Every now and then, I am lucky enough to comes across a friendly little video that uses a sledge hammer to wake me up. It’s so easy for me to slip into the dream of “The American Dream” and pretend I don’t bob and weave on the currents of capitalism. Then, a video like The Story of Stuff comes along and whammo! At least for a few minutes, I stop sleep walking.
The link below is to one such video called “The Hidden Life of Garbage”. It’s posted on the absolutely fantastic web-site of a naturopathic doctor by the name of Joseph Mercola. Dr. Mercola has put together an awesome and extensive collection of articles about a wide variety of topics and his comments follow the video.
And, if you haven’t yet seen The Story of Stuff, there’s a link to it in Dr. Mercola’s comments. Both are so worth the watch.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/02/04/the-hidden-life-of-garbage.aspx
If you do get to watch it, I would love to have your feedback about it over a virtual cup of tea.
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About tania
I grew up primarily in the 70s in-between nowhere and nothing in a mining town in Arizona. The oldest daughter of a copper-miner and stay-at-home mom, I was fed only the best the tiny stores had to offer at that time: Wonder Bread, margarine, Coke, chicken pot-pies.
Based on these beginnings, feeding myself has been one of my great challenges. Bouncing back and forth between Costco's finest frozen offerings and restrictive diets, I have never been able to come to a place of sustainability with my food choices.
This, now, is at the fore-front of my attention. How does one accustomed to mass-produced food find the energy to start making it herself? How does one who tends to dart and flash slow down and make the change stick for more than a few months? And, just what does "eating right" look like to a 42 year old female named Tania?
A few other things about me: I studied Spiritual Psychology and Counseling Psychology to obtain Masters Degrees at the University of Santa Monica. I tried to apply both to community mental health for several years but found the "24-7" on-call work to not be conducive to leading a happy, productive life with normal sleep patterns. The daily work with consistent clients, however, was amazing.
I have a gazillion hobbies that are super important to me. One one hand, I love to water-ski and ride snow-mobiles. On-the-other, I'm a green bean & tree-hugger to my core. Reconciling these two sides has been tough but I'm not me without both.
Another one of those hobbies is cooking, eating and drinking. I do all really well. Lately, I've learned to cook healthy and economically and have been really wanting to learn to bake. Time in the kitchen has become a huge part of what I do.
And....I'm one of those people who "speaks dog". In fact, all my best friends and most favorite beings (with the exception of my grandpa) have always been dogs.