Sleeping Naked is Green

If you haven’t read Sleeping Naked is Green yet, I recommend checking it out for no other reason than Vanessa Farquharson’s sensible attitude about the green movement and her struggle to tackle every day environmental issues is probably something we call all relate to.

It seems that in the last few years everyone's gone green (not a bad thing!). Flip open any magazine and there will probably be some reference to how “you too can greenify your life!” and the suggestions are always the same: recycle, buy organic and use CFL lights.

That’s fine and dandy but as Vanessa shows us, trying to walk the walk isn’t that easy. Choosing to buy organic food for instance, may mean your apples come from Colombia—so they aren’t sprayed with pesticides but they had to be flown in a cargo jet (so much for lessening one’s carbon footprint!)What I love most about Vanessa’s story is that she doesn’t take herself (or others) too serious.

She’s honest about the inherent hypocrisy in environmentalism and accepts that we as humans simply can’t do everything right. That trying to do good to mother earth sometimes means choosing the lesser of two evils. For those who try to live a more crunchy-lifestyle, we have all been there at some point, whether it be in the grocery store trying to discern whether the product labelled "organic" really is organic to carpooling because you quite honestly can't bike to work in 120 degree heat.

So go pick up a copy and tell me what you think, and while you're at it check out her blog too!