Oh, I'm sorry, you thought there was only an Earth Day? Not when you attend a university with a college of global sustainability that runs on wind power. I get a weekly e-mail called the Grist about various ways I should be saving the earth. (Stop eating sugar and start using organic, fair-trade agave nectar instead.) On campus, there was even a solar-powered concert. (It was exceedingly lame. Solar-powered men in capes are still men in capes.) Add to that the proliferation of what Paul calls "smoked-some-bad-granola hippy" grocery stores. Periodically, it gets even to me. Me who:
Recycles everything recyclable (except styrofoam because they don't take here)
Uses her own bags for grocery shopping
Filters her own water (I'm actually okay with tap, but it tastes dirt here)
Lugs a reusable water bottle around
Replacing the lights with CFLs as they burn out
Has a "sensible" (my view)or "Nazi-esque" (Paul's) policy of energy use
Heck, even my cat eats food that contains "no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives, rendered meat, poultry or fish, animals or plant meals."
But still, because I am not an agave nectar-consuming, locally-grown produce-eating vegan who bikes everywhere, I am an eco-failure. Sigh. Is there no middle-ground?
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Tell me--what DOES your cat's food include?
Salmon, Pea Protein, Whole Dried Eggs, Oats, Pearled Barley, Vegatable Broth, Chicken Fat, Chicken Liver, Chicken, Flaxseed, Salmon Oil, Pea Flour, Sweet Potatoes, Apples, Blueberries, Green Beans, Carrots, Cranberries, Zucchini, Alfala, and then it breaks down in to minerals and vitamins. She eats a more varied and healthy diet than I do now!
Hi Kennifer. I like your Kiva link. I've been thinking about micro-loans for a while now, and you might have tipped the scales enough for me to actually do something about it.
Kennifer? Who's that? Seriously though, micro-loans are awesome.
I think that micro-loans are seriously cool. I have personally witnessed the power of those loans. There was a lady in Russia who wanted to start an export company for the art that the children in her local orphanage produced. All of the proceeds would go to making sure that when the children were too old to stay in the orphanage any more (16) that they would have money to get a start, have a place to live, get into college, etc. She had a couple of micro-loans of about $500, and got herself a way to ship and a distributor in the US and Britain. And has been making good money ever since then and has made such a difference in these children's lives. She has branched out into buying medicine and paying for medical procedures for the children as well.
Good job.
As for earth adventures...I'm proud of you. And I wouldn't go for the agave stuff either. And I'm pleased that my grand-niece is eating well. Now you make sure that you and Paul do the same.
j
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