Copycat...

Something I have been convicted of in the past year (probably along with many of you) is the idea that we should be good stewards of our planet. I mean, God gave us this beautiful globe and we've kind of trashed it, right? I am not going to get into a discussion about global warming here, because I know those of you who might be reading this, and I know there are passions on both sides of that issue that I don't want to arise.

In any case, let's be honest about our situation. God plopped us in Eden. My guess is that on a typical walk through Eden, one probably didn't see the mounds of trash that litter most streets now. I doubt the water sources were covered with 200,000+ gallons of oil, like my mighty Mississippi is right now. So right now you are thinking "but kristin, we aren't in Eden anymore, remember?" True true. But we are still residing in God's glorious creation. He gave us stewardship over Earth and I don't think we are doing the best job of taking care of it.

So I was cruising through BBC News and I came across this article and subsequent blog by Christine Jeavans. I am incredible intrigued with this idea of going for a month without buying or consuming any new plastic. And, in case the title of this blog hasn't already given away the punchline...I am going to try it out.

The first thing Chris did was save all of her plastic she (and her household) consumed in a month. So that is my first step. Shouldn't be too hard, right? Just throw it all into a box instead of the garbage. Well, rinse it out first because otherwise the flying cockroaches will invade. Gross.

So ummm, I'll keep you updated.

Also notice the exploration of new technologies in this blog. I am inordinately proud of myself.