those chargers, lights, and machines on stand-by. They relentlessly suck on your household power by compromising our environment. Pull out the voltaic “Wrath” from your homes for a greener turf!
7. Human Heat
An effective way to stop our planet from overheating is by under-heating our homes. Keeping those radiators and heaters off during the winter, results in saving a lot of energy. There are greener ways to keep you warm on those wintery days. Wrap yourself up in an insulated jumper or call your friends and neighbors over for a hot cup of coffee and your house will be warm in no time. Deriving warmth from human heat is certainly a worthy way to defeat the sin “Envy” from your system, or any other negative emotions which keep your friends at bay.
