Today I jogged an 8 minute mile comfortably. I know that's not exactly something to brag about, but it shows I'm in better shape now than I used to be. Usually it would take me 10 or 11 minutes at minimum. That's what New Orleans does for you. (And may also be the reason for the ugly bronchal cough that followed right after running.)
It's also made me extra conscious of being wasteful. Back at Common Ground, we wouldn't toss away our plastic forks and plates --- we'd wash them, rinse them in bleach and hot water, and rinse again, and they'd be like new. The thought of throwing away my plastic fork after dinner tonight just seemed absurd. But, a lot of things we do are absurdly wasteful. I guess I should get re-used to it.
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Richie—You should come visit me at York. Oxy gets out like mid-May and I don't get out until the end of June, so there is a CRAPLOAD of time for people to come visit me. I think I will have a deluge of Oxy kids coming then.
I know what you mean about being wasteful. God, there are absolutely NO recycling bins in England and I seriously feel a little pain in my heart every time I throw away a can or plastic bottle. It literally hurts me to do it. I'm such a Californian.
I'd like nothing more than for there to be a more concerted nationwide effort for recycling and sustainability, but it's hard sometimes. I live in a place where there's some level of recycling, but sadly not nearly as much as there should be (for instance, there are bins for 1, 2, & 5 plastics, but no others). At a certain point, you have to try to balance things out and live with it. I constantly wrangle with it but hope that my little contribution helps in some way. Let's face it, recycling on a personal level is really little more than a feel good idea when there are so many large corporations with thousands of times the amount of waste doing nothing about it. From a personal level, hopefully it's enough to slowly influence those bigger entities to make a change.
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