My need to stay informed about the world around me is at odds with my desire to focus on positive things. Do I want to listen to NPR in the morning and be depressed and worried while I eat breakfast, or do I pick up The Times at night and fret after dinner?
This morning it was the gulf oil disaster, the news that Massachusetts wants to build a nuclear power plant in the state, the horrific job market, the Times Square bombing plot, the irony of Dawn dish washing soap (which contains petroleum) being used to wash oil off pelicans in Louisiana, the horrific health and ecological toll of oil drilling in Peru's Amazon Basin...what are we doing to this planet and its inhabitants, including ourselves?
So needless to say I was happy when I passed by a newspaper box on my way to lunch and caught sight of a headline in the Berkshire Eagle, Solar's Sunny Future Begins. Construction of the first of six large-scale solar power facilities that WMECO intends to build in Western Massachusetts has begun. Suddenly I feel a bit better about paying my electric bill.
5 comments:
i am so, so with you on this, m.
i'm always looking for hopeful news, and the mainstream media makes it hard to come by.
thanks for sharing this.
this is great news re: solar panels. I too turn on NPR as I eat my cereal. Rarely do I watch TV news. The thing is, all this stuff is going to happen whether I know about it or not. I dont like to be totally ignorant, thus the listen to NPR, but I also don't like the overwhelmed feeling that comes with knowing about every grim thing that goes on.
Oh... THANKS! Much needed good news... and yes,
I'll feel much better writing my check to WMECO now!
exhaling. one day, we WILL learn. hopefully, it won't be too late.
Thanks for this encouraging post. I feel beaten up by all the negative news lately, and like you, I want to avoid it. So much of the news leaves me feeling that there is little I can do beside visualization meditation. Stopping in here has been a positive and I thank you. The FB page for Use Half Now was also encouraging. My daughter has been researching the plastic dilemma and limiting my use gives me a sense of helping our planet by choosing wisely the products I purchase...especially food products. I can't believe that even the cans our food comes in is lined with leaching plastic. I also had no idea how much oil is used to make plastic. Blogging has been good not only for my soul...but also my health and well being. Thank you for contributing to the above. Always a good read.
with gratitude,
karen
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