I was going to blog about the Oprah show yesterday, it was so insightful and I had a hard time as we say "wrapping my mind around it."
I just checked her site and it's all there including video, so if you missed it you might want to check it out. It goes along with Earth Consciousness, Consumer Consciousness.
The one woman that just was......?? WHAT!!?? for me, actually threw away food because she shopped weekly and if a box of cereal was open she threw it away! If a 2 liter of pop was open she threw it away, why not buy 6 cans?
So her idea was to shop, but she had to make room for this weeks shopping, so she threw away last weeks opened stuff???
http://www2.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200804/
tows_past_20080417.jhtml?promocode=HP31
"What Would You Dare to Live Without?"
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How wasteful, how foolish, how selfish. All people strive to be able to do better than making ends meet, but to those who are struggling and live without, such behavior seems most unfair. There must be regard for the environment, consumer goods, personal living habits, and the lives and welfare of others, and not disregard or abuse of these elements.
There will be the argument that the pop is cheaper by the larger bottle than by the individual cans, but how is it cheaper if bottled soda gets tossed out before it is consumed? The same can be said about the pennies saved when purchasing a giant bag of potato chips as opposed to a small bag, but if the large bag is proportionate to the need and the contents will be thrown away, then the smaller bag would be the most economical size to purchase. This all not only makes money sense, but it also means that there will be less waste of perfectly good food. Shopping and consuming wisely has a trickling effect that will add to the overall benefits that this earth, this country, and it's people need.
Thank you for your comments. Appreciate this, very well said!
This gave me a new perspective on how I shop. I don't till payday, and then I get what we are out of.
I help my elderly neighbors unload their groceries, I had been amazed by what they bought, being one person, limited income, yet more food then our family of 3 would eat in 2 months.
So after I saw the show on TV, I felt much better about my food situation. I have shopped this way so long, I saw my neighbors habits and started to doubt mine, feeling sorry for myself. NOW I appreciate our habits more than ever before.
Mud Cakes and Food Riots in Haiti
Dear Friends, it is giving us sleepless nights and increasingly becoming heart rending to note that people are having to eat mud cakes in Haiti - cakes made of margarine, mud & salt - to keep hunger at bay.
You will have no doubt already read, "Food Security: Why has the Global Food Crisis reached Emergency Proportions?"
For months, people in Haiti have been going hungry. The recent rises, particularly in the price of rice, have tipped people over the edge. They are having to eat mud cakes, known as Teh, to help quiet their excruciating hunger pangs. Starvation is the main cause for doing so, although Pica, which occurs sometimes with iron deficiency anaemia, may also be present in the Haitian population.
Food riots in Haiti caused the deaths of five people about a fortnight ago, including a UN peacekeeper, and forced the country's prime minister out of office. No country has escaped the effects of escalating wheat and rice prices. The poor nations like Haiti have been hardest hit. The country is in terrible turmoil because Haiti is forced to buy imported food staples which are getting more expensive by the month.
Many of the Haiti people have turned to eating mud cakes. They first strain the mud to remove stones in it, put some mixture of vegetables and then they let it dry under the sun. Though this mud cake is rich in calcium, eating it on a regular basis is not good for their health according to the health specialists. At present, this is the food being eaten by the poorest people in the hemisphere.
Decline of The US Dollar
The decline of the US dollar has affected many countries and Haiti is one of the most affected ones. The increased price of fuel and food has led to most -- if not all -- of the products being sold in Haiti, to have inflated prices too. Haiti is already poor and it is getting poorer and poorer as it can afford to buy less and less of food and fuel on the world markets.
Haiti's history is terribly sad. Christopher Columbus discovered it in 1492, and soon after, Europeans completely killed the indigenous population, in one of the worst genocides ever. Then it was repopulated, primarily by African slaves. Most Haitians are descendants of those slaves, who overthrew their French masters in the Haitian Revolution in 1804. Unfortunately this did not end neo-colonial intervention...
How do you feel about this adverse developments in Haiti? Imagine having to eat mud cakes to cope with hunger. It makes the soul tremble...
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