I’m debuting a tab today that I’m calling “What’s Green?” This tab will showcase stories and links that I feel are green issues even though they don’t look like it on the surface. The idea is that everything is a green issue. Society, politics, psychology, education as well as materials are green issues because my concept of “green” is whatever affects any living organisms.
This story is a perfect example: “Sales Of Spam Rise As Consumers Trim Food Costs”
What’s green about this? It shows the need for better education of the public. We don’t want people eating CRAP (read: Spam), we want them eating clean, healthy food. But that food needs to be inexpensive enough for low-income folks to buy it so a mutually-beneficial critical mass can be achieved. In other words, we need to go back to supporting our local vendors: farmers and shop owners. The more we each support our community, the more they will support us. A cool initiative could be that every week there’s a half-price, “Day Old” shopping day at the Farmer’s Market. This would be a way for Farmers to get rid of ALL of their crop while educating low-income buyers about the benefits of organics and local.
The Revolution Has Begun. Get On The Train.
