classical, tension

i hope to be able to be more at peace this year with the tension of humanity. you know how it is: there you are enjoying life and then nighttime comes and you feel mortal. or: you make a commitment to be a better human and love deeply and care about all and then you find yourself treating someone like crap or eating food out of season.

with my whole heart i have been trying to be a good consumer. and i mean it when i say good. i am trying to buy cleaning products that are not harmful to the environment or to my family, we try to buy local and organic food; i dream of building a home out of straw bale and local resources that is off the grid.

each step takes me closer. and with each step i must be careful. i do not want to hurt others in the process nor do i want to make this an obsession and lose the meaning of the desire- which is love, goodness, creativity and responsibility= heaven.

so, i checked out a book called:
The Global warming survival handbook : 77 essential skills to stop climate change-- or live through it /
by Rothschild, David

and i am trying to take itty bitty steps in our home and at work.

i shop at a dented goods store. it is my absolute favorite, because you never know what you will find there! i found that they had the compact fluoresecent (cfl) bulbs that save lots of energy. see my lovely picture.

get this: if every american household replaced at least one of their incandescent bulbs with a cfl we would be able to prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to annual emissions of nearly 800,000 cars.

i believe with all my heart that if we all make an effort and do something to care we are creating heaven.

care. it's the best.