Day 131: Green?

Day 131: Green?, originally uploaded by susanvg.

It's hard to make green choices because the choices are not clear. This compact fluorescent light bulb is touted as energy saving, but it contains a small amount of mercury. Recycle, the city says, but they don't pick up these light bulbs. Consumers have to take them to the "eco" centres. How many people do this? We leave a cleaner carbon footprint and then pollute our landfill.

Green is in - corporations try to paint themselves with the eco green brush - but often it is lip service to a serious problem. And if I really look at myself, I know that I do the same. Waste and wanton consumerism are part of our North American culture.
I love the native American saying
"We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our grandchildren."
We need to all become more conscious of being keepers of the earth.