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Ask people to ask themselves the following question, everyday, 100 times a day:
"Is this a need or a want?"
Our culture of consumption engineers individuals (myself included) with atrocious impulse control - advertising goes straight to the lizard brain in all of us - ads are designed to make us feel instead of think - if you are in a state of lust inspired by looking at an ad featuring a half-naked supermodel, your higher reasoning functions are not fully engaged.
I've literally been in a check-out line in a store, looked down at my cart, and, upon asking myself "do I need this stuff, or just want it?" been inspired to just walk away from it. You'd be amazed at how much money you can save when you consciously exercise your impulse control.
Kasey Qynn Dolin
SOL Enrichment Coordinator
Outreach Education
Science Museum of Va.
2500 West Broad St. Richmond, Va 23220
(804) 864-1424
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From: Informal Science Education Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carlyn Buckler
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 12:21 PM
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Subject: Top 10 green habits - Touché
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How right you are , Katie!
What can we do, as educators, to get people to understand this most fundamental of solutions? Yes - other things need to be addressed, but Katie is certainly right in that this really targets the issue. I also acknowledge that people don't like to hear it; but there has to be an angle to get this basic principle understood and appreciated.
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Carlyn S. Buckler, Ph.D.
Paleontological Research Institution
Museum of the Earth
1259 Trumansburg Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-273-6623 x25
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> Date: Thu Dec 06 11:54:21 EST 2007
> From: "Katie Stofer" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: top 10 green habits
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> Consume less. (period.).
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