Comments on: Homage to Umbra http://greenlagirl.com/homage-to-umbra/ Urban environmental lifestyle blog in Los Angeles Sat, 26 May 2012 08:36:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/homage-to-umbra/comment-page-1/#comment-981 Siel Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:47:50 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=224#comment-981 You'll have to give us lil tidbits from the book as you read :) That book's on my wishlist, but no one's gotten it for me as of yet -- though I'm hoping it's stuck somewhere in the giant machine that is USPS... You’ll have to give us lil tidbits from the book as you read :) That book’s on my wishlist, but no one’s gotten it for me as of yet — though I’m hoping it’s stuck somewhere in the giant machine that is USPS…

]]> By: lauren http://greenlagirl.com/homage-to-umbra/comment-page-1/#comment-960 lauren Sun, 25 Dec 2005 14:30:02 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=224#comment-960 I'm a fan of Umbra's column too. One of the Christmas gifts I received this year was a copy of the book that is Umbra's avowed Bible for many of her questions: The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices by the Union of Concerned Scientists. I'm looking forward to digging into it. From what I've read in her column, Umbra echoes the focus of the UCS that consumers should prioritize their decisions to focus on the biggies that you mentioned. This prioritization will undoubtedly create the greatest change in the quickest fashion. I still think that the small steps serve useful purposes, though, in demonstrating your values to others in a visible way, empowering the bigger steps, and even in creating widespread change in ways that we can't anticipate. Happy Holidays! I’m a fan of Umbra’s column too. One of the Christmas gifts I received this year was a copy of the book that is Umbra’s avowed Bible for many of her questions: The Consumer’s Guide to Effective Environmental Choices by the Union of Concerned Scientists. I’m looking forward to digging into it. From what I’ve read in her column, Umbra echoes the focus of the UCS that consumers should prioritize their decisions to focus on the biggies that you mentioned. This prioritization will undoubtedly create the greatest change in the quickest fashion. I still think that the small steps serve useful purposes, though, in demonstrating your values to others in a visible way, empowering the bigger steps, and even in creating widespread change in ways that we can’t anticipate.

Happy Holidays!

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