I am the Media Coordinator for the Holistic Moms Network – a national non-profit connecting parents who are into naural health and green living. I couldn’t agree more with Laura McKenna and her critique of the “Eco-moms” that drive their kids to soccer in gas-guzzling SUVs. Compare the average US citizen to a family in Ethiopia and see who’s really green. The greenest people on earth are the poorest who can’t afford to buy anything, and cant even get their basic survival needs met. We in the Western world have a consumption sickness which is eating up the scarce resources on this planet and polluting in disproportionate ways. It’s really quite obvious what we’re doing to ourselves and the answer is indeed to stop buying stuff and reuse as much as possible. I highly recommend that everyone watch the 20-minute animated film The Story of Stuff. You can find it online. It’s very enlightening.
