least to most sustainable/local/healthy

[Malila]

hello!

i am starting a little project for myself to create a list for people I meet re: sustainability and relocalization and health. i am looking for lists that go from least sustainable/local/healthy to most sustainable/local/healthy re: different subjects. Some of those subjects might include: menstruation, child birth, food, transportation, energy, gifts, entertainment, music, school, etc. The lists - I hope - will be helpful for people to realize that they are somewhere on the continuum and that they can take another step towards sus/loc/healthy without having to be perfect in every way. I am just looking for ideas here. For example, about menstruation:

tampons
pads
organic tampons/pads
keeper
cloth pads
make your own cloth pads
what else?

If your'e interested, list some of your ideas, please!

thanks!

p.s. i also posted this in "talking amongst ourselves", but then I realized this might be a more appropriate forum?! i hope it's okay that i posted it twice.

[srain]

Great idea! The thing is, it's often hard to judge. It may be more ecologically sound for an individual to fly across the country than to drive, but better for a family of 4 to drive one car. I disagree with the order you listed in your example; I feel tampons are "better" than disposable pads, and that menstrual cups are "better" than cloth because feel they'd require less lifetime water/ soap consumption.