http://lowcarbonhome.info/2009/06/08/walgreens-help-us-end-single-use-plastic/ Taking Personal Responsibility for the Environment - Each of Us Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:08:11 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://lowcarbonhome.info/2009/06/08/walgreens-help-us-end-single-use-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-1368 Peter Zelchenko Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:58:15 +0000 http://lowcarbonhome.info/?p=159#comment-1368 It's an odd fact that we seem to feel more secure when a thing has packaging surrounding it. It goes far further than just hygiene: when we see something sheathed in plastic, we have the sense that someone was just there looking after us, watching over us, making sure our food was domestic, made city-ready, not wild. It has the same effect as a roaring fire during a snowstorm: it is something like the love of god protecting us. When something is labeled as well as packaged, that sense goes even further: we see a name, a brand, behind the wildness of the item, and it warms our souls. It doesn't always matter what name, as long as there is a name. Remove the wrapper and the name from the product and our fears return because we are alone with it, facing raw nature, as if naked in the wild. No apple should ever have that much power over us again. It’s an odd fact that we seem to feel more secure when a thing has packaging surrounding it. It goes far further than just hygiene: when we see something sheathed in plastic, we have the sense that someone was just there looking after us, watching over us, making sure our food was domestic, made city-ready, not wild. It has the same effect as a roaring fire during a snowstorm: it is something like the love of god protecting us. When something is labeled as well as packaged, that sense goes even further: we see a name, a brand, behind the wildness of the item, and it warms our souls. It doesn’t always matter what name, as long as there is a name. Remove the wrapper and the name from the product and our fears return because we are alone with it, facing raw nature, as if naked in the wild. No apple should ever have that much power over us again.

]]> http://lowcarbonhome.info/2009/06/08/walgreens-help-us-end-single-use-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-1241 Gina Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:44:52 +0000 http://lowcarbonhome.info/?p=159#comment-1241 AMEN! AMEN!

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