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Thursday, October 22, 2009
We Are All Connected
In the event that you have not already seen Symphony of Science's gorgeous auto tuned masterpiece, please remedy below. Science! Wonder! 50 Things: Part One "Guarding Our Buried Treasures"
So, the first section of our little experiment begins to address the problems of limited resources. How can we use things responsibly? How do we take care of them? How can we reduce, reuse, and recycle? How can we best dispose of things that cannot be recycled or reused? I believe we live in a universe teeming with abundance (and empty space) but that's no excuse for seeing how quickly we can alternately devour and fill it with trash. The fact that the earth has such abundance and we've still managed to muck it up for ourselves really says something about human potential. On the other hand, destruction and abandon are great fun for a two year old. That may be an obstacle, but it may be an asset here too. First up is glass recycling. This is something we do already, although I'm a little embarrassed to admit that most of our glass consists of empty wine and beer bottles. Eric saves the mason jars that pasta sauce comes in, despite some of my grumbling. "REUSE!" he proclaims. It is a big R. More on glass recycling later, but I'm curious to know where you store your recycling and if you have any clever reuse projects or ideas. As an aside, I asked the two year old if she'd like to have a "secret" name for the blog. She suggested Agent Froggie. I somehow doubt that will stick. Labels: 50 Things, Green, Recycle, Reuse Wednesday, October 21, 2009
The Year of 50 Simple Things (With a few weeks off for Holidays)
Almost a two years ago, January 19, 2008 to be exact, I wrote about owning 50 Simple Things Kids can do to Save the Earth as a child. You actually don't need to click those links. You can scroll down the page a bit and view that post. That should give you an idea of how infrequently I've been updating. I have a child. I used to write about her on the baby blog called the MiniMax and I'm glad to have that collection of writings, even if it could easily be categorized as Not Very Well Written Writings From That Year I Didn't Sleep. Eventually my baby wasn't such a baby anymore. Yesterday she was helping me recycle. Then I found my old book and I got a crazy, terrible idea that will probably come back to bite me. What if we went through the book together? The book was written in 1990. What still holds true as we near 2010? What can be simplified to the point that a two year old can get it? I don't know if this is a good idea, or a terrible mistake. I don't know if I have the fortitude to show up here for a year and keep talking about it. I am looking forward to the attempt. |
