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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Who doesn't want that? It is how we interpret how to accomplish that that becomes debate.
How much do we repair before we discard? ( Many people throw out appliances to make a home GREEN...with new appliances.) How much do we personally recycle, i.e. reuse?? How much are we willing to sacrifice in order to not waste? How much do we defile this world with smoking and bad habits. How many waste money? Just what are habits that will protect the earth and what is rhetoric? Each like to point the finger at the other. We cannot save the earth with only part of the earth participating. There is one woman in The Villages who earns my complete respect for her interpretation of being careful with this world we live in,and her name is Bernice and she is 105 years old. She called for me to get a Butterfly bush that they were going to discard when they added a pool. She grows a garden and she cans and she has all the right lights and she is careful with her money and her clothes. We need to be more like Bernice, who may very well live to see her efforts rewarded.
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The biggest disagreement I have with what you just said is that people can't change the earth because not everybody is participating. To a lesser extent I disagree with your statement that people are throwing out appliances to get green ones. I don't know anyone who has done that--changing to a greener one when they need a new one, or donating a working one to a good cause when buying a new one, yes, but throwing them out just to get a more efficient one? Are there statistics on that?
Instead of asking all those questions, just start doing something. Do the thing that's in front of you, however small.
My friend says nobody on her street recycles anything. That's just wrong. But it's not going to make me give up and not recycle.
If we hadn't had people campaigning against smoking, nobody would know it's bad for your health. It was the kids who started campaigning to their parents, after what they learned in school.
Same with recycling and other environmental issues. It has to start somewhere. Frustration doesn't let you off the hook. Stop asking and start doing. (That's my wish for everyone).