its beautiful and sleek. it has a carbon filter so it won't stink up my kitchen. now i'm really legit.
all these warnings of global warm- i mean climate change, lead in toys, hormones and toxins in our food, left me feeling guilty and helpless. what can i do?
its funny how once you start doing things to change, you get addicted to the feeling. hopefulness and confidence.
i put my new silver hope on the kitchen counter. proudly filled it up over the course of a couple days. happily brought it down to the green recycle bin for my building. read the top of the bin:
yard trimmings only
wait, what? i'm confused. what do i do now? google it of course. a search on stopwaste.org concluded that i could indeed throw my food scraps in the green bin for yard trimmings. what a relief.
those that are green savvy might laugh at my ignorance, but for the average person that shops at Target because you can find ANYTHING there at a great price, this is major trailblazing activity right?
as the guardian of my children's souls and the grand influence of their future, i want to break through the limits of conventional parenting. its scary and often hypocritical. when i sent out a mass email about alternative children's toys made in the US, roy warned me not to push it too hard or i could turn people off. "your daughters have a barbie, you shop at target, you don't want to come off like a hypocrite..."
but its not about being perfect. or even following your own advice. its a process of understanding whats going on around you, in the world and in your gut. what feels right and what just feels wrong. encouraging and being encouraged. building that hope and confidence that we can do something better for our kids. and lets never underestimate the power of shiny stainless steel.
interesting link-
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
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