One of the major issues with global warming and environmental destruction is that the people who care feel powerless. How can one person make any conceivable difference? But I figure if we are aware of the daily differences we can make, why not?
Think about the tobacco industry, they were almighty. Most of the developed world was smoking at one point and time, but as we learned the health implications and experienced the losses it could cause, people effected change. Smoking transformed from a trend to a bad habit in a decade, and now tobacco industries cannot even promote their product without displaying a picture of a devastated body organ on the packaging.
The same process is beginning to occur with the environmental movement. As more and more people bring reusable bags to the grocery store, you try harder and harder to remember. As tales begin to trickle through the grapevine about pesticides and growth hormones, we begin at least comparing prices between the organic meat and regular ground beef.
My favorite part is when you do it, the sense of pride. Yes the organic sugar cost me $1.25 more than the regular sugar, and I defiantly thought twice before making the purchase. But I have never been so proud to own sugar in my life!
So lets just do it because it feels good. Sometimes it will cost more, and often it will cost nothing. For the most part it is just a process of learning and doing.
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