i have always been a big fan of trees. i climbed them when i was about 3 or 4. i once ran away into the forest when i was about the same age. this has been rather constant. as an adult i try to jungle-ize my yard with trees. one of my favorite things at disney...swiss family robinson tree house. plus, i have always hated how developers move into an area and cut down all the natural trees to build houses and walmarts. beautiful areas of natural beauty cut down for progress and for paper. on a less global scale, when anyone tells me they need to cut this tree down or that tree down, i usually say "why? youll miss all the shade it provides."
the other day on a cruise boat i had an epiphany.
i was in the bathroom. i finished washing my hands and i had the option for paper towels or air-dry system to dry my hands. i thought "what does the ship do with all the used paper towels?" well they must dump them or put them somewhere. then i thought the obvious...trees are cut to dry my hands to be dumped in a landfill.
im part of the problem. every time i use a paper towel to dry water off my hands im supporting the over-killing of trees. how many trees get cut just to dry my hands?
"my hands must be dry dammit all!
if you think about it, its really kind of effeminate and weak and silly.
"i must wipe the icky clean water off my hands!"
its madness. i decided on that very cruise that i would cease and desist using paper towels after washing my hands. i'll use the air-blower if available and if not i'll just wipe my hands on my pants.
afterall, its just water.
2 comments:
amen, sir! i'm adopting your no paper towel policy as well.
I hate air hand dryers. They take FOREVER to dry your hands, unless it is the Accelerator" model. There should be a law against restrooms not having paper towels!
I'm fully in favor of restrooms having both paper and air drying, so one can chose their best method.
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