Ah, this old debate again. If there were ever a good reason for women and men to compete (psh...like we need a reason), going green is as good an excuse as any.
This Green Living article by Marc Lallanilla, "Women vs. Men: Who's Greener?" is a rebuttal to Alison Neumer Lara's Earth 911 article "Why Women Are Better for the Planet." Begin any statement with "Why women/men are better" and you'll instantly subject yourself to a slithering cesspool of trolls in every gender, but this article is a particularly notable gem in the Mars vs. Venus showdown.
Why? Because they're both correct.
Lara begins by stating the results of a 2009 Plastics Make It Possible survey showing that women recycle more, make more eco-friendly purchases, and eat less meat than men. But Lallanilla argues that, while these things are all true, there's also the glaring fact every man and woman knows from experience: that women shop exponentially more than men in the first place.
"Buying a new set of eco-sensitive, all-natural bamboo bed linens? Good for you. That means somewhere in Asia a rain forest is being cut down to grow bamboo (which often requires fertilizers and pesticides). A factory then turns the bamboo into chemically dyed linens, ships them across the ocean, packages them in petroleum-based plastics, stores them in a big energy-inefficient warehouse and sells them to you."
Epic fail, ladies.
In the long run, Lallanilla writes, the only way to really live a sustainable livestyle is to resist buying new products. When going out to buy something new, determine whether you actually need it or if you're just engaging in retail therapy.
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remanns
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If more women,....would more often,...offer more sex,....with more enthusiasm,.....to more supplicants,....
.........more time and energy would be spent on their renewable resources.. . . .just sayin. REMEMBER - - -RECYCLE !
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