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consumptionitis continued
Article in the NYT caught my eye, A Clutter Too Deep for Mere Bins and Shelves. Apparently there’s a run on organization bin systems in the new year. No wonder, with all the stuff that accumulates over the holidays. But it’s got me thinking about the sheer volume of stuff that finds its way into the house. I swear it’s more now than ever. I’m purchasing more online than before, which saves gas for shopping, but the boxes proliferate from shipping. I’ve got more cardboard from amazon than I can recycle right now. Each box with extra inserts, plastic bubble wrap. And then everyday from the mailbox, I’m bringing in a handful of stuff that I’m not interested in, but dutifully, I bring it in to the house. Maybe I should get a recycle bin for the front hallway and just put it in there, instead of laying it on the counter “to be sorted…” This is getting out of hand. That’s the thing about the environment: it’s the little things, and it’s difficult to picture the impact. But it’s real and the impact is devastating. Read recently that if everyone in china started using toilet paper, it would decimate the world’s forests.
Tags: environment
January 10th, 2008 at 5:26 am
yes, i read about the burgeoning impact that a not-so-environmentally savvy China is increasingly going to have on the world…BIG Footprint.
the other scary situation they find themselves in is having to import sex slaves because they utterly messed with the ratio of men-to-women in their society…so for now they are content with sex slaves from north korea…but it won’t be long on the path their treading before this becomes a huge social issue there that will likely affect the envionrment as well
peace
January 11th, 2008 at 7:50 am
steve, if everyone did what we do in terms of energy use, etc., a human-friendly environment would collapse around us all….a simple and stark violation of the golden rule….and I’ve spoken to my environmental friends about the problems in India and China regarding the gender imbalance imposed by sex selection abortion; I think if the scientific community spoke out against this more vigorously it would help their credibility….environmentalism understands that you just can’t mess with mother nature without incurring her wrath ken
January 15th, 2008 at 6:54 am
hey ken -
you are probably more aware of this than me, but i noticed a distant acquiantance of mine at the vineyard in chattanooga has been meeting with the people talking about stewardship and environment. if you haven’t seen it check out dale’s latest post fro january 11th, 2008:
http://www.dalehall.org/
January 15th, 2008 at 8:54 am
steve, thanks for putting me on to dale hall! Director of vocations for franciscans AND a vineyard pastor! Gotta love it. I sent him an email to say hi. ken