June 11, 2006 -
Day 5 - Week 10 - Suggestions From 1995
In a week of stealing from my
own little book on the environment I have painted a
canvas that continues expand and change. An artist
creates from inspiration, but perspiration often
signals who is going to be the successful painter.
In like fashion, changing away from our chemical
addiction will require education, understanding, and
diligence. Purchasing products that protect me and
my family are available, yet often not as easy to
find as the conventional offerings from Wal Mart,
Home Depot or our local favorite garden supply
store. Therefore, one of the great gifts given to
the human family must be constantly employed, and
that is the value of discernment.
Now that my personal immune
system has been compromised, perhaps for a variety
of known and unknown reasons, I must work even
harder to continuously discern what is good for my
health and what is detrimental to my well being.
This applies to all aspects of my life.
I wrote down a few ideas in
1995, and I share this now.
“Another line of defense is
consumer action designed to encourage people to buy
more non toxic products, drive their cars less, and
strive for a chemically free home environment.
Also, teaching our children how to grow their own
food in cooperative community organic gardens may
give them the skills necessary for the restoration
of their own health. Teaching them the value of
composting may revolutionize agriculture.
(Here is a radical concept that
goes all the way back to the 2nd World
War where our nation encouraged home and community
Victory Gardens.) Composting and gardening should
be taught beginning in the first grade in school.
Quoting from the Walt Disney Company’s environmental
activities report: ‘Walt Disney World has created a
state of the art composting system to handle its
sewage sludge. This successful program has recently
expanded to accommodate landscape and food waste as
well. The compost currently produced is being used
as a soil amendment by the Horticulture
Department.” The vast Disney empire sees the worth
of composting. I can see Mickey and Minnie teaching
our children how to become chemically free and
composting competent.
Habits can be changed, and
with a little help from our friends like Disney and
Earth Save, an environmental organization promoting
a chemically free vegetarian diet, our entire
educational food delivery system could have safer,
healthier foods for our children. With clean air and
clean food, clean healthy children can become
commonplace again.”
Our children are our greatest
natural resource. Keeping our natural environment
healthy helps guarantee that our living treasures
have a secure future.
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