I'll be the first to admit that I'm far a 'hemp wearing, canvas shopping tote using, whole foods dining' card carrying member of 'the Green Party', but I'm far closer to that side of the spectrum then I am to the 'forest clearing, hummer driving, wood burning, cigarette butt flicking' ignorant callous fuck side of the fence. bitter much? Enough so that every day, I come increasingly closer to walking up to the car at the stoplight to pickup and flick the burning embers back into their car. Dangerously close.Tomorrow is 'Earth Day', but in the realm of my ongoing desire to 'be the kind of person I'd admire', I'd have to say that every day should be earth day. Right? I try to recycle, and although I drive what could be considered an SU-V, it's a 4-cylander fuel efficient wannabe from Honda. And when a hybrid option for a mini-van is available, it'll be on our list of things to buy.
I don't travel much these days, but when I did, i'd be stunned and actually confused by the absence of recycle bins/programs in other parts of the country. hopefully we've made improvements over the last 8 years or so. I personally felt very guilty that, during the first month of moving back to the bay area, time and space made recycling a difficulty, but we've since resumed doing so.
Without getting preachy (read my previous post for that :-) I do want to comment that little efforts can easily become subconscious habits, like where you put your garbage, how much water you use, choices you make in products that can/do damage our environment.
This month's Vanity Fair has a good article about choices of this kind. It's worth reading, and it's linked below, as are a few other sites that have quick tips and tidbits that might help us continue to, well.... continue.
Vanity Fair : Fifty Ways to Help Save the Planet
Healthy Living with a Twist - Lime.com
Climate Change Solutions: What You can Do Right Now
tips and fun ways to protect the environment
How long must we all wait to change
This world bound in chains that we live in
To know what it is to forgive, And be forgiven?
It's been too many years of taking now.
Isn't it time to stop somehow?
Air that's too angry to breathe, water our children can't drink
You've heard it hundreds of times
You say your aware, believe, and you care, but...
Do you care enough?
Where's your conviction of the Heart?
- Kenny Loggins : Conviction Of The Heart