Someone asked me the other day WHY I want to save the planet all of a sudden. Actually, I havent really changed my focus very much. Ive just expanded it. My focus has always been about health and wellness for families. Its just prior to the food movement, I thought health for most people was about exercising, losing weight and eating healthier. I never considered seriously how the environment could impact our health. But the environment we live in can have a HUGE impact on our health. It took lots of studying and researching...but at the time, I was being forced to slow down because of the breastfeeding and injuries...and I love to learn things. (I was a straight A student in college and a total nerd.) So when I finally dug into it, I realized those greenies had a point. And then all of a sudden, they didnt look very crazy to me anymore. They just werent being taken seriously by certain groups. And that has to change. I love the trees, but Im not going to tie myself to one. I love animals, but I like people more. What I care about the most is the health of everyone, especially children, and how that is affected by our environment. And if the things that are making us sick are environmental, then Im all over that to bring attention to it. Its kinda my job. Other countries take human health far more seriously because they have to pay for their mistakes through public health care. The US is very different. They put all that liability on the backs of their own citizens. If people get sick, oh well. Let the private sector figure it out. (Im not promoting public health care with this statement, Im trying to show you WHY they think differently about chemicals....its all about financial liability. Other countries force companies to prove safety, in the US its consumers that have to prove danger. Different way of handling it.) So yes, now I straddle the divide between mom bloggers and the green movement. It makes perfect sense to me. And no I dont fit in perfectly in either group. And thats how I like it.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 22:22:42 +0000
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