I am sincerely trying to not be cynical about Earth Day.
Don't get me wrong. I love Earth Day and the principles it's trying to promote. But in some ways it seems kind of useless. The people who understand how important it is to conserve and recycle do it every day, and the vast majority of the people who don't - or won't - get it seem rather resistant to changing their ways.
Yes yes, I realize we have to fight the good fight, and all that. Promoting awareness is a very good thing. And it's a great opportunity to educate kids on the blah blah of blah blah blah. But again, shouldn't we be talking to kids about green living on a regular basis? I'm just saying. It's sort of like Black History Month: "Here, we'll make up for hundreds of years of enslavement, abuse and wrongdoing with an annual shoutout. Cool? Cool." No, not so cool, actually. Kind of offensive, IMO.
(All right, in all honesty, part of the problem may be that it's about 9:30 in the morning, I'm nearly out of caffeine, I finished off all my chocolate-covered pretzels yesterday, and for the last 45 minutes I've had to listen to a self-righteous coworker going around wishing everyone a happy Earth Day at the top of her lungs. One person responded, "Every day is Earth Day!" and she screamed, "EXACTLY!" Okay, thank you, I agree too; just not quite so loudly.)
So anyway, aside from recycling and fanatic light-switching-off and unused-gadget-unplugging, my habitual green efforts are concentrated on organic food. This is mainly because I am a total foodie, and organic food definitely tastes better. Plus, there's the peace of mind of not dumping carcinogens into your body and not polluting the earth with poison. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say, "Less poison for everybody!"
And that includes your mom and mine, Nature. Thanks Ma! Sorry about that whole Industrial Revolution thing. You know we still love you, right?
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