Comments on: THE LAZY ENVIRONMENTALIST : Lazy Family

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:56:17 +0000

In the family video involving a BBQ you introduced them to a three part kitchen garbage bin. Where can I get this product?

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:07:54 +0000

Vegan balony: Just because you choose not to eat meat does not make you right in your assumptions that plant eating is better for the environment. You forgot to write the statistics for growing all the food you eat. Tell me what that is!@ I will readily admit that the current system for our food production is making an incredible impact but your ridiculous notion that only a plant based diet is good for the environment and your body is insulting. You didn’t get the brain capacity by being a plant eater. You can thank your ancestors for eating all that meat, and have you ever looked at your teeth. They were designed to eat MEAT and vegetables. Save your righteous wrath for changing the trash issue that the episode was about.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:48:46 +0000

I watched too, and the vegans have a point; but what was most upsetting to me was the cavallier head-in-the-sand attitudes that are still not only possible, but prevalent in the the US. I grew up in LA and have lived in Montreal for a couple of decades. In my town (a Beverly Hills-like separate city called Westmount) we have 3 collections per week:Monday compost (kitchen and yard waste), Wednesday recycling, and Thursday non-recyclable garbage…maybe one small bag/week. My 63 year old husband still throws coffee grounds and table scraps in the garbage, and thinks it’s all nonsense, but my kids are as careful as I am. So my point is, that this is generational to a degree, and as with the non-smoking campaigns aimed at the elementary schools, the biggest impact can be brought about by children asking their parents to change. There is also a big political dimension, because the corporate/consumer culture is so ingrained, it often becomes incumbent upon local governments to institute services, programs, bylaws and/or tax incentives to affect real changes in behavior. The Canadian and provincial governments have instituted tax rebate programs for home renovations that increase energy efficiency to both stimulate the the construction industry during the recession and reduce carbon emissions. The City of Montreal is also cracking down on the particulate emissions from fireplaces, wood stoves and wood burning restaurants that cause winter smog up here. Meanwhile, where my mother now lives in the California desert, everyone in her gated community still throws all their garbage in a dumpster which is collected for a land fill once a week, and almost no one in her community has solar panels. The average American doesn’t even realize how far behind the curve the US is in this regard. Where was the presentation of reading lists for parents and kids…”Cradle to Cradle” “Hot Flat and Crowded” for a start.

By: Bea Elliott

Bea Elliott — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:53:08 +0000

I’m assuming the environmentally sound BBQ will be vegan – considering that animal agriculture contributes 18% greenhouse gasses and 25% of the rain forests have been destroyed for livestock production. Or is this show going to ignore the fact that diet has an incredible impact on global warming? Switching to a plant based diet is more effective than driving a Prius… It’s also healthier.

By: Bert Taylor

Bert Taylor — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:11:30 +0000

I watched the Lazy Environmentalist the other night. Have have a question… ummmm… given that meat production/consumption is one of the main causes of damage to the environment…. ummmm why is the ‘so called’ environmentalist, Josh Dorfman consuming meat on camera. PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH MR ‘ENVIRONMENTALIST’. I think its called ‘leading by example’..