In celebration of Earth Day, I'd like to offer a helmet tip to Amanda R. for a link to a NY Times article by Michael Pollan entitled Why Bother?
Michael Pollan is one of the two authors that have helped me to rearticulate my priorities. The other is Barbara Kingsolver. In one of her books, she writes: "I believe our largest problems have grown from the earth's remotest corners as well as our own backyards, and that salvation may lie in those places, too."
Like these two authors, rather than relying on solutions handed down from above, I have started to look for them in my own corner of the universe. In my quest for a saner, calmer, more sustainable, more livable life, I too, in my small way turn to things that I hope will contribute to a saner, calmer, more sustainable, and more livable community and planet.
Don't just change the lightbulbs!
Learn where your food comes from.
Grow a garden.
Share your crops.
Ride your bike.
Take a walk.
Be with your children.
Talk to your neighbors.
Share ideas.
Build a community.
It's worth a bother.
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