Buy Walking VideosEco-Runner? Come On, Give Me A Break…
There is a theory that things don’t exist until you have a name for them. A few months ago, when I went on my walks in the city and picked up the garbage I saw on the way, I was just a hippie. Now, I’m an Eco-Runner? Come on, give me a break…
I have been picking up garbage on my path for years, but now I’m embarrassed to say that I do. After looking at the website and all the conservationist key words, I want to hide my head. Me? Picking up garbage on my walk? No, must of been some other hippie.
You don’t need to have a sustainable lifestyle, leave a lighter footstep or even care one wit about the environment. Seriously, picking up garbage on my daily walk outside was something that I did for ME. ME and ME alone! I was selfishly picking up the things that made my neighborhood look ugly because I wanted it to look pretty. Sure, I can’t repaint the purple house down the street, but I CAN pick up the soda cans and fast food wrappers on my walk.
Wrapping the concept of cleaning up as I go with sustainable living and lighter footsteps just makes me want to stop cleaning up.
Via: What is Eco-Running?
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August 12th, 2007 at 8:39 am
But don’t you want a cute little eco-runner t-shirt or coffee mug? 🙂
I think the label thing is helpful not for people who already pick up trash, but for those who hadn’t really thought about doing it on purpose. The whole “green” movement is of course getting overly commercialized and cute-ified, but if it motivates people to do the right thing? I’m pretty Cranky myself but I like what they’re doing, whatever they call themselves.
But shhh, we won’t tell anyone your secret–that you’re creeping out and doing Eco Things when no one is looking.