The minute you have an online identity (facebook, twitter or a blog), you have to accept that interaction with strangers is part of the deal.  Also, there are no more secrets, as I discovered when I posted this on my facebook page over the Christmas holidays:

“Sharing a bath with Monsieur Chardonnnay”

So, there it is, my carbon sin revealed to the world. I like baths. In fact I like them so much, my family bought me this for Christmas a couple of years ago, complete with wine glass holder and candle stick. What could be better, glass of wine, favourite magazine and a deep, hot bubble bath?

Whenever I read one of those “Top Tips to Save the Planet” leaflets you can guarantee that “take a bath not a shower”, is right up there in the top few. So it should be, the carbon footprint of water is a big deal and having a shower is more efficient than a bath (unless you have a power shower). But, that doesn’t mean you can’t ever have a bath, just make it a luxury,  an indulgent experience, to be savoured at the end of a long week /month/year. I live the life that feels right to me, not to be green or to save the planet but because I want to. I didn’t post that comment on my  facebook status  to be contraversial, or to  deliberately reveal my eco misdemeanours. It was just a spur of the moment thing, a bit of a laugh amongst friends – some of whom were once strangers – but are now part and parcel of my everyday life.

So, here is the lesson I’ve learnt. Have fun online, but  be sure your carbon sins will find you out – so stop worrying about  sinning and start living. Accept that choices need to be made, that what really matters is the carbon bottom line  – in other words it’s  the overall carbon footprint of your lifestyle that matters – not the minor and occasional misdemeanour. Oh and just for the record, here’s a few more: I sometimes leave the light on when I’m not in the room, I once forgot to switch the tv off standby, I sometimes drive short distances, I’m too lazy to insulate under my floorboards … I accept these as part of being human and if you think I’m bad, let she who is without carbon sin cast the first pumice stone…

Go on, reveal your carbon sins – if you dare x