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For weeks now, you notice I’ve been rambling about green living projects like No-Impact Man, Fix Project and Green as a Thistle. There are others, but those are my favorite. Recently, Megan at Fix Project wrote a post about why all of these projects are in the limelight and gaining popularity now.
She has this to say:
“…for me, and maybe for other people, it’s coming out of a generalized political dread that required me to do something - anything - to feel a little more active and headed towards change. Around the world, there are messes getting more hideous by the minute - many of them in America’s name - and I think personal environmental efforts make people feel a little less out of control.”
I liken it to a crisis. When I’m getting a cold, I’ll ignore it at first. It’s a sniffle. It’s just allergies. When that cold does hit, it seems to come out of no where. As a country, we’re pretty good at ignoring things. As a culture, we’re pretty good at ignoring things. We ignore it until it’s almost too late.
Is it too late now? When there is plenty of things to be weary of, there’s not many people who can totally ignore it. Newt Gingrich even admits that there is a global warming problem.
For me, it’s not political dread. It’s the sense of a fast-approaching problem.
But is that why I chose to do this? I’m not sure. I like challenges and I’m a person that does want to make a difference. I tell people I went into journalism because I wanted to make a difference. I’m an idealist. Even if it’s just Martha down the street that reads my stories, the change I set in her is enough for me. I like illuminating the truth.
Isn’t that what I’m doing here? I hope so.
