There are so many things we can all be doing to bring about peace. Recently, I saw that a “National Franchise” is gearing up to start its campaign: Support Our Soups. I think personally that this is one terrific idea. You go in, buy a soup. Each one is made with organic, seasonal vegetables, according to Fair Trade guidelines, and for every dollar you spend, they send five cents to a different cause.
This month it’s helping kids with webbed feet who need surgery, who knows what next month will bring? What I love about the program is the way in which the better things in life are well-integrated: Kids, Soup, Farmers. There are simply not enough links between eating well and helping those less fortunate, those pitiable souls who cannot afford to shop for organic food. But if as consumers we urge companies to act responsibly then for sure a movement is going to be afoot.
What are each one of us doing to help bring about global harmony? Every four years, people get galvanized about the Presidential elections, but on a day to day basis wouldn’t you agree that there’s so much more we can do? I’m going to buy more soup. But what are you doing? What food items are you putting in your reusable, environmentally low-impact bag that further the causes of peace?
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1 madeline // Mar 5, 2008 at 9:21 am
Harvard cafes and college dining halls serve Free Trade coffees on rotation to help students buff their resumes. No joke: their advertisements read, “Drink coffee and save the world.” The problem is, it’s only on every seventh-or-so day–how do we save the world in between? (And does that mean the other six days we’re funding the abuse of farmers in third world countries?) Advice?
2 Matt // Mar 5, 2008 at 9:28 pm
“What food items are you putting in your reusable, environmentally low-impact bag that further the causes of peace?”
An important question. More important, though, is this: how do you remember to bring your reusable bags with you to the supermarket? Mine never make it. Perhaps this is part of growing up.
Also: I need information about your uncle. It’s grant-writing season.
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