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Too Late

Wow, this enthusiasm about eco-products for the period nearly has me regretting I am reaching menopause.  I wish I could do it over in a "green" way so that I had not insulted my body or my planet over my entire fertile life span.On A review of eco-minded feminine products posted 1 year ago 46 Responses

The Real Answer

I appreciate your efforts.  Considering the light tone of your piece, my humble suggestion may be tooo serious.  The real answer is: FORGET CHRISTMAS.  Why buy into the this monument to consumerism?  It's a big waste: Waste of time, waste of resources, waste of fuel, waste of raw materials.  If you like Christmas because you feel there is a religious meaning in there for you, consider WWJD?On A gift guide for eco-minded shoppers headed to big-box stores posted 2 years ago 4 Responses

What Must Be Done vs. What's "Doable"

I used to belong to an organization that fought to preserve forests by creating wilderness designations in our state.  When they started making compromises with the timber industry and the motorized vehicle users in order to get at least some wilderness designations, they seemed to be going in the wrong direction.

This sort of thing happens all the time.  Those of us in this "green" fight (to use a simple shorthand term) feel convicted that nothing less than radical changes will do.  Some of us feel that such radical policies will never be acceptable, so in order not to be totally defeated we go for something that will "at least" bring us a step closer to our goal, and then hope to continue moving the level of public "acceptability" closer to our vision.  Sometimes I even agree with this approach.  It does get discouraging.

In our state, we have lots and lots of coal.  Our governor has some pretty progressive ideas, but he does want to develop our coal.  I say the basic problem is that people still think coal is something that has value.  Until we realize that coal no longer has value, people will still want to dig it up.  The people who have the mineral rights to this stuff feel they have something here that will make them rich. And as long as we remain hung up on coal, we will never make the kind of effort needed to change to a sustainable society.

My point is that we need vision to have the courage to make the kind of radical changes that need to be made.  Someone like Kucinich apparently has such a vision.  Someone like Clinton seems like a person who can get things done, because she is pragmatic and political.  But as someone pointed out, Kucinich was marginalized by the corporations before we ever heard what he had to say, and Clinton seems to be destined to be the Democratic nominee.  It is all very discouraging.

I haven't got any answer for this.  I know "radicalism" turns people off, but I don't think making compromises always serves our needs the best.  We are limited because we are all human beings.  We just do the best we can.  

Firelady

Christian and Environmental

Thank you for your comments.  You raise excellent points.  The world needs profound changes in the way we do things.  We need to educate and encourage people to try to make changes in the world at large, and do our best in our individual lives.

Firelady