Sarah's Green Green Manifesto: John and Sarah's household green changes (2007)
story · status: followed over 2 videos (2007–2008) · last event: update (2008-08-06)
Around September 2007 Sarah called John on the road to say she was writing a manifesto on how they were not living by their values in Indianapolis; John told the story in December 2007 and posted the Green Green Manifesto on the Ning in August 2008.
Told alongside: John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007) · John proposes to Sarah with a book inscribed by Hendrik Hertzberg (2008)
About: Sarah Urist Green, Green Green Manifesto, Indianapolis
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-12-06 (happened 2007-09) | told | John tells how Sarah wrote the Green Green Manifesto about three months ago and how the household changed: compost, efficient bulbs, cloth bags, no soda, less paper, recycling, local food, native grasses. | Dec. 6th: Peer Pressure and the Green Green Manifesto 00:01:38 |
| 2008-08-06 | update | Asked for a copy of the Green Green Manifesto, John says he has just posted it on the Ning. | Question Tuesday Returns (on a Wednesday) 00:02:38 |
What is said about it
10 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-12-06 · Dec. 6th: Peer Pressure and the Green Green Manifesto — John: Following the manifesto, John and Sarah compost and for three months have bought only compact fluorescent ('Whirlygig') bulbs because they give more efficient light. — 00:02:07
- 2007-12-06 · Dec. 6th: Peer Pressure and the Green Green Manifesto — John: By recycling many more kinds of things, they went from about four kitchen bags of garbage a week before the manifesto to less than one. — 00:03:05
- 2007-12-06 · Dec. 6th: Peer Pressure and the Green Green Manifesto — John: Peer pressure be damned, they are letting large parts of their property become native Indiana grasses that need no watering. — 00:03:34
- 2007-12-06 · Dec. 6th: Peer Pressure and the Green Green Manifesto — John: They now use cloth bags instead of plastic at the grocery store; John says cloth bags create less waste and carry groceries better. — 00:02:07
- 2007-12-06 · Dec. 6th: Peer Pressure and the Green Green Manifesto — John says shipping heavy liquids is costly, citing a recent study that one bottle of Fiji water requires two pounds of carbon to get from Fiji to the United States. — 00:02:36
- 2007-12-06 · Dec. 6th: Peer Pressure and the Green Green Manifesto — John: So they no longer drink soda, which is heavy and needs much packaging and shipping, and drink Crystal Light instead; John jokes local tap water tastes like poison. — 00:02:36
- 2007-12-06 · Dec. 6th: Peer Pressure and the Green Green Manifesto — John: They have drastically reduced their use of paper towels by using cloth napkins and dish rags. — 00:02:36
- 2007-12-06 · Dec. 6th: Peer Pressure and the Green Green Manifesto — John: Buying local food, John learned he doesn't hate tomatoes, only bad ones; he likes those from the local farm. (playful) — 00:03:05
- 2008-08-06 · Question Tuesday Returns (on a Wednesday) — John: Asked whether there will be another Project for Awesome, John answers that Secret Brother Tom did not call it the "first annual" Project for Awesome for nothing. (playful) — 00:03:07
- 2008-08-06 · Question Tuesday Returns (on a Wednesday) — John says Hank got better grades than he did. — 00:03:07