Op-Ed: Mid-challenge mopes
While there are more informational posts to come and many ideas for how to extend this zero-waste adventure when Plastic Free July comes to a close, this post's purpose is to share some of the mental and emotional challenges that are resulting from taking on this pledge. "You'd best start thinkin' where your food comes from and I hope you tend a good garden." Corb Lund Tomorrow, where my parents live, it is forecasted to feel like 49 degrees Celsius by mid-day. "Hope they have a pool!" you may be thinking. Or, "Geebus, stay inside and crank that AC!" may be your advice. They do not have a pool. They have a farm. And while I'm sure their AC will be turned on (albeit not too cold), they will not be inside. They will be out in the field, sweating to bring in their blueberry harvest. A harvest that will go to city markets us urbanites can travel to using climate-controlled [public] transit, spend a short while bemoaning the heat ...