Doing the Right Thing
Afraid to Shop, Starshine Goes Lame with Eco-Shame
It's not enough, though. And we all know it. Having spent years dreading the confounding "paper or plastic" quiz at the end of a grocery run (you know there's no right answer, right? And that no matter what you say, you're going to Hell), I bought cute, reusable shopping bags. But they were too cheap to be as attractive as they are, and now I can't shake the feeling they were stitched by a nimble-fingered, factory-imprisoned boy named Rashid in Uzbekistan. I'm sorry, Rashid, I'm trying. I'm trying!
It's depressing to realize one lacks the mental capacity to shop responsibly. Conscientious consumption turns out to be an AP calculus problem that gums up my remedial-math mind and leaves me randomly filling in bubbles on the Scantron: Um ... renewable energy good? High-fructose corn syrup bad?
Is it better to buy a new fuel-efficient car, or pack your gas-guzzler full of carpoolers? Should you support the town's new eco-upright market? Or protest its owner's anti-union practices and public stance against universal health care?
Gain two points if you eschew pesticides. Lose two points if you squander fuel by driving all the way across town to buy chemical-free root vegetables. Gain one point if they're from a locally owned business. Lose a point if it packages each parsnip individually.
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