\nYou. Yes,\u00a0you. You\u2019re ignorantly and selfishly wrecking the world with your excessive consumption. Cut it out.<\/p>\n
Ok, maybe that\u2019s a bit harsh. It\u2019s not\u00a0just\u00a0you. There are, after all, seven billion of us on Earth \u2013 and we have\u00a0a voracious appetite for energy<\/a>, food, travel, luxury and the finer things in life. It\u2019s a shared responsibility.<\/p>\n As a species, we\u2019re constantly playing catch-up; continually trying to satisfy the relentless surge in population and demand for shiny and tasty things that are damaging the planet with climate-changing greenhouse gases.<\/p>\n So, what can we do about it? What can each of us do to limit our personal impact on the environment? How can we become a force for eco excellence? I\u2019m not talking about becoming a full-time paragon of greenness \u2013 just life choices that can make a difference.<\/p>\n Here are a few choices \u2013 some classic ideas; some left-field suggestions \u2013 that anyone with a middle-income, western-style lifestyle can make to walk the path to a metaphor for better, greener environmental living\u2026.<\/p>\n Vintage and retro is in. It\u2019s so in it\u2019s almost out. It\u2019s also very good for the environment. Clothing consumption amongst affluent westerners and aspirational consumers around the world isn\u2019t healthy. But by thriftily buying vintage, as well as getting threads that will last, recycling your existing clothes, and actually mending stuff when it breaks,\u00a0you\u2019re cutting down<\/a>\u00a0on this excessive cycle of production and waste. Why spend $70 on a new jacket when you can buy one second-hand that earns you cool points?<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/planetsave.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hipster.jpg\" "\\"hipster\\"")
<\/a>1. Become a hipster<\/h2>\n