Green Fad.... thoughts

     I hate the green fad. Yet I really do honestly believe in what I do to try to make a difference. I try hard to recycle everything I can, if there were more products I could buy which didn’t have packaging I would ( I really dislike packaging… the worst is when things are wrapped twice… like they have a plastic wrapper inside a box or something!! Can’t you just use one or the other!!! /sigh)  I was using cloth bags before the by-law told us too… I really like having the green bin.

The thing with the green fad that bugs me is that it’s started to feel so fake. The $5.00 bags that tell the world “I’m green”… the plastic mugs and bottles that starbucks sells and then everyone forgets at home…  I think a part of us all agrees with the concept of them… but having them with us when we need  them nether quite works.

     I have recently discovered LUSH and instantly fell in love both with the quality of the products and the attitude of the company . I have also tried a few of those fancy fast food places (Letrei, Fresi, Aroma) and the food there is SOOOO much nicer. It doesn’t make you feel like crap for eating fast food. The negative being that you really do pay for the quality you are receiving.

     To be honest I am totally cool with paying for quality. It just sucks that it’s hard to be healthy when you have no money… people complain how North America has become so overweight… but when a proper meal costs twice as much as food that fills you up but isn’t very good for you… can you blame us? I honestly believe there isn’t a person alive who doesn’t believe a fast food burger is shit for you. Yet we all eat it. They smell good, taste good when you’re eating them (though a real burger will always taste SO much better you never remember that at the time… ) and they are real easy…  There aren’t a lot of people who will put as much effort into getting good (reasonable priced) fresh food. When I was in Toronto groceries took me 2- 3 hours most of that was traveling all around town.  It always seemed like I was the odd one bring food from home to work for lunch…

     I guess this whole thing is a rather large ramble… but that’s just what I have been thinking about today. The whole thing started when I had a mint lemonade at Aroma, it looks like the crazy macha stuff… that awful,  “I am drinking this because its good for me” green… but it tasted so REAL. Like the mint I would eat out of Mom’s garden (Cody, our dog used to love it too). Not like the harsh mint that you think of when you order a drink that is mint. I also ate dinner from Freshi today (shish I can spend a little on food out when I don’t have to spend it on groceries :D ) it has the same kind of feel. This is real. This food won’t make my stomach feel heavy and like shit. It’s kina my goal to not eat things that make me feel like shit… I think we have put up with that for too long and should except food that costs a little more in order to get it. 

(and ya... still not doing so good on the wright every day plan... meh!!)

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