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Look, if it makes you feel good to recycle, or do a rain dance, or anything which is not assur, go for it.
I just don’t see your need to pretend it is a mitzva. And pretending something is a mitzva happens to be assur. It is baal tosif.
Charlie: it is pretty clear I was distinguishing between not harming your neighbor and not harming the planet. There was no reason for your remark about not respecting bein adom lachaveiro.
Ronsr: I don’t know what you are saying. My mitzvos come from the torah, not from my mother.
“Don’t try to hog more than your share” is apikorsus. G-d gave us what he wanted to give us, and also commanded us to give the poor “dei machsoram”. It has nothing to do with fair shares.