http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/the-h-word ethical weddings blog Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:22:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/the-h-word#comment-2376 Nicole Kraft Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:07:25 +0000 http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/?p=396#comment-2376 great post, sharon! I second what you're saying! I am all for green weddings AND like Katie said--we are all human!! I blogged about this on the mywedding.com site. John Mayer calls it the "light green" movement which means: let's be eco-conscious, but let's also have fun! great post, sharon! I second what you’re saying! I am all for green weddings AND like Katie said–we are all human!! I blogged about this on the mywedding.com site. John Mayer calls it the “light green” movement which means: let’s be eco-conscious, but let’s also have fun!

]]> http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/the-h-word#comment-2326 Liene Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:30:33 +0000 http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/?p=396#comment-2326 great point about the sanity! great point about the sanity!

]]> http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/the-h-word#comment-2158 Katie Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:27:31 +0000 http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/?p=396#comment-2158 I ended up in exactly this situation - the vagaries of the English church system meant we ended up travelling from church to reception - and I felt really bad for a while, as if it had undermined everything else I was trying to do. But then I thought, no, I'm doing what I can, I'm not perfect... and it's our wedding day - to celebrate not to feel like a guilty green! So if anti-environmentalists need to throw an 'H' word at me, let it be 'human' not 'hypocrite'... I ended up in exactly this situation - the vagaries of the English church system meant we ended up travelling from church to reception - and I felt really bad for a while, as if it had undermined everything else I was trying to do. But then I thought, no, I’m doing what I can, I’m not perfect… and it’s our wedding day - to celebrate not to feel like a guilty green! So if anti-environmentalists need to throw an ‘H’ word at me, let it be ‘human’ not ‘hypocrite’…

]]> http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/the-h-word#comment-2117 Thryn Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:28:15 +0000 http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/?p=396#comment-2117 I completely agree. This attitude really bothers me and I sometimes see non environmentalists using it as an excuse for living irresponsibly. Just because you can't do everything doesn't mean you shouldn't do anything. All or nothing is a terrible attitude to have, and calling someone a hypocrite for not doing "everything" without having any other information about why and how they came to their decisions is counterproductive. We should be supportive of the efforts that others do make. That kind of attitude is extremely destructive because since it's pretty much impossible to do "everything" they are dancing on the edge of encouraging people to give up altogether because people will be discouraged from even bothering if their good efforts will be ignored and any areas they fell short thrown in their face. I completely agree. This attitude really bothers me and I sometimes see non environmentalists using it as an excuse for living irresponsibly. Just because you can’t do everything doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do anything. All or nothing is a terrible attitude to have, and calling someone a hypocrite for not doing “everything” without having any other information about why and how they came to their decisions is counterproductive. We should be supportive of the efforts that others do make. That kind of attitude is extremely destructive because since it’s pretty much impossible to do “everything” they are dancing on the edge of encouraging people to give up altogether because people will be discouraged from even bothering if their good efforts will be ignored and any areas they fell short thrown in their face.

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