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Apr. 22nd, 2005 08:18 amHappy Earth Day to those who even bothered to remember the day this year. I just love waking up to an article on Yahoo claiming that the Environmental movement is all but dead. Not that our current administration hasn't done everything in its power to drive a stake through the movement's heart, but c'mon, pre-mature burial is a nasty thing.
As a Wiccan I often have trouble understanding how people can look at the planet with anything but naked awe and adoration. To see the world as nothing more than something to be exploited (or, in the ever appropriate word choice of the She Beast Ann Coulter, "raped"*) seems so sad to me. Well, sad and incredibly frustrating.
I suppose I could wring my hands about it all day, or I suppose I could choose to do something a bit more constructive. I think a commitment to do everything I can to help the environment from now on is a great start. No more getting sloppy about recycling, phasing out all the toxic chemicals already in my household for more environmentally friendly ones, donating again to organizations who are working on a grassroots level to make a positive change.
It won't make much of a difference, hell I'm only one person, but I'm not sure I can comfortably look at myself in a mirror just now if I don't do something.
*"God gave us the earth. We have dominion over the plants, the animals, the trees. God said, 'Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it. It's yours.'"--- Hannity & Colmes, 6/20/01
As a Wiccan I often have trouble understanding how people can look at the planet with anything but naked awe and adoration. To see the world as nothing more than something to be exploited (or, in the ever appropriate word choice of the She Beast Ann Coulter, "raped"*) seems so sad to me. Well, sad and incredibly frustrating.
I suppose I could wring my hands about it all day, or I suppose I could choose to do something a bit more constructive. I think a commitment to do everything I can to help the environment from now on is a great start. No more getting sloppy about recycling, phasing out all the toxic chemicals already in my household for more environmentally friendly ones, donating again to organizations who are working on a grassroots level to make a positive change.
It won't make much of a difference, hell I'm only one person, but I'm not sure I can comfortably look at myself in a mirror just now if I don't do something.
*"God gave us the earth. We have dominion over the plants, the animals, the trees. God said, 'Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it. It's yours.'"--- Hannity & Colmes, 6/20/01
