Chop Chop, It's Christmas!
Am I the only one who doesn’t get warm and fuzzy about cutting down trees for a few weeks of decoration and then kicking them unceremoniously to the curb? Christmas: the official chopping block of evergreens everywhere.
It’s one thing to bring home a sapling from Santa’s Qwik Gro tree lot. But consider the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. That’s no mere farmed sprout we’re talking about ““ this year’s tree is 77 years old. At least the 72′ beauty will be donated to Habitat for Humanity to provide wood for housing projects. (This is the second year the Rock tree is being donated to that organization.)
If you’re thinking, “Very well, you Scrooge, just what do you have in your house?” the answer is that I’ve chosen to decorate a potted rosemary bush that’s been pruned to look like a Christmas tree. We’ve had this bush for 2 years now and during the rest of the year it’s flavored many a meal. No harm done, and sustainable to the core.
Yes, it’s Bah Humbug of me, but I’m delighted to see that alternative trees are growing in popularity. (You can also read Slate’s article about whether it’s greener to go live, go faux, or forgo the tree altogether.)
Image: A. Belani
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December 19th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
I love the idea of the Rosemary bush! To those who think it’s Grinch-y to dream of a Green Christmas–I say Bah-HUMBUG! You don’t have to shop til you drop and you don’t have to go crazy with decorations that double your electric bill (and environmental footprint) during this time of year. Bravo to you for your creative solution! For this year we went with buying a small used artificial tree to save it from a landfill and got a couple of strings of LED lights. We will keep the tree for many years to come and donate it back to a thrift store again when we are done so it can hopefully have a third life. I’d love to have you and your readers come and vote on my poll to see what the consensus is on the greenest Christmas tree: http://7gens.blogspot.com
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