1 post tagged “environment”

Today I’ve been thinking about different ways to reduce my impact on the environment. I can’t put a finger on exactly what inspired me. There’s something in me which forces me to continually evaluate almost every minute aspect of my life for possible revision. I think it was the act of giving up TV which made me realize how easy it is to make these changes even though they seem like they will be unbearable until you are actually living the new way. This highlights how insignificant our lifestyles really are. There is a foundation of things which are important. We start piling extras on top of that: TV, fast food, magazines, celebrity gossip, gambling—any of a number of things extraneous to a true sense of satisfaction and happiness. Those things are glue together with all the things which are really important and become somehow indistinguishable from them. It takes something groundbreaking to realize how easy it is to discard them.

After having already decided this was something I wanted to do, I stumbled upon the No Impact Man, and I certainly draw lots of inspiration from him. Today I looked at some bidets. It seems like a really cool idea. I think toilet paper is really a drag. Most of what I’ve read seems to suggest using the bidet in addition to toilet paper, but I think they can also be used in loo (punny!) of it. I’ve never really had experience with one. I wonder what kind I should look at. I would probably want one that attaches to an American toilet or is otherwise integrated as a single fixture. Where does one get reviews for a product like this which has very little appeal here?