Progress Report: Pools are Scary

So much for letting the pieces fly, eh? I started this blog with the gusto of a battle-ready revolutionary and then regressed to a small child afraid to get into a pool.

It's kind of funny.

So, now what? On with learning to swim, I guess.

Progress made in the last couple weeks:

I'm slowly reducing the plastic I use without agonizing over every plastic nurdle in the universe. I'm learning to pay attention. It's taken a little while to stop grabbing plastic cups/plates/bags automatically. I still can't cook, so I'm eating store-bought bread and recycling the bags.

While checking out Flobots on Last.fm, I serendipitously fell into a community of people with the goal of community-based change. Check it out here (and make me a friend if you join): Fightwithtools.org. A bonus of this group is that it's centered around local music, which is one of my great loves. Might as well have a good time while making a better world.

I've been looking into what kinds of messages are most likely to increase awareness and encourage change. I'm coming to the conclusion that lecturing people about the benefits of changing is probably on the bottom of the list.

At the top of the list is nudity:

Lush Employees Go Naked

And then laughter:

Silly Canvas Bag Song