Posted by Michael Hughes February 7, 2010
You may be an environmentalist if you…A Test
Scoring:
Give yourself 1 point for each of the following where you can agree with the statement made.
1. You use cloth wipes instead of toilet paper and dream of getting a composting toilet
2. You line dry your clothes even though you own a brand new dryer
3. When your family visits your house they claim that you can hang meat in there it’s so cold
4. You spend your free time fantasizing about getting solar panels and LEEDS models
5. You’d rather live in a small cabin off the grid with no plumbing than in a mega-mansion on the beach
6. You know all about raising chickens and may have some in your backyard
7. You have a huge stash of gardening porn that you hide from your significant other
8. You think that sweating over a hot canner for hours on end is super fun!
9. You follow everyone around the house, turning off lights
10. Greenpa’s suggestions sound totally reasonable
If your total is:
0 – 3: What are you doing reading this post? You better start from the beginning.
4 – 6: Not a bad start. Review the Low Impact Week suggestions to increase your score.
7 – 8: You are a nut job in training! Move to Nederland for more training at the recycling event of the year “Frozen Dead Guy Day”
9 – 10: Congratulations! You are a hard-core environmentalist! And may continue to live in Boulder, Colorado
Great green blog you might want to read Elliott Lemenager
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