World Environment Day, 2008 · The Big Picture · Boston.com

Yearly i now drive 750 miles, walking and skating more. Yearly i trash only about 12 pounds, recycling and reusing the rest. Weekly i carpool to the Public Market, buying and eating food less traveled. Yet for these and much more i do and don't do, saving an extra percent off my meager waste makes little difference compared to teaching and motivating others to join me and other one-percenters. A recent survey about dishwashing habits revealed a 30-fold ratio in the water consumed and a 20-fold ratio in the detergent consumed between the most wasteful and most frugal washers. The most wasteful used more water, energy, and detergent than a dishwashing machine. Convincing those this wasteful to save just a few percent would exceed my total consumption, let alone a few extra percent by my frugal self. Photojournalism and photography can be for me one way to contribute and inspire, as this post inspires me.