Green Daily

I just cut a $45 check to a local curbside recycler for another three months worth of service. My post-apocalyptic city no longer offers a recycling program and a private company has picked up the slack. I hesitated as I wrote out the check today. I sure could use the money for other things.

Then I thought about the mountain of cardboard that I recycled last month and the general satisfaction that I get from rinsing out milk cartons and soup cans. I may be the only one for blocks with my blue recycling bin on the curb but it makes me feel good to do it.

Gloria Campos at About My Planet offers seven tips to stay motivated about living green. She has a list of great recommendations including joining an environmental group in your area or turning your passion for living green into a business. No where does she list my main motivation of "smugness" but most people are more altruistic than me that way.

What's your motivation?