Mayra Lazara Dole's Blog - Posts Tagged "green"
A friend recently told me, "As a kid I was obsessed with reading because it helped me avoid reality and it saved my life. My brain became physically addicted to reading, much like a heroin addict to the drug.”
What?
I thought reading was as good for you as breathing, lovemaking or eating and losing yourself in literature during traumatic times is lifesaving, not addictive.
As an avid reader, I think the drawbacks to reading if you don't read ebooks or books with recycled paper are:
1. http://www.actforclimatejustice.org/w...
http://mentalfloss.cachefly.net/blogs...
http://arbertechno.files.wordpress.co...
2. Glasses, contacts, eye laser surgery
3. Severe pollution from paper mills
http://static-p4.fotolia.com/jpg/00/0...
I suppose anybody can be addicted to anything they use as an escape mechanism, but I wouldn't use the word "addiction" for reading unless it's making your life, and the lives of those you love, miserable. http://www.readingaddiction.com/20/beati...
Here's when I'd worry:
You haven't seen your best friend in a while because you need to finish a 6,254 page historical novel (you shower, eat and sleep while reading) and he texts you:
“Woo hooo! Got unexpected inheritance. Bought tickets 4 us. 2 week vacation @ Rio de Janeiro!”
http://www.rentanapartmentinrio.com/p...
http://www.threebestbeaches.com/uploa...
As he’s helping you place three suitcases filled with a dozen novels into the taxi's trunk, he kisses your cheek. “I’ll give you 25,000 dollars if you leave the books behind and don’t read on our vacation."
His words make you hyperventilate. You start having panic attacks thus you don't take him up on the offer.
After reading this post you might want to prove to the world that you’re absolutely not a reading addict.
Well…
Warning: Before taking a few weeks off from reading, COLD TURKEY, please be aware of withdrawal symptoms:
1. Screaming for no apartment reason
2. Uncontrolable shaking along with involuntary arm and leg spasms
3. Hallucinations involving shivering, wailing turkeys huddling together for warmth at a bookless library.
4. Shock
4. Heart failure
5. Death
The moral/immorality of the story?
Reading builds immagination, brain power, and sharpens your intellect and it's especially beneficial if it enhances your critical thinking skills which in turn motivates you to think ahead, take action and consider buying books that use recycled paper (used books still get printed new thus millions of trees need to be cut. E-books are great, but some people prefer the feel of a book in their hands for the full reading experience).
"Challenge yourself and others" http://www.worldwatch.org/node/1497
2 quick things you can do:
1. Instead of printing your emails, store them in comp folders
2. Stop junk snail mail http://www.newdream.org/junkmail/
OK. So I did my part today in saving the world and now I must get back to reading...
Ps. # 1 links are deforestation pics (30 million trees per DAY are cut to produce virgin paper. Paper mills release severely toxic pollution into the atmosphere and paper is bleached with chlorine. Obviously, the bigger the books, the more trees are destroyed. I'm really excited that most publishers have gone Green).
What?
I thought reading was as good for you as breathing, lovemaking or eating and losing yourself in literature during traumatic times is lifesaving, not addictive.
As an avid reader, I think the drawbacks to reading if you don't read ebooks or books with recycled paper are:
1. http://www.actforclimatejustice.org/w...
http://mentalfloss.cachefly.net/blogs...
http://arbertechno.files.wordpress.co...
2. Glasses, contacts, eye laser surgery
3. Severe pollution from paper mills
http://static-p4.fotolia.com/jpg/00/0...
I suppose anybody can be addicted to anything they use as an escape mechanism, but I wouldn't use the word "addiction" for reading unless it's making your life, and the lives of those you love, miserable. http://www.readingaddiction.com/20/beati...
Here's when I'd worry:
You haven't seen your best friend in a while because you need to finish a 6,254 page historical novel (you shower, eat and sleep while reading) and he texts you:
“Woo hooo! Got unexpected inheritance. Bought tickets 4 us. 2 week vacation @ Rio de Janeiro!”
http://www.rentanapartmentinrio.com/p...
http://www.threebestbeaches.com/uploa...
As he’s helping you place three suitcases filled with a dozen novels into the taxi's trunk, he kisses your cheek. “I’ll give you 25,000 dollars if you leave the books behind and don’t read on our vacation."
His words make you hyperventilate. You start having panic attacks thus you don't take him up on the offer.
After reading this post you might want to prove to the world that you’re absolutely not a reading addict.
Well…
Warning: Before taking a few weeks off from reading, COLD TURKEY, please be aware of withdrawal symptoms:
1. Screaming for no apartment reason
2. Uncontrolable shaking along with involuntary arm and leg spasms
3. Hallucinations involving shivering, wailing turkeys huddling together for warmth at a bookless library.
4. Shock
4. Heart failure
5. Death
The moral/immorality of the story?
Reading builds immagination, brain power, and sharpens your intellect and it's especially beneficial if it enhances your critical thinking skills which in turn motivates you to think ahead, take action and consider buying books that use recycled paper (used books still get printed new thus millions of trees need to be cut. E-books are great, but some people prefer the feel of a book in their hands for the full reading experience).
"Challenge yourself and others" http://www.worldwatch.org/node/1497
2 quick things you can do:
1. Instead of printing your emails, store them in comp folders
2. Stop junk snail mail http://www.newdream.org/junkmail/
OK. So I did my part today in saving the world and now I must get back to reading...
Ps. # 1 links are deforestation pics (30 million trees per DAY are cut to produce virgin paper. Paper mills release severely toxic pollution into the atmosphere and paper is bleached with chlorine. Obviously, the bigger the books, the more trees are destroyed. I'm really excited that most publishers have gone Green).
Get ready for a Fabulous New Year.
There’s nothing more thrilling than bringing in the new year with fine sprinkles of toxic dust comprised of heavy metals and hazardous chemicals gently falling over children, animals, lakes, rivers, oceans, YOU, the elderly and ill. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/na...
You can choose your Poison and make fireworks at home that shimmer, sparkle and explode with your little brothers and sisters. Watch and take pictures as they play with the dust (it’s legal!). http://chemistry.about.com/od/firewor...
If you dread messes and prefer buying pyrotechnics, please know that extra cheap, spectacular fireworks are imported from China. You just KNOW they’d never use prohibited, extra toxic yummy chemicals on children’s toys and explosives. Trust the quality of your air to China!
July 4 and December 31 is all about a delicious concoction of smoke, fumes, ozone, sulfur dioxide, nitric oxide, toxic gasses, etc. I can’t wait to watch the illuminated night sky in spectacular fashion with rockets’ Toxic red glare…
Even though crazed environmentalists state dozens of alternatives, there's nothing as lively and memorable as planet pollution. http://www.backcountryattitude.com/to...
I bet you can't wait to watch the aerosol clouds.
Tomorrow, you'll begin the year with a gorgeous toxic fog surrounding your neighborhood(exquisite combustible clouds should thrill you). Play outdoors with your children, especially if you and they have allergies, asthma, migraines, compromised immunities or MCS (multiple chemical sensitivities). This will energize the immune system and help lungs expand when needing to breathe deeper in order to catch a breath.
There's nothing like a spectacular night sky to bring in the new year!
All seriousness aside. Here's wishing everyone a Novel, Unusual, Extraordinary and Healthy New year!
NOTE: If you are LAME and BORING check out alternatives: http://www.backcountryattitude.com/to... Alternatives
Oh... and if you're wondering why hundreds of birds are falling from the sky, check this out: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/...
There’s nothing more thrilling than bringing in the new year with fine sprinkles of toxic dust comprised of heavy metals and hazardous chemicals gently falling over children, animals, lakes, rivers, oceans, YOU, the elderly and ill. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/na...
You can choose your Poison and make fireworks at home that shimmer, sparkle and explode with your little brothers and sisters. Watch and take pictures as they play with the dust (it’s legal!). http://chemistry.about.com/od/firewor...
If you dread messes and prefer buying pyrotechnics, please know that extra cheap, spectacular fireworks are imported from China. You just KNOW they’d never use prohibited, extra toxic yummy chemicals on children’s toys and explosives. Trust the quality of your air to China!
July 4 and December 31 is all about a delicious concoction of smoke, fumes, ozone, sulfur dioxide, nitric oxide, toxic gasses, etc. I can’t wait to watch the illuminated night sky in spectacular fashion with rockets’ Toxic red glare…
Even though crazed environmentalists state dozens of alternatives, there's nothing as lively and memorable as planet pollution. http://www.backcountryattitude.com/to...
I bet you can't wait to watch the aerosol clouds.
Tomorrow, you'll begin the year with a gorgeous toxic fog surrounding your neighborhood(exquisite combustible clouds should thrill you). Play outdoors with your children, especially if you and they have allergies, asthma, migraines, compromised immunities or MCS (multiple chemical sensitivities). This will energize the immune system and help lungs expand when needing to breathe deeper in order to catch a breath.
There's nothing like a spectacular night sky to bring in the new year!
All seriousness aside. Here's wishing everyone a Novel, Unusual, Extraordinary and Healthy New year!
NOTE: If you are LAME and BORING check out alternatives: http://www.backcountryattitude.com/to... Alternatives
Oh... and if you're wondering why hundreds of birds are falling from the sky, check this out: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/...
