I recently read that today, October 15th, is a day in which bloggers everywhere are going to unite to change the world. So count Diaper Bandit in! The idea, as I understand it, is that everyone who writes a blog is supposed to write today about something to do with the environment. And then everyone all over the world will read these millions of blog posts and think a little more about the environment and then we'll change the world!
The first thing Diaper Bandit did along these lines was post these cute pictures of Elsie outside, enjoying nature. Here in lovely Portland Oregon we have a lot of big tall trees and greenspaces in which to enjoy them. It's even sunny sometimes. As a parent I do think it is important to get our kids outside. It's good for us too! Here in Portland we have a lot of especially crunchy people. By this I refer to the high percentage of hippies. Hippies love the environment! Here is Elsie sitting with some hippies we met in the Park. These guys are serious hippies. They even have guitars:
I don't personally have anything profound to add to the great environmental debate. Well, except this. I keep hearing about how we can buy certain products which are "green" and that if everyone bought "green" things we'd all be better off. While this may be somewhat true, I also think that if everyone bought just a little less of everything we'd be better off. Or buy something which is used and thereby save the toll of manufacturing another one. Like instead of buying a new Prius, just buy a used car and tell Toyota to give their manufacturing plant a rest. Instead of building a brand new "green" house, just buy an old one which has already been built. I'm sure there are holes in this logic, but you get my drift. But you know, now that I think about it, most of the ideas we have to "save the environment" are probably a wash anyway. For instance this whole idea to blog about the environment. If we all just turned off our computers, like right now, and stopped blogging and reading blogs, that would probably have a a more profound effect than this International blog day. Or maybe not. How about we just all go outside and take a walk? Naked! That would make a difference, a big one.
This final picture is of Elsie beneath a big tree. That tree is a lot older than her, but the reason I like this picture is that she is wearing a skirt and this was the first time she ever wore a real skirt. I believe that skirts are good for the environment.
