So our month of doing seven things to make our lives greener is almost over. Bleh. That about sums up how I feel about it. I don't mean to make light of the situation at all, but it didn't really have the outcome I was hoping for. What was I hoping for - I don't even know I suppose.
I think the disappointment over how impossible it is to be all-out green in a tiny midwest community is holding a gray cloud over the month's experiment. Amanda and I were at the "local" grocery store and buying steaks - the "local" (from 4 hours away) beef was 2-3x the price of the regular meat! I cannot pay $12 for a pack of "local" hotdogs or pound of ground beef!
And yes, I know that there are semi-local cattle farms in the area that I could purchase a cow from - and plan to do that yet, but not this month. And yes, we have a whole foods store, but that does not equate to local. We are buying local produce, and even got bags of local sweet corn to bag and freeze. Otherwise, its just buying from USA instead of other countries and that has to be enough - though come winter, I don't know how that will pan out either.
But, we are recycling what our little town will take, and we are using our compost bin. And honestly, I just need to waste less food, because even though we compost it, I hate that there is food just being thrown out!
I am not feeling like this month has thus far led to earth-shattering heart change, and I think I was expecting that. My eyes are open and the hunger is there - I just haven't found the whatever-it-is that will satisfy the itch.
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