Apology

Hello. I am sincerely sorry for not being disciplined and posting weekly. I am going to change that. I pledge to post three times a week. Say what?! Three whole times Tim?! Surely you are not serious. I am serious and don't call me Shirley. I plan to post on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays of every week. Tuesdays will no longer be referred to as Tuesday but rather Tubular Tuesday. I will post a song that I have been jamming out to recently to sooth your tender and lovely ears. Thursdays will be referred to as Thursday until I can come up with a clever title. These days I will post what this whole blog thing is really about. Sustainability. Boom. Yeah I've strayed away from the title of my blog sometimes and I don't want people to think that I am being sneaky and luring them in with the "S" word. Saturdays will be Super Sweet Saturday. I will post what I like to do most in college, photography. So stay tuned and check out my blog. I will leave you with this beautiful tubular tune later skater.

The Last American Man

Eustace Conway came to Furman to give a lecture about his life and sustainability. Eustace Conway is basically the successful version of Into the Wild. Conway told us how at the age of 18 he decided that he was done with society and decided to move to the forest and live in a teepee. He has been able to live his whole life living off the land through hunting and growing his own food. The man is in his 50s and is still living the simple life that he chose way back when. When he told us how he skinned deer to make his clothes, a lot of the people in the audience made horrid faces and totally dismissed his decision to live this way. I was the opposite. I thought that he was being practical and saw his actions as no different than our choice to eat meat and wear leather accessories. Well, I did see one difference, he was actually in touch with where his food and clothing was coming from rather than most people's ignorance. I admit that I am guilty of the same consumer ignorance as millions of others, but I respected Eustace Conway's devotion to being in touch with the land. The next day, I spoke with my environmental science professor about Conway's talk and he shared his disapproval with me. My professor told me that it would be disastrous if everyone followed his example, and deforestation and extinction of wildlife would follow. I came to agree with him and my live-in-a-teepee-and-live-off-the-land drive was demolished. However, I still look up to Conway's connection with the land and I hope that I can change some aspects of my life to become more in touch with nature. In response to this, I am starting the Eco Challenge today. The challenge is a 2 week long process and you change one aspect of your life to live more sustainably.  There are 5 different challenges that come with tips on how to reduce your impact. I am going to partake in the trash reduction challenge and reduce my waste. This is going to be good for me because I have to buy some winter clothes and will give me a reason to go to Goodwill...which I love. The challenge starts today, so check it out! If you miss the start, there is no reason not to try it out on your own 2 week period.