in the beginning
It wasn't that many years ago that had you asked me about being green, I would have thought you had mistaken me for Kermit the Frog. The environment? Sure I enjoy being outdoors and I don't throw my trash on the ground. Recycling? Good for you, but I don't have the time for it. Global warming? yeah right, gimme a break! Sustainable living? uhhhhh, what's that?
Yeah, there I was a conservative, right-wing, fundamentalist Baptist convinced that anything relating to the environment was part of the liberal agenda to take away my rights (at least that's what Rush Limbaugh was telling me).
No doubt you are asking yourself, "What happened?!"
Well, I guess you could say I woke up (slowly), opened my eyes and began thinking for myself.
I realized that even though God said man was put here to rule the earth, he didn't say or even imply DESTROY the earth. Stewardship doesn't end with time and money. It also applies to resources, both natural and unnatural.
Last year I put into motion a Green Initiative here at WVPE 88.1 Public Radio. It started as one of those "light bulb" ideas. (florescent of course!) This blog will journal my journey and what I am learning. Please join me!
My daughter Juliet took a trip to Stratford Canada recently with her school. She noticed these recycling bins everywhere. Why is it that so many other countries are doing these kinds of things and here in the States we seem to think that recycling is something just for the "environmentalist wackos"? For being so "advanced" we sure are "behind"!
