Comments kookie has made

  • Mothers and the environmental movement

    Yes! Grassroots! Get a rainbarrel for Mother's Day, commit to recycle more, or simply cut down on waste. It doesn't have to start off as a big deal. Just...instead of receiving gifts this Mother's Day, why not give something small back to the earth?

    Angela rocks.On Are greens overlooking a key constituency? posted 4 years, 7 months ago 40 Responses

  • Mercury

    Yes, this will work very well with people who have a masters degree and are accustomed to turning data into information, and then translating that into relevant actions. I think you'll lose the masses, though.

    Rather, you need to be relevant and simple. What actions, specifically, do you want moms/people to take? How will this affect their children, the food they eat, and their pocketbooks? ...in defensible terms that EVERYONE can understand.On Are greens overlooking a key constituency? posted 4 years, 7 months ago 40 Responses

  • Do one thing that's most important to you.

    I know these moms who serve blue catsup...they're not all bad. One of them built a massive raingarden to recharge the watertable in her backyard. Another is refusing to move to a McMansion just b/c she happens to have 5 kids, opting instead for a sense of community and livability. For my part, I have two rainbarrels, grow all my own organic vegetables in the summer, and avoid doing laundry during rainstorms to avoid recharging the sewer system (not to mention no blue catsup, if that counts). Still, life is full of compromises, and my kids get fast-food a couple of times a year. Life goes on, despite the small compromises.

    We just have to help moms PRIORITIZE those compromises to best suit the earth. That means we need to be relevant to be heard. Maybe for Mother's Day, if each mom were to be earth-friendly and relevant to just one other person, and if that were to happen every year, we'd have the planet covered in time.

    And, let's not forget: Father's Day is just around the corner.

    It'll take every one of us, doing and modeling what is right and do-able, to effect real change. What better gift to give Mother Earth in a couple of days?

    Take the challenge; pass it on; there's nothing to be lost in trying.On Are greens overlooking a key constituency? posted 4 years, 7 months ago 40 Responses