Reply #286: I do all the same things you mention here except

[lukasahero]

I live in a 3100 sq ft house. Does that make me less liberal than you and not doing my part to preserve the planet?

We have an acre and a half on which we also grow our own vegetables. We use no chemicals and plant primarily native and often endangered species around the rest of the yard. More than half our yard is still wild and we are trying to buy the stream from the neighbor next to us to save and protect it and it's wetland. We belong to the Wildflower Society, the Tower Hill Botanical Garden, Mass Hort, the Arnold Aboretum and the Sierra Club, and support a dozen other "causes" we believe in with both our time and money.

We recycle everything that is recyclable and compost most of that which isn't.

We conserve in every way possible (I wear alot of sweaters - don't worry, they're natural blends) and have undertaken massive renovations in order to conserve even more.

I use mass transit every day and drive a small 4 cylander where I do have to drive.

My committment didn't start last year either. I've been living my values for as long as the decision about how I would live my life was my own (20 plus years).

But someone like you and others on this thread feel free to come along and determine that someone like me, simply because I own a house that's bigger than you think is acceptable or appropriate, isn't "walking the walk"? You're taking up slack for me? Get over yourself.