Our blog is about being green while keeping it real. Here is a little anecdote about both.
This past Saturday afternoon, the kids and I had lunch at Five Guys Burgers and Fries and did a little shopping at Target. On our drive to the shopping center, a piece of litter along the street caught the attention of my 6-year old. He commented that he "can't believe people litter and if he could, he would pick it up and recycle it." What ensued for the next several miles, was the counting of every piece of visible litter by all three of my children. We lost count as we neared our destination but we continued to talk about why people litter and what a terrible behavior it is because it disrespects our planet and our community.
The lunch destination was an upscale fast-food joint, serving none other than (yummy) burgers and fries. The burgers are wrapped in foil; fries are served in styrofoam, drinks are filled in paper cups and your complete order is placed in a brown paper bag. This is the real part...yes, upon occasion, we are fast-food patrons. Recycling is one of my core values and I feel a bit of hypocrisy when I visit a place like this, knowing full well every wrapper is meant to be disposable. Trash cans are the only option with no opportunities for recycling.
It's all about choices and perhaps I should have chosen a different place for lunch. But like I said earlier, this blog is meant to be green AND real. So, upon finishing our meal, we did the greenest thing possible...we took our foil wrappers, paper cups and paper bag home with us to recycle.
If you are curious about the Target portion of the trip...the answer is "yes" we did bring (and use) our own fabric shopping bags.
If every child could think like yours, we would have a cleaner planet. Thank you for having those 3.
Jen
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Posted by: Jennifer | January 08, 2010 at 09:15 AM