Attempts to learn the three R-s - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
The feeling of not doing enough was always there. Drying glaciers on our national park visits, overflowing trash cans in public places, my closet space running out mostly from old, no longer used clothes, mountains of paperwork at all corners of the home which we never look at or need, a table full of abandoned keyboards, adapters and prehistoric laptops . It made me slightly uncomfortable, while I liked facebook posts about zero waste lifestyles or discussed global warming at dinner parties. A lingering thought at the back of my mind like an unwelcome guest. I recycled the junk mail religiously at home, and made sure to throw paper wrappers in the recycle box at work, and made peace with myself. And then, a few months back, we went to the Florian Schulz National Geographic show. At the Seattle Benoraya Hall. This show overwhelmed me at so many levels that I was completely surprised by my own reaction. It was not so much about the amazing photography or the background stories Flor