Visit Any Landfill

For 43 years or so I’ve been someone who never really finished the thought; when I throw something away it goes…

I’ve given myself a very great gift this year; call it a field trip, if you like, but I took myself to my town’s landfill and had my eyes opened for the first time.  Maybe the concept of someone reaching their 40s and still not being contientious of recycling is one that sounds very far-fetched, well, it’s the truth.  I didn’t grow up imagining the Earth covered in over-flowing landfills, piles and piles of garbage as high as the tallest building that was not my experience.  But because the very idea of leaving too much waste for the Earth to handle is a bitter reality today, I’ve begun to educate myself.  Read more