Going Green and Living Green

I think we can all more-or-less agree that the Earth desperately needs plenty of good, healthy input from the greatest number of us immediately and urgently if we are to avert catastrophe not too far down the line. 

Globalization has made the world shrink and this means, in a very real sense, that we are all in this together. Global warming, climate change, storms and floods, droughts, melting polar caps, diminishing natural resources, infectious diseases, and the like affect us all in some way or another.

We are all accountable and really need to conceptualize and live our lives, not as separate individuals whose actions only affect those immediately around us, but rather as active participants in the interconnectedness of everything here on Earth. What we do matters; it has ramifications that ripple wide.

Essentially connection and not separation is what characterizes us humans. The daily bump and grind often make it seem as if it is me and my nearest and dearest against the world, and that is how many of us get to experience our lives. This is an inaccurate perception of what is actually happening because we are part of that bigger picture and, more importantly, we are not subservient to the bigger picture, we are co-creative participants in it and of it.

That can of insecticide spray you use to rout the pesky mosquitoes or the decision to use the car today and not my bicycle because I feel lazy or to buy out-of-season fruit that has been transported great distances from the north or south  - all these seemingly inconsequential little actions really do count because millions of others are also doing exactly what you are doing. The effect is cumulative and deadly in its intent. 

What we choose to do every day has an impact - either good or bad - on the planet and that makes it imperative that we are conscious of our actions so that we choose to do the right thing - even when laziness or expense urges us to do what is easiest or cheapest.

Going Green and Living Green: I feel it is vital for us sooner rather than later to go green and embrace life as co-creative participants in our global matrix and the world will become a better place.

By Rosemary O'Leary

There are many informative and instructive books on green issues available these days. If you have no idea where to start with your personal greening project, the Green Living Kit may be a good place for you to start because it is full of really useful practical ways to go green. A further advantage is that it is downloadable immediately after you have bought it online. 

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Organic gardening is a great way to grow healthy food for the family and at the same time it restores the mini eco-system in your garden.

It is a pleasurable and relaxing activity for all members of the family to participate in.