"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. "
Thomas Paine

Friday, March 18, 2011

A Law I Can Get Behind

“In our every deliberation we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations.”
        From the Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy
     I love that! What if everyone and all nations lived by that?
I’ve been using “Seventh Generation” products for some time now. I just love that whole philosophy.
     Consider this: If every household in the U.S. replaced just one roll of 112 sheet virgin fiber paper towels with a 100% recycled product we could save:
                                                                                            568,000 trees
                                                                                             205 million gallons of water, a years supply for over 1,600 families of four
                                                                                             1.4 million cubic feet of landfill space, equal to over 2100 full garbage trucks.
        This is not hard to accomplish folks. The recycled is not any more expensive then the virgin fiber. We just need to be mindful of what we are buying and what we can accomplish by what we buy.
                                                                                          

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